DRUGS--INTEGRATING HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

描述：(申请人摘要) 这个项目的总体目标是帮助高中生 整合他们在生物和化学方面所学到的知识 药理学，研究药物作用的学科。一家企业之间的伙伴关系 科学家/教育家和一位高中化学老师将领导这一活动 努力。将为高中开发一系列模块(单元) 教师传授和强化几个基本的生物和化学概念 使用药物使用和滥用的科学作为相关背景。《国家报》 科学教育标准将作为开发的框架 这些单元将被纳入现有的科学教育课程。决赛 教材将以多媒体形式出版，以便教师可以 访问3D图形。拟议计划的主要目标是加强 高中生的科学(生物和化学)知识。 次要目标是：1)为科学教师提供整合工具 生物和化学原理，2)让教师参与到 开发、实地测试和评估教材，3)至 加强高中教师和基础科学家之间的互动，以及 4)向学生介绍涉及科学研究的科学职业 毒品和滥用药物的行为。 将在供资期间开展具体活动，以实现 所述的目标和目的：1)编写教师手册 包含一套10个单元，使用生物和化学原理来 描述药物在体内的作用；2)全国招募48人 高中生物和化学教师参加 实地测试材料；3)为教师举办暑期讲习班( 试验组和等待名单控制组)参加手册 发展，以获得科学内容背景并与 科学家设计补充活动；4)材料的现场试验 由老师在他们的生物和化学课堂上；5)评价 教师的经验和学生的成果使用问卷和一个 为测量测试和测试之间的差异而开发的测试协议 “等待列表”控制组以及之前的“等待列表”组和 使用单位后；以及6)出版和传播 在国家科学教师的帮助下，全国范围内的材料 协会。生物和化学在药物使用中的应用应 激发人们思考这些科学在“日常生活”中的作用 帮助学生了解毒品的实际作用和对他们身体的影响。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Abstract) The overall objective of this program is to help high school students integrate what they have learned in biology and chemistry using pharmacology, the study of drug action. A partnership between a scientist/educator and a high school chemistry teacher will lead this effort. A series of modules (units) will be developed for high school teachers to teach and reinforce several basic biology and chemistry concepts using the science of drug use and abuse as a relevant context. The National Science Education Standards will be used as the framework for developing units to be integrated into existing science education curricula. The final materials will be published in a multimedia format so that teachers can access 3D graphics. The primary goal of the proposed program is to enhance science (biology and chemistry) knowledge of high school students. Secondary goals are: 1) provide science teachers with tools to integrate principles of biology and chemistry, 2) to engage teachers in the development, field-testing and evaluation of instructional materials, 3) to increase interactions between high school teachers and basic scientists, and 4) to introduce students to careers in science that involve research on the actions of drugs and drug abuse. Specific activities will be carried out during the funding period to achieve the stated goals and objectives: 1) development of a teachers' manual containing a set of 10 units that use principles of biology and chemistry to describe the actions of drugs in the body; 2) a national recruitment of 48 high school biology and chemistry teachers to participate in the field-testing of the materials; 3) summer workshops for the teachers (the test group and the "wait-list" control group) to participate in the manual development, to obtain science content background and to work with scientists to design supplemental activities; 4) field-test of the materials by the teachers in their biology and chemistry classes; 5) evaluation of the teachers' experience and students outcomes using questionnaires and a testing protocol developed to measure differences between the test and "wait-list" control groups and between the "wait-list" group before and after use of the units; and 6) the publication and dissemination of materials nationwide with the help of the National Science Teachers Association. The application of biology and chemistry to drug use should stimulate thinking about the role of these sciences in "every day life" and help students understand how drugs actually work and affect their bodies.