Evolution & Health traveling exhibition and education programs

描述（申请人提供）：纽约科学馆（NYHOS）与密歇根大学（UM）、迈阿密科学博物馆（MMOS）、国家进化综合中心（NESCent）以及一大批科学和博物馆顾问合作，要求在五年内提供1,349,349美元，用于NIH SEPA第一阶段和第二阶段的联合资助，测试和旅行一个新的动手科学展览的主题是自然选择和人类健康。以“进化与健康”为工作标题，1000平方英尺的互动巡回展览将吸引初中和高中学生，教育工作者和公众参与基于探究的学习，了解进化和自然选择在解释健康，疾病，预防和治疗中的作用。此外，NYHOS教育工作人员将制定教师发展方案和在线活动，重点是从进化的角度看待健康问题，并沿着全国巡回展览。该项目将解决健康与自然选择之间的关系;虽然有许多关于健康的博物馆展览，但这将是从进化角度出发的两个展览之一，也是唯一一个探索健康与自然选择之间关系的展览。最终，“进化与健康”将成为传达对健康的进化理解的国家模式，这将在未来几年成为研究和公众理解的中心。 “进化与健康”将通过促进对进化和自然选择的更好理解，增加游客对自身健康问题的理解。该项目将寻求确定采用自然选择的观点是否可以更深入地了解人类健康。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The New York Hall of Science (NYHOS), in partnership with the University of Michigan (UM), the Miami Museum of Science (MMOS), the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), and a broad group of Science and Museum Advisors, requests $1,349,349 over five years for a combined Phase I and Phase II NIH SEPA grant to develop, test and travel a new hands-on science exhibition on the subjects of natural selection and human health. With the working title "Evolution and Health," the 1000-square-foot interactive traveling exhibition will engage middle and high-school students, educators and the general public in inquiry-based learning on the role of evolution and natural selection in explanations of health, illness, prevention, and treatment. In addition, teacher development programs and online activities focusing on health issues seen from an evolutionary perspective will be developed by the NYHOS Education staff and disseminated along with the exhibition on its national tour. The project will address the relationship between health and natural selection; while there are many museum exhibitions on health, this will be only one of two to take an evolutionary perspective, and the only one to explore the relationship between health and natural selection. Ultimately, "Evolution and Health" will become a national model for conveying an evolutionary understanding of health, which will be increasingly central to research and public understanding in the coming years. "Evolution and Health" will increase visitors' comprehension of their own health issues by fostering a better understanding of evolution and natural selection. The project will seek to determine whether employing the perspective of natural selection can lead to a deeper understanding of human health.