Health Sciences Research: Educating the Public - PHASE II

健康科学研究：教育公众 - 第二阶段

• 批准号: 7286111
• 负责人: SAMUEL CHARLES SILVERSTEIN
• 金额: $ 24.94万
• 依托单位: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-30 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7286111
• 关键词: Achievement; Address; Biological Sciences; Camping; Cellular biology; Cities; Class; Equipment; Grant; Hand; Health; Health Sciences; Instruction; Laboratories; Life; Microscopy; Molecular Biology; New York; New York City; Performance; Phase; Physiology; Research; Schools; Science; Standards of Weights and Measures; Students; Testing; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; base; day; design; experience; health science research; high school; improved; programs; research study; teacher

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Many New York City public schools lack dedicated laboratories and the equipment needed for students to perform hands-on experiments in the life sciences. Not surprisingly, most of these schools are located in sections of the City in which most of the students are minorities underrepresented in the life and health sciences. To address the needs of these students we have, with the support of a Phase I SEPA grant, developed and pilot tested two New York City science performance standards-specific portable laboratory kits, Microlab II and Molecules and Health. These kits contain all the equipment and other materials needed to perform relatively sophisticated life science experiments in a room that has only tables and electrical outlets. The kits are suitable for use by life and health sciences students in grades 7-12. Microlab II is a microscopy-based kit designed to explore basic aspects of cell biology and physiology. Molecules and Health is designed to illustrate the principles of molecular biology, and to provide students with hands-on experience in manipulating and analyzing DMA. The present application seeks SEPA Phase II support to train teachers to use these kits and to disseminate them to schools throughout New York City. This SEPA dissemination project has four specific aims. Specific Aim #1: Improve the quality of hands-on laboratory life sciences instruction and life sciences achievement of New York City middle and high school students underrepresented in the health sciences. One hundred and thirty five New York City public middle and high school science teachers will receive 3 days of training at the NY Hall of Science in the use of the Microlab II or Molecules and Health kits, and one, and if needed, two days of in-school assistance by a NY Hall of Science professional developer in setting up and using these kits. Specific Aim #2: Provide an opportunity for students who devise the best 8th grade "exit" projects in classes of teachers participating in the training program described in Aim #1 to further explore their project and demonstrate it to the public, while participating in a 4-day-long "Science Summer Camp" at the New York Hall of Science. Specific Aim #3: Invite 6 middle or high school teachers who perform at an exemplary level in the training program described in Aim #1 to obtain advanced laboratory training by participating in Columbia's Summer Research Program Specific Aim #4: Assess the several impacts of this project on teachers and students.

描述（由申请人提供）：许多纽约市公立学校缺乏学生在生命科学领域进行动手实验所需的专用实验室和设备。不足为奇的是，这些学校大多位于金融城的一些地区，这些地区的大多数学生是少数民族，在生命和健康科学领域的代表性不足。为了满足这些学生的需求，我们在SEPA第一阶段拨款的支持下，开发并试点测试了两个纽约市科学绩效标准专用便携式实验室套件，Microlab II和Molecules and Health。这些套件包含了在一个只有桌子和电源插座的房间里进行相对复杂的生命科学实验所需的所有设备和其他材料。这些工具包适合7-12年级生命和健康科学专业的学生使用。Microlab II是一个基于显微镜的试剂盒，旨在探索细胞生物学和生理学的基本方面。分子与健康旨在说明分子生物学的原理，并为学生提供操作和分析DMA的实践经验。本申请寻求环境保护署第二期支助，培训教师使用这些资料袋，并将其分发给纽约市各地的学校。这个环保宣传项目有四个具体目标。具体目标#1：提高在健康科学领域代表性不足的纽约市初高中学生的动手实验生命科学教学质量和生命科学成就。135名纽约市公立初中和高中科学教师将在纽约科学馆接受为期3天的使用Microlab II或分子与健康工具包的培训，如果需要，还将由纽约科学馆的专业开发人员提供为期一天（如果需要的话）的校内帮助，以设置和使用这些工具包。具体目标2：为参加目标1中所述培训计划的教师班级中设计出最好的八年级“出口”项目的学生提供机会，进一步探索他们的项目并向公众展示，同时参加为期四天的“科学夏令营”在纽约科学大厅。具体目标#3：邀请6名在目标#1所述的培训计划中表现良好的初中或高中教师参加哥伦比亚大学暑期研究计划，获得高级实验室培训。具体目标#4：评估该项目对教师和学生的若干影响。