Marine Neurotoxins: Examining the impacts of a pedagogically focused RET model that explores the interplay of marine biotoxins, commercial shellfish aquaculture, and public health safety

海洋神经毒素：检查以教学为重点的 RET 模型的影响，该模型探讨海洋生物毒素、商业贝类水产养殖和公共卫生安全之间的相互作用

• 批准号: 10593859
• 负责人: Ralph Imondi
• 金额: $ 13.02万
• 依托单位: COASTAL MARINE BIOLABS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-12-09 至 2027-10-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10593859
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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Commercial-scale seafood production in coastal and offshore marine environments is now possible due to rapidly emerging technical innovations in the field of aquaculture. Marine areas suitable for the development of offshore aquaculture are currently under evaluation by NOAA's Center for Coastal Ocean Science and include four study regions in the Southern California Bight. This nationally focused project overlaps with more regional efforts carried-out by private and public entities to advance bi-valve shellfish aquaculture and thereby complement southern California's wild-capture fisheries. Apart from its economic benefits to working waterfront communities and a promising role in bolstering national food security, the expansion of shellfish aquaculture presents potential risks to public health safety that are linked to naturally occurring biotoxins. These compounds are produced by certain microalgae and consumed by shellfish destined for commercial seafood markets, where they present a risk of neurotoxic poisoning for human consumers. This research education project creates novel opportunities for teachers and students in our coastal communities to explore the interplay of marine biotoxins, commercial shellfish aquaculture, and public health safety. The project will unfold in three overlapping phases. During the initial phase of the project, high school science teachers will participate in a research experience that emulates a traditional university research internship. This introductory experience is aimed at enhancing teachers' scientific knowledge and subject mastery, and engaging them in the use of field and laboratory methodologies used in connection with a baseline biotoxin impact study that is currently underway in our lab. During the second (translational) phase of the project, teachers will collaborate with our scientists on the creation of a classroom-ready instructional unit aimed at guiding high school students through a research-oriented exploration of marine biotoxins and their impacts on human health. In addition to enhancing their scientific knowledge and understanding of science inquiry, this pedagogically focused strand of the research experience is intended to engage teachers in instructional practices that are widely regarded as essential for preparing students to participate in the 21st century scientific workforce. Teacher implementation of the classroom experience during the third project phase will engage high school students in investigational practices that form the cornerstone of science inquiry and a primary focus of national science education reform initiatives. During this project phase, students will create a conceptual model to explain the clinical features presented by patients affected by marine biotoxins. After constructing their models, students will propose a solution to mitigate the health risks imposed by commercial shellfish aquaculture and conduct hands-on activities that are routinely used to monitor these risks. An overarching goal of this effort is to develop a practical blueprint for research-based lesson development that teachers can follow beyond the grant award period to guide a transformative and enduring shift in their current teaching practices.

项目总结/摘要 在沿海和近海海洋环境中进行商业规模的海产品生产现在是可能的， 水产养殖领域迅速出现的技术创新。适合发展的海域 近海水产养殖目前正在由NOAA的沿海海洋科学中心进行评估，包括 南加州湾的四个研究区域。这个以国家为重点的项目与更多的区域项目重叠， 私营和公共实体为推进双壳贝类水产养殖而开展的努力， 补充了南加州的野生捕捞渔业。除了工作带来的经济效益外， 海滨社区和一个有希望的作用，在加强国家粮食安全，扩大贝类 水产养殖对公共卫生安全构成与天然生物毒素有关的潜在风险。 这些化合物由某些微藻产生，并由商业用途的贝类消耗。 海鲜市场，它们对人类消费者存在神经毒性中毒的风险。本研究 教育项目为我们沿海社区的教师和学生创造了新的机会， 海洋生物毒素、商业贝类水产养殖和公共卫生安全的相互作用。该项目将 在三个重叠的阶段展开。在项目的初始阶段，高中科学教师将 参加一个研究经验，模仿传统的大学研究实习。这篇介绍性 经验旨在提高教师的科学知识和学科掌握水平，并让他们参与其中 使用与基线生物毒素影响研究有关的实地和实验室方法， 目前正在我们的实验室进行。在项目的第二阶段（翻译），教师将合作 与我们的科学家一起创建一个课堂教学单元，旨在指导高中学生 通过对海洋生物毒素及其对人类健康的影响进行面向研究的探索，除了 提高他们的科学知识和对科学探究的理解，这一以教学为重点的 研究经验旨在让教师参与被广泛认为是 为学生参加21世纪世纪科学劳动力做好准备至关重要。教师实施 在第三个项目阶段的课堂经验将从事高中学生在调查 这些实践构成了科学探究的基石，也是国家科学教育改革的主要焦点 举措在这个专题阶段，学生将创建一个概念模型来解释临床特征 由受海洋生物毒素影响的病人提出。在构建模型后，学生将提出一个 解决方案，以减轻商业贝类水产养殖造成的健康风险，并进行实际操作 这是经常用来监测这些风险的活动。这项工作的首要目标是制定一个 研究为本课程发展的实用蓝图，教师可在补助金以外遵循 在这一时期，指导他们目前的教学实践的变革和持久的转变。