Science Club: Building A Science Community Partnership with the Boys & Girls Club

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请的目的是设计，实施和评估一个基于调查的中学后科学辅导计划，五年级至七年级，与罗伯特R。芝加哥麦考密克男孩女孩俱乐部。我们的长期目标是通过设计和支持教育计划，让青年参与生物医学科学的挑战，承诺和奇迹，来解决青年脱离，少数民族代表性不足和科学素养差的问题。开发新的，有效的方法，生物医学科学参与的重要性是强调需要培育和增长的多样性和美国的科学和医疗保健企业的质量，并提供所有美国青年的科学和基于证据的分析技能，他们需要了解成员的21世纪世纪民主。此外，申请人还解决了重要的需求，以确定有效的课后科学计划的基础因素，通过测量具体的成果，如科学成就，态度和职业方向和愿望。此外，我们还将深入了解导致科学家参与科学推广活动的个人和专业动机，以及在培训的早期阶段参与推广活动是否会影响科学家的长期态度和参与推广活动。具体而言，我们的目标是：1）开发一个以指导为基础的模型，用于以社区为中心的青年生物医学科学参与，使用培训中的科学家导师，2）选择，定制和实施一套六个主题的，基于调查的生物医学科学活动，利用现有的NIH和NSF资助的项目，并得到实地考察，科学博览会和科学写作机会的支持，3）发展芝加哥男孩女孩俱乐部和西北大学之间的项目和智力联系。麦卡琴小学（P/K-8）和其他学术合作伙伴，以及4）评估、传播和扩展基于社区的外展模式。除了解决青年和成人为基础的生物医学科学参与的迫切需要，这是我们的期望，我们的社区和导师为基础的方法将作为未来的科学参与计划，涉及中学生，他们的家庭和学术社区伙伴关系的模式。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this application is to design, implement and evaluate an inquiry-based after school science mentorship program for middle school youth, grades five to seven, developed in partnership with and located at the Robert R. McCormick Boys and Girls Club of Chicago. Our long-range goal is to address issues of youth disengagement, minority under-representation, and poor scientific literacy by designing and supporting educational programs that engage youth in the challenge, promise, and wonder of biomedical science. The importance of developing new, effective approaches for biomedical science engagement is underscored by the need to nurture and grow the diversity and quality of America's scientific and health-care enterprise, and to provide all American youth with the scientific and evidence-based analysis skills they require to be informed members of a 21st century democracy. In addition, the applicant addresses the important need to identify the factors that underlie effective after school science programs by measuring specific outcomes like science achievement, attitudes, and career directions and aspirations. In addition, we will provide insight into the personal and professional motivations that lead scientists to engage in science outreach activities- and whether or not participating in outreach during the early stages of training can influence scientists' longer-term attitudes and engagement in outreach. Specifically, we aim to: 1) Develop a mentorship-based model for community-centered youth biomedical science engagement using mentors who are scientists in training, 2) Select, tailor, and implement a set of six themed, inquiry-based biomedical science activities leveraging existing NIH- and NSF-funded projects and supported by field trips, science fairs, and scientific writing Opportunities, 3) Develop programmatic and intellectual linkages between the Boys and Girls Club of Chicago, Northwestern University, John T. McCutcheon Elementary School (P/K-8), and other academic partners, and 4) Evaluate, disseminate, and expand the model of community-based outreach. In addition to addressing the acute need for youth- and adult-based biomedical science engagement, it is our expectation that our community- and mentor-based approach will serve as a model for future science engagement programs involving middle school youth, their families, and academic-community partnerships.