Health, Education and Discovering Science and Careers

描述（由申请人提供）： 该项目的目标是扩大，评估和传播健康科学课程，“HEADS-UP”，通过健康科学中心和他们的临床研究中心，学区，健康和医学科学博物馆，学校改革项目和西班牙裔健康中心之间的合作开发的5至8年级。HEADS UP（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，旨在满足州和国家的科学标准，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至8年级的科学课程模块，教师发展部分和家长教育部分，并传播头了，沿着与家长和教师的组件，在小学和中学在休斯顿和下格兰德河谷。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）模块涵盖遗传学，心血管疾病，糖尿病，体育活动，营养，并将扩大到包括免疫系统，和先进的遗传学，包括干细胞研究，和转基因动物。教师的专业发展课程包括强调科学，技术和转化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）参加HEADS-UP的学生比不参加HEADS-UP的学生对科学的自我效能感增强，学术抱负增加，对科学事业的兴趣增加，科学成绩更好;（2）参加HEADS-UP的教师比不参加HEADS-UP的教师对与健康科学和生物医学研究相关的教学主题的信心增加。(3)参加HEADS-UP的家庭将比不参加HEADS-UP的家庭有更高的学术愿望，并增强对生物医学科学和疾病的了解。在这一为期五年的项目结束时，教师开发的一套五年级至八年级科学课程模块将强调当代和应用生物医学科学，在严格的试验中证明是有效的，在格兰德河流域的各区传播，并可供全国分发。

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.