MICROLAB Institute

纽约科学馆提供了一项创建微实验室研究所的计划，为7年级生命科学教师和中学科学导师提供培训和持续支持微生物学教育。在三年的时间里，该计划计划通过(1)内容和教学培训，(2)持续的同伴和教学支持，以及(3)继续提供所有材料和设备，成功地在课堂上实施实践课程，来提高全国最大的学区的教学质量。该项目的主要目标是：增加教师对微生物学概念的了解；将教学方法从死记硬背转变为互动；在纽约市范围内发展一个持续的支助网络；并刺激教师自己不断开发以活动为基础的学习材料。200名教师和60名科学监督员将作为这一项目的参与者。费用分担相当于NSF奖励的51%。

The New York Hall of Science provides a plan for the creation of a MICROLAB Institute to provide training and ongoing supporting microbiology education for 7th grade life science teachers and middle school science supervisors. Over a period of three years the program plan to model enhancement of the quality of instruction in the nation's largest school district through (1) training in content and pedagogy, (2) ongoing peer and instructional support, and (3) the continuing provision of all materials and equipment for successful classroom implementation of hands-on curricula. The major goals of the project are: increase teachers' knowledge of microbiology concepts; change teaching methodology from rote to interactive; to develop a New York City-wide ongoing support network; and to stimulate teachers' own continuing development of materials for activity-based learning. Two hundred teachers and sixty science supervisors will serve as participants for this project. Cost sharing is equivalent to 51% of the NSF award.