The GENIQUEST (GENomics Inquiry through QUantitative Trait Loci Exploration with SAIL Technology): Bringing STEM Data to High School Classrooms

缅因州数学与科学联盟、协和联盟和杰克逊实验室正在合作开发和测试一个网站、软件应用程序和补充教学材料，这些材料使用公开可访问的基因组数据来培养高中生的科学探究。GENIQUEST项目的目标是(1)开发和测试软件，使高中生能够导入、操作和分析基因组数据，(2)增加学生对生物学、数据分析、科学本质和计算生物学的知识，(3)改善中学教师对尖端数据库的访问，以及(4)确定使用在线科学数据库吸引中学生和教师参与科学研究的可行性。学生和教师的成果包括发展与遗传、数据调查和分析、科学研究过程和合作有关的知识、技能和理解。

The Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, the Concord Consortium, and Jackson Laboratories are collaborating to develop and test a website, software application, and supplemental instructional materials that use publicly accessible genomics data to foster scientific inquiry among high schools students. The goals of GENIQUEST project are to (1) develop and test software that enables advanced high school students to import, manipulate, and analyze genomics data, (2) increase students' knowledge of biology, data analysis, the nature of science, and computational biology, (3) improve secondary teachers' access to cutting-edge databases, and (4) determine the viability of using online scientific databases for engaging secondary students and teachers in scientific inquiry. Outcomes for students and teachers include developing knowledge, skills, and understandings related to genetic inheritance, data investigation and analysis, the process of scientific inquiry, and collaboration.