Environmental Health Research for Teachers and High School Students (EARTH) in the Great Northern Plains

项目摘要 该应用程序的使命是开发一种结构化的、现场的夏季环境健康科学 为来自三个农村土著社区的高中教师和学生提供的研究计划 北部平原。拟议中的项目是哥伦比亚大学邮递员学院 公共卫生(MSPH)环境健康科学部(EHS)和密苏里州休斯工业部 研究公司(MBIRI)，一个美国印第安人拥有的研究中心，为这些土著社区和 其他人在北部平原。我们提出了地球计划(环境健康科学研究 教师和高中生)，建立有系统的暑期环境健康科学(EHS) 为这三个社区的高中教师和学生提供的研究计划。研究项目将是 与当地相关，并反映社区的优先事项和价值观，利用已经 通过与哥伦比亚大学和MBIRI研究人员的合作，在这些社区举行了会议。一 来自每个社区的师生小组，由一名科学教师和2-4名高积极性高中生组成 学校的学生，将在专家的支持下，通过EHS暑期研究项目积极指导 来自哥伦比亚大学和MBIRI的研究导师。研究指导团队将提供结构化的 为教师和学生举办工作坊和教育培训，并协助团队制定和执行 通过有组织的会议，在整个暑假期间进行研究项目。地球师生团队 来自所有三个社区的学生将每周三次与项目总监和研究导师会面，以 与开展EHS研究、科学交流和研究翻译有关的教育研讨会， 并在协作研讨会上分享研究进展更新。暑期结束时，老师- 学生团队将准备好正式的科学报告和项目的信息图表以供展示。 在地球迷你研讨会上。团队还将向MBIRI的社区咨询小组提交他们的发现， 在下一学年的课堂上，以及在MBIRI的年度研究研讨会上 春天。教师们将在哥伦比亚大学的虚拟学术研讨会上展示他们的研究成果。除了……之外 这些研究和交流经验，学生将得到实质性的指导和支持在 准备申请EHS/STEM的本科生/培训学校项目和就业机会。 教师还将得到支持，以制定他们可以在课堂上实施的课程计划。 通过让高中生在早期接受培训并使他们接触到广泛的环境 卫生学科，我们寻求支持来自土著社区的学生追求职业生涯，并进一步 环境健康科学教育。

Project Summary The mission of this application is to develop a structured, on-site summer environmental health sciences research program for high school teachers and students from three rural, Indigenous communities in the Northern Plains. The proposed program is a collaboration between the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH) Department of Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) and Missouri Breaks Industries Research Inc. (MBIRI), an American Indian-owned research center serving these Indigenous communities and others in the Northern Plains. We propose the EARTH program (Environmental HeAlth Sciences Research for Teachers and High School Students), to establish a structured summer environmental health sciences (EHS) research program for high school teachers and students in these three communities. Research projects will be locally relevant and reflect the priorities and values of the communities, leveraging EHS research that is already taking place in these communities through collaboration with Columbia University and MBIRI researchers. One teacher-student group from each community, comprised of one science teacher and 2-4 highly motivated high school students, will be actively mentored through an EHS summer research project with support from expert research mentors from both Columbia University and MBIRI. Research mentor teams will provide structured workshops and educational training to teachers and students, and assist teams in developing and executing the research project over the course of the summer through structured meetings. EARTH teacher-student teams from all three communities will meet with the Program Directors and research mentors three times a week for educational seminars relevant to conducting EHS research, science communication, and research translation, and to share research progress updates in collaborative workshops. By the end of the summer period, teacher- student teams will have prepared formal scientific presentations and infographics of their projects to be presented at the EARTH Mini Symposium. Teams will also present their findings to the community advisory group at MBIRI, to their classrooms during the following school year, and at MBIRI’s annual Research Symposium in the following spring. Teachers will present their findings in virtual academic seminars at Columbia University. In addition to these research and communication experiences, students will receive substantial mentorship and support in preparing applications for undergraduate/training school programs and employment opportunities in EHS/STEM. Teachers will also receive support to develop curriculum programs that they can implement in their classrooms. By engaging high school students early in their training and exposing them to the broad range of environmental health disciplines, we seek to support students from Indigenous communities to pursue careers and further education in environmental health sciences.