Inside Your Body: Web-based Curricula for Secondary Science

描述（由申请人提供）：犹他大学遗传科学学习中心（GSLC）将利用其在开发有效的多媒体学习体验方面屡获殊荣的专业知识，制作两个生命科学课程补充模块。这些材料将吸引中学水平的学生、教师和公众来探索“我的身体内部发生了什么？”这些模块将涉及：(a)我们的身体如何获取、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)我们的身体如何处理感觉输入以及这种输入与注意力、学习和记忆的关系的神经生物学。这些模块将强调这些主题和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。

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.