AMNH ITEST High School Science Research Program

这项提案是对一个以青年为基础的项目的请求，该项目以120名城市高中生(9-11年级)为目标，利用美国自然历史博物馆(AMNH，公立)、洛克菲勒大学(私立)和纽约市五个区的其他机构的资源，进行基于信息技术的遗传学和天体物理学研究。该招生计划的目标群体为每年40名学生，其中包括女性和少数群体，其中有精神障碍的学生是特别目标群体。学生的选择将基于他们的热情和承诺。该项目建立并扩展了之前的一个试点项目，该项目让高中生参与遗传学和天体物理学领域的教育项目。通过这些方案，建立了伙伴关系，并将成为该项目的一部分。学生将学习使用当前科学研究中使用的先进信息技术，而不是通过一系列课堂实例进行操作。目标是让学生在大学和/或职业生活中获得IT工具的经验，发展具体的科学研究技能，学习科学概念，并提高对STEM领域的认识和承诺。

This proposal is a request for a Youth-based project that targets 120 urban high school youth (grades 9-11) in IT-based research in genetics and astrophysics, using the resources of the American Museum of Natural History(AMNH, public), Rockefeller University (private) and other institutions in the five boroughs of New York City. The recruitment plan targets cohort groups of 40 students per year including females and minorities with the physcially challenged students as a special target population. Students will be selected based on their passion and commitment. The project builds and extends on a prior pilot project that involved high school students in educational programs in the areas of genetics and astrophysics. Through these program partnerships have been created and will be part of the project. Students will learn to use advanced information technology as used in current scientific research rather than working through a series of classroom examples. The goal is for students to gain experiences with IT tools, develop specific scientific research skills, learn science concepts and increase awareness of and commitment to STEM areas in college and/or professional life.