Experiental Citizen Science Training for the Next Generation

 描述（由申请人提供）：埃默里大学的NIH科学教育合作奖（SEPA）项目致力于利用公民科学原则的总体主题来实现本提案的目标：1）开发基于公民的创新课程科学和体验式学习，以评估课外非正式科学教育的功效; 2）促进生物医学科学事业在代表性不足的群体，针对女性的女孩科学夏季研究经验; 3）培训教师在标题一学校实施这一公民科学为基础的课程;和4）通过推广传播公民科学的原则。这种新颖的体验式科学和工程计划，称为下一代体验式公民科学培训（ExCiTNG），包括反映NIH研究优先事项的社区确定的主题。该课程被映射到下一代科学标准。一个全面的评估计划伴随着每个项目组成部分，包括短期和/或长期的成果措施。我们将利用我们现有的推广计划（学生科学）沿着与科学界的合作伙伴关系（亚特兰大科学节），在整个格鲁吉亚州实施该计划的关键方面。这些工作将由一个中央指导委员会监督，该委员会由埃默里/莫尔豪斯/格鲁吉亚理工学院亚特兰大临床转化科学研究所（NIH CTSA）社区教育研究计划的领导层、主要研究者、每个计划组成部分的代表以及来自格鲁吉亚教育部的独立K-12 STEM评估员组成。社区咨询委员会，包括教育工作者，家长和社区成员，将帮助指导该计划的实施和监测进展。一个由NIH资助的调查人员组成的委员会，代表多个NIH研究所，沿着有经验的科学作家，将领导传播工作，并确保随着时间的推移，正在进行的和新的NIH研究重点被纳入该计划的课程。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program of Emory University endeavors to use an over-arching theme of Citizen Science principles to meet the goals of this proposal are to: 1) develop an innovative curriculum based on citizen science and experiential learning to evaluate the efficacy of informal science education in after-school settings; 2) promote biomedical scientific careers in under-represented groups targeting females for Girls for Science summer research experiences; 3) train teachers in Title I schools to implement this citizen science based curriculum; and 4) disseminate the citizen science principles through outreach. This novel, experiential science and engineering program, termed Experiential Citizen Science Training for the Next Generation (ExCiTNG), encompasses community-identified topics reflecting NIH research priorities. The curriculum is mapped to Next Generation Science Standards. A comprehensive evaluation plan accompanies each program component, composed of short- and/or longer-term outcome measures. We will use our existing outreach program (Students for Science) along with scientific community partnerships (Atlanta Science Festival) to implement key aspects of the program throughout the state of Georgia. These efforts will be overseen by a central Steering Committee composed of leadership of the Community Education Research Program of the Emory/Morehouse/Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Clinical Translational Science Institute (NIH CTSA), the Principal Investigators, representatives of each program component, and an independent K-12 STEM evaluator from the Georgia Department of Education. The Community Advisory Board, including educators, parents, and community members, will help guide the program's implementation and monitor progress. A committee of NIH-funded investigators, representing multiple NIH institutes along with experienced science writers, will lead the effort for dissemination and assure that on-going and new NIH research priorities are integrated into the program's curriculum over time.