Health and Biomedical Science for a Diverse Community, *

描述(由申请人提供)： 儿童医院奥克兰研究所(CHORI)与一家亲身实践的健康博物馆--卫生厅合作，提出了一项为期三年的SEPA第一阶段项目，题为“多元化社区的健康和生物医学科学”。该项目需要为低社会经济环境下的4年级和5年级学生开发一种新颖的、互动的生物医学科学课程。与课程相辅相成的是，将开发一个关于健康中的社会和遗传因素的动手展览，以加强学生和家庭的学习。课程和展览将在加利福尼亚州奥克兰的两所小学的学生中进行试点测试。该课程将专门针对少数群体的健康问题，如哮喘、肥胖症、糖尿病和心脏病，将包括四年级的四个五课教学单元和五年级的四个五课教学单元。除了课堂活动外，该项目还将包括教师讲习班、家庭健康和生物医学科学之夜、对卫生厅的实地考察，以及一年一度的家庭健康和生物医学科学节。该项目将涉及临床和基础科学研究人员、患者和家属，以及高中生和大学生。它将吸引来自奥克兰联合学区的教师和健康教育工作者的人才，旧金山探索馆和伯克利劳伦斯科学馆SEPA项目的负责人，旧金山州立大学和加州大学伯克利分校的教师，以及位于加利福尼亚州埃默里维尔的互动教育产品制造商LeapFrog，Inc.的员工。该项目的最终目标是使来自种族多样化、低社会经济环境的儿童对科学感兴趣和相关，帮助他们及其父母了解科学与健康之间的关系，并培养他们对科学的兴趣，以便他们可以考虑未来与生物医学科学相关的职业机会。所有项目活动都将经过前端、形成性和终结性评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI), in collaboration with the Hall of Health, a hands-on health museum, proposes a three-year Phase I SEPA project entitled "Health and Biomedical Science for a Diverse Community." The project entails development of a novel, interactive biomedical science curriculum for 4th and 5th grade students in low socioeconomic environments. Complementary to the curriculum, a hands-on exhibit on social and genetic factors in health will be developed to enhance learning by students and families. The curriculum and exhibit will be pilot tested with students from two elementary schools in Oakland, California. The curriculum--which will specifically address minority health issues such as asthma, obesity, diabetes, and heart disease--will include four five-lesson instructional units for 4th grade, and four five-lesson instructional units for 5th grade. In addition to classroom activities, the project will include workshops for teachers, family health and biomedical science nights, field trips to the Hall of Health, and an annual health and biomedical science festival for families. The project will involve clinical as well as basic science investigators, patients and families, and high school and college students. It will draw on the talents of teachers and health educators from the Oakland Unified School District, directors of SEPA projects at the Exploratorium in San Francisco and Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, faculty at San Francisco State University and the University of California at Berkeley, and employees of LeapFrog, Inc., a company located in Emeryville, California, that makes interactive educational products. The ultimate goals of the project are to make science interesting and relevant to children who come from ethnically diverse, low socio-economic environments, to help them and their parents understand the relationship between science and health, and to foster their interest in science so that they may consider future opportunities in careers related to biomedical science. All project activities will undergo front-end, formative, and summative evaluation.