Biology Take-Out: Hands-on Science Activity Kits

描述（由申请人提供）：科学外卖包是完整的，预先包装的，即用型产品-包括所有指导和用品，以吸引学生动手科学学习。这些创新的科学工具包不需要教师的准备，也不需要实验室设备。科学外卖包为教师提供了一种方便和经济有效的方法，通过动手活动让学生了解科学内容、应用和职业。本研究的目标是：提供证据证明科学外卖工具包对高中生对生物学概念和过程的理解有积极的影响；通过由“教育工作者-讲者”主持的讲习班，提高教师对科学外卖工具包的认识；研究扩大Science Take-Out试剂盒开发和制造能力的方法。在第二阶段SBIR项目中，我们将：“为八种不同的Science Take-Out工具包开发和现场测试可靠和有效的前/后评估，以确定科学Take-Out工具包对学生学习的影响。”创建一个方法来集成工具包开发过程和评估开发过程。“开发和评估将由30名“教育工作者-主持人”在美国各地的科学会议上领导科学外卖研讨会使用的研讨会材料，以提高教师对科学外卖工具包的认识和采用。”开发和评估操作系统，以扩大生产过程，同时保持套件质量和成本效益。这个拟议的项目意义重大，因为科学外卖工具包增加了教师使用动手活动的机会，使不同的学生群体了解科学内容、应用和职业。该项目还将为教师提供由同行领导的高质量专业发展计划，以使他们了解科学外卖工具包，并乐于将这些新内容引入现有课程。这个拟议的项目是创新的，因为科学外卖工具包允许教师轻松地将实践科学经验和生物医学科学概念整合到现有课程的各个主题领域中。此外，Science Take-Out工具包的创新特性将增加繁忙的教师采用这些新课程材料的可能性，这将进一步扩大本项目对学生学习的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Science Take-Out kits are complete, prepackaged, ready-to-use products - including all instructions and supplies for engaging students in hands-on science learning. These innovative science kits do not require teacher preparation, and they do not require laboratory equipment. Science Take-Out kits provide teachers with a convenient and cost-effective way for using hands-on activities to engage students in understanding science content, applications, and careers. The goals of this SBIR Phase II project are: to provide evidence that Science Take-Out kits have a positive impact on high school students' understanding of biology concepts and processes; to increase teachers' awareness of Science Take-Out kits through workshops led by "educator-presenters", and; to investigate methods for scaling up Science Take-Out's kit development and manufacturing capacity. During this Phase II SBIR project we will: "Develop and field test reliable and valid pre/post assessments for eight different Science Take-Out kits to determine the impact that Science Take-Out kits have on student learning." Create a method for integrating the kit development process with the assessment development process. "Develop and evaluate workshop materials that will be used by 30 "educator-presenters" to lead Science Take-Out workshops at science conferences throughout the United States in order to increase teacher awareness of and adoption of Science Take-Out kits." Develop and evaluate operating systems to scale up the manufacturing process while maintaining kit quality and cost effectiveness. This proposed project is significant because Science Take-Out kits increase teachers' use of hands-on activities to engage diverse student populations in understanding science content, applications, and careers. This project will also provide teachers with quality professional development programs led by peers in order to make them aware of Science Take-Out kits and comfortable with introducing this new content into their existing curriculum. This proposed project is innovative because Science Take-Out kits allow teachers to easily integrate hands- on science experiences and biomedical science concepts into various topic areas of their existing curriculum. In addition, the innovative characteristics of Science Take-Out kits will increase the likelihood of adoption of these new curricular materials by busy teachers, which will further expand the impact of this project on student learning.