Inside Your Body: Web-based Curricula for Secondary Science

描述(由申请人提供)：犹他大学基因科学学习中心(GSLC)将利用其屡获殊荣的专业知识开发有效的多媒体学习体验，制作两个生命科学课程补充模块。这些材料将吸引中学生、教师和公众来探索这样一个问题：我的身体里发生了什么？这些单元将涉及：(A)我们的身体如何获得、转化、运输和使用维持它所需的物质和能量的分子生理学，以及(B)我们的身体如何利用感觉输入的神经生物学，以及这种输入与注意力、学习和记忆的关系。这些单元将突出这些主题与相关科学概念之间的联系，这些概念通常在单独的教科书单元中讨论。因此，它们将帮助学生更深入地理解21世纪科学素养所需的关键思想，同时吸引数字时代的学习者。 该项目的目标是：(1)教育中学学生、教师和公众有关人体生理学和神经生物学的知识，以便他们能够在知情的情况下做出选择，以改善健康和学习；(2)使教师做好准备，通过地方、州、地区和国家各级的专业发展课程和讲习班，使用Inside Your Body课程模块。 该项目将充分利用GSLC团队在科学、教育、多媒体可视化、技术和评估方面的协同专业知识，以我们16年来在制作非常成功的在线课程材料和教师专业发展计划方面的经验为基础。模块的制作将使用GSLC经过验证的课程开发过程。这一过程结合了参与式设计方法，包括中学生命科学教师、科学家和我们整个团队。这些单元将包括：(A)以探究为基础、以用户为中心的多媒体可视化和互动学习体验；(B)以用户为导向的多媒体演示；(C)“学习更多”网页；(D)非基于技术的学习体验；(E)教师详细学习体验指南；(F)多媒体教师专业发展材料。课程模块将在有不同学生的教室进行试点测试，收集反馈以求完善。小规模的随机对照试验将把这些模块的效果与标准课程材料进行比较。专业发展暑期学院和会议研讨会将培训来自美国各地的大约500名教师与他们的学生一起使用这些材料，并培训30名教师为他们所在地区或州的同事举办传播研讨会。 课程单元将通过GSLC的获奖学习在世界范围内免费传播。遗传学和教师。遗传学网站。根据目前的使用情况，这些模块有可能改善每年数百万学生、100多万教师和100多万其他成年人的生物教育。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Genetic Science Learning Center (GSLC) at the University of Utah will utilize its award-winning expertise in developing effective multimedia learning experiences to produce two life science curriculum supplement modules. These materials will engage secondary-level students, teachers and the public in exploring the question "What goes on inside my body?" The modules will address: (a) the molecular physiology of how our body obtains, transforms, transports and uses the matter and energy required to sustain it, and (b) the neurobiology of what our body does with sensory input and the relationship of this input to attention, learning and memory. The modules will highlight the connections between these topics and related science concepts typically addressed in separate textbook units. They thus will assist students in building a deeper understanding of key ideas needed for science literacy in the 21st Century while engaging digital-age learners. The goals of the project are to: (1) Educate secondary-level students, teachers and the public about human physiology and neurobiology so that they can make informed choices for improved health and learning, and (2) Prepare teachers to use the Inside Your Body curriculum modules through professional development courses and workshops at the local, state, regional and national levels. The project will take full advantage of the GSLC team's synergistic expertise in science, education, multimedia visualization, technology, and evaluation, building on our 16 years of experience in producing highly successful online curriculum materials and teacher professional development programs. Production of the modules will use the GSLC's proven curriculum development process. This process incorporates a participatory design approach that includes secondary life science teachers, scientists, and our entire team. The modules will include (a) inquiry-based, user-focused, multimedia visualizations and interactive learning experiences, (b) user-driven multimedia presentations, (c) "Learn More" web pages, (d) non-technology-based learning experiences, (e) detailed learning experience guides for teachers, and (f) multimedia teacher professional development materials. The curriculum modules will be piloted tested in classrooms with diverse students, garnering feedback for refinement. Small-scale randomized controlled trials will compare the efficacy of the modules to standard curriculum materials. A professional development summer institute and conference workshops will prepare approximately 500 teachers from across the US to use the materials with their students and train 30 teachers in presenting dissemination workshops for colleagues in their district or state. The curriculum modules will be freely disseminated worldwide via the GSLC's award-winning Learn. Genetics and Teach.Genetics websites. Based on current usage, the modules have the potential to improve biology education for millions of students, over a million teachers and over a million other adults each year.