RAPID: The Science of Atoms and Molecules Project

原子和分子科学（SAM）项目创建了24个活动，跨越了三年的物理第一高中科学课程。 活动涵盖四个一般主题：运动和能量，电荷，结构和光。 本研究的目的是确定在何种程度上暴露于SAM活动在一年中影响SAM活动在随后的一年中的表现，在何种程度上学生可以回忆起概念SAM活动从前几年，并将其应用到新的活动在不同的学科。 本研究亦探讨目前教师专业发展在使用SAM活动的充分性。 从300多名学生谁在前几年从事SAM单位，现在正在学习生物学的数据收集电子和通过随机选择的20名学生和一些教师的采访。 数据进行了分析，占学生和教师先前的经验与SAM活动和学生的事先评估。 积极的结果将为如何使用计算机建模来教授重要的科学概念提供证据，这些概念可以在随后的课程中建立。

The Science of Atoms and Molecules (SAM) project creates 24 activities that span three years of a Physics First high school science curriculum. The activities cover four general themes: motion and energy, charge, structure, and light. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which exposure to SAM activities in one year influences performance on SAM activities in a subsequent year and the extent to which students can recall concepts from SAM activities from prior years and apply them to new activities in a different discipline. The study also examines the adequacy of present teacher professional development of teachers in the use of SAM activities. The data from over 300 students who have engaged in SAM units in prior years and are now studying biology are collected electronically and through interviews with a random selection of 20 students and some teachers. The data are analyzed accounting for student and teacher prior experience with SAM activities and students' prior assessments. Positive results would provide evidence for the how to use computer modeling to teach important science concepts that can be built on in subsequent courses.