Climate Change and Patterns of Vector-borne Disease: development of translational

描述(申请人提供)：研究科学家与普通公众之间的交流似乎越来越困难，部分原因是科学专家使用的语言晦涩难懂，部分原因是科学教育体系远远落后于当前的研究进展。目前的提案旨在通过发展高中课程单元，以及通过博物馆展品和公共论坛的非正式方式，正式改善这种交流。研究科学家、博物馆教育工作者和高中教师将在这项工作中进行合作，以耶鲁皮博迪博物馆为中心，利用耶鲁医学院的研究资源(临床和公共卫生)。三种通过媒介传播的传染病--疟疾、利什曼病和登革热--将被用作模型(1)说明气候对流行病学模式变化的影响，以及(2)满足新的国家和国家科学标准的要求。将实现六个具体目标：1.将在大学实验室积极开展研究的基础上，开发创新的、基于标准的科学课程。这将由一个由8名公立学校教师、3名专业教育工作者和9人组成的科学顾问委员会组成的咨询团队完成。2.将利用博物馆藏品加强公立学校的教学能力，将气候与虫媒疾病生态联系起来。暑期教师培训机构将让教师接触到教学单位以及相关的博物馆和实验室材料。3.学生将利用博物馆标本和实验室工具、动手实验和对科学设施的实地考察，参与发展科学过程技能。4.新课程将首先在康涅狄格州选定的地点传播，然后在德克萨斯州、俄勒冈州和加利福尼亚州的教育中心传播。课堂单元将由皮博迪博物馆出版物办公室在全国范围内销售，并在博物馆网站上提供。5.将在皮博迪博物馆和突出传染病主题的参与学校主办一年一度的家庭活动；将设计一个流动信息亭/展览，探讨人类旅行、气候变化和传染病风险之间的相互作用。6.将通过皮博迪博物馆网站、与当地学校的联系以及地区和国家会议，向其他非正式科学机构、研究机构和公立学校提供本文提出的科学伙伴关系模式。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Communication between research scientists and the general public appears ever more difficult, in part due to the arcane language used by scientific specialists and in part due to a system of science education that lags far behind the current research advances. The current proposal aims to improve that communication formally by development of high school curriculum units and informally by museum exhibits and public forums. Research scientists, museum educators and high school teachers will cooperate in this endeavor, centered at the Yale Peabody Museum and drawing on the research resources of the Yale Medical School (clinical and public health). Three infectious, vector-borne disease- malaria, leishmaniasis, and dengue-will be used as models (1) to illustrate impact of climate on changes in epidemiological patterns and (2) to fulfill requirements of the new state and national science standards. Six specific aims will be achieved: 1. Innovative, standards-based science curricula will be developed that are based on active and current research in university laboratories. This will be accomplished with a consultation team of 8 public school teachers, 3 professional educators and a 9-member science advisor board. 2. Public school teaching capacity will be strengthened by use of museum collections in making the link between climate and insect-borne disease ecology. Summer teacher training institutes will expose teachers to the teaching unit and associated museum and lab materials. 3. Student participation in developing science process skills will make use of museum specimens and laboratory tools, hands-on experiments, and field trips to science facilities. 4. The new curricula will be disseminated first in selected sites in Connecticut and then at education centers in Texas, Oregon, and California. The classroom units will be marketed nationally by the Peabody Museum publications office, and available on the museum website. 5. Annual family events will be sponsored at the Peabody Museum and participating schools that highlight the infectious disease theme; a travelling kiosk/exhibit will be designed that explores the interplay between human travel, climate changes and infectious disease risks. 6. The model of science partnerships developed herein will be made available for use by other informal science institutions, research institutions and public schools; this will be provided via the Peabody Museum website, by contacts with local schools, and at regional and national conferences.