Health, Education and Discovering Science and Careers

描述(由申请人提供)： 该项目的目标是扩展、评估和传播健康科学课程，该课程由一个健康科学中心和他们的临床研究中心、一个学区、一个健康和医学博物馆、一个学校改革项目和一个西班牙裔健康中心合作开发，适用于5到8年级。Heads(健康教育和发现科学，同时释放潜力)由多媒体模块组成，其中包含CD-ROM、VHS磁带、教案和课堂活动，旨在满足州和国家科学标准，并将生物医学科学和科学家带入课堂。我们的目标是开发和测试5到8年级的科学课程模块、教师发展部分和家长教育部分，并在休斯顿和格兰德河谷下游的小学和中学传播平视，以及家长和教师部分。关于科学方法、过程和技术的五年级模块包括数据收集和分析。中学(6至8年级)的单元涵盖遗传学、心血管疾病、糖尿病、体力活动、营养，并将扩大到包括免疫系统，以及包括干细胞研究和转基因动物在内的高级遗传学。教师的专业发展课程包括强调科学、技术和翻译研究的临床研究过程。临床研究过程还将教育父母糖尿病是一种疾病。我们假设：(1)与不参加平视的学生相比，参加平视的学生对科学的自我效能感更高，学习抱负更高，对科学事业的兴趣更高，科学成绩更好；(2)参与平视的教师比不参加平视的教师对健康科学和生物医学研究的教学主题更有信心。(3)参与平视的家庭比不参加平视的家庭更有学术抱负，对生物医学科学和疾病的知识也更多。在这个为期五年的项目结束时，由教师开发的一套从5年级到8年级的科学课程模块将重点放在当代和应用生物医学科学上，在严格的试验中证明是有效的，在格兰德河谷地区传播，并在全国范围内分发。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this project is to expand, evaluate, and disseminate a health science curriculum, "HEADS-UP," for 5th through 8th grades developed through collaborations between a Health Science Center and their clinical research center, a school district, a health and medical science museum, a school reform project, and a Hispanic health center. HEADS UP (Health Education and Discovering Science while Unlocking Potential) consists of multimedia modules containing CD-ROM's, VHS tapes, lesson plans, and classroom activities, designed to meet state and national science standards and bring biomedical science and scientists into the classroom. We aim to develop and test 5th through 8th grade science curriculum modules, a teacher development component and a parent education component, and disseminate HEADS UP, along with the parent and teacher components, in elementary and middle schools in Houston and the lower Rio Grande Valley. The 5th grade module on scientific methods, processes and technology incorporates data collection and analysis. Middle school (6th through 8th grade) modules cover genetics, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, physical activity, nutrition and will be expanded to include the immune system, and advanced genetics including stem cell research, and transgenic animals. Professional development sessions for teachers include the clinical research process emphasizing science, technology and translational research. The clinical research process will also educate parents about diabetes as a disease. We hypothesize that (1) Students who participate in HEADS UP will have increased self-efficacy for science, increased academic aspirations, increased interest in science careers, and better grades in science than students not participating in HEADS-UP; (2) Teachers participating in HEADS-UP will have increased confidence in teaching topics related to health science and biomedical research than teachers not participating in HEADS-UP.; (3) Families participating in HEADS-UP will have increased academic aspirations and enhanced knowledge about biomedical sciences and disease than those not participating in HEADS-UP. At the end of this five-year project a set of 5th through 8th grade science curriculum modules developed by teachers will emphasize contemporary and applied biomedical science, be demonstrated to be effective in a rigorous trial, be disseminated in districts in the Rio Grande Valley, and be available for national distribution.