BEST Science! - Bioscience Enrichment for Students and Teachers

描述（由申请人提供）：大新奥尔良地区是一个前所未有的教育改革实验的背景。这一努力的特点是，具有改革思想的行政人员和教师大量涌入，积极采用公立特许学校的概念，增加问责制和家长的选择，加强社区参与。这种环境提供了一个独特的和有吸引力的机会，测试新的想法在课程开发和交付。美国国立卫生研究院已经开发了一系列教育模块的基础上的科学发现，从美国国立卫生研究院赞助的研究。这些单元旨在补充州和地方各级现有的小学和中学生命科学课程，并符合国家科学教育标准。这些补充材料由教师、科学家和课程专家开发，并在全国范围内由教师进行实地测试，“促进积极和协作的学习，以探究为基础，帮助学生发展解决问题的战略和批判性思维。“国家卫生研究院的单元不包括动手实验练习，也没有规定对教师进行分子和细胞生物学以及分子遗传学的基本概念和技术的培训。 此应用程序提出了一个全面的计划-最好的科学！- 为学生和教师提供生物科学知识。最好的科学！Ochsner Clinic Foundation是Ochsner Clinic Foundation、路易斯安那州立大学健康科学中心和几个当地学区之间的合作伙伴关系。该合作伙伴关系的长期目标是促进新奥尔良地区高中学生，特别是代表性不足的少数民族，对生物医学研究和健康科学的兴趣和理解。最终目标是促进这些领域的进一步教育和职业发展。为达致这个目标而建议的一般机制，是为生物学教师举办暑期专业发展工作坊，然后提供所需资源，让他们在学年内把课程安排在教室内。讲习班课程的核心将是选择NIH模块，并辅以利用DNA转化、PCR扩增和凝胶电泳等技术的补充实验室练习。实验室单位将使用现有的模块创建，这些模块由SEPA资助的项目（如CityLab和Regional Biotech）开发，作为模板。来自Ochsner和LSUHSC的研究科学家和研究生将参加研讨会。学年支持将包括提供试剂盒，设备贷款和项目教师，研究生和有课程经验的首席教师的指导。参与教师，谁必须承诺一年的计划的各个方面，将有在他们的教室或在Ochsner校园的专用学生实验室进行实验室练习的选择。通过提供必要的培训和资源，最好的科学！将有助于将NIH模块纳入当地课程，并实现NIH计划的初衷。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Greater New Orleans area is the setting for an unprecedented experiment in education reform. This effort is characterized by an influx of reform-minded administrators and teachers, enthusiastic adoption of the public charter school concept, increased accountability and parental options, and intensification of community involvement. This environment provides a unique and attractive opportunity for testing new ideas in curriculum development and delivery. The National Institutes of Health has developed a series of educational modules based on scientific discoveries from NIH-sponsored research. These units are designed to supplement existing elementary and secondary life science curricula at both the state and local levels and are consistent with National Science Education Standards. The supplements developed by teachers, scientists and curriculum experts, and field-tested nationally by teachers, "promote active and collaborative learning and are inquiry- based to help students develop problem-solving strategies and critical thinking." The NIH modules do not include hands-on laboratory exercises and no provisions are made for training teachers in the underlying concepts and technologies of molecular and cellular biology and molecular genetics. This application proposes a comprehensive program - BEST Science! - to provide Bioscience Enrichment for Students and Teachers. BEST Science! is a partnership between Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and several local school districts The long-term objective of this partnership is to advance an interest in, and understanding of, biomedical research and health sciences by New Orleans area high school students, particularly underrepresented minorities. The ultimate goal is to stimulate further education and vocation in these areas. The general mechanism proposed to achieve this goal is to produce and implement summer professional development workshops for biology teachers and then provide the necessary resources for them to deploy the curriculum in their classrooms during the academic year. The core of the workshop curriculum will be select NIH modules supplemented with complementary laboratory exercises utilizing technologies such as DNA transformation, PCR amplification and gel electrophoresis. The laboratory units will be created using existing modules, developed by SEPA-funded programs such as CityLab and Regional Biotech, as templates. Research scientists and graduate students from Ochsner and LSUHSC will participate in the workshops. Academic year support will include provision of reagent kits, equipment loans and mentoring by program faculty, graduate students, and Lead Teachers who have experience with the curriculum. Participating teachers, who must commit for one year to all aspects of the program, will have the option of carrying out the laboratory exercises in their classroom or in a dedicated student laboratory on the Ochsner campus. By providing the necessary training and resources, BEST Science! will help incorporate the NIH modules into the local curricula and fulfill the original intent of the NIH program.