HUMAN GENOME PROJECT EDUCATION OUTREACH

随着其在基因筛选和重组中的应用， 药物，及其在基因治疗中的应用潜力， 基因组计划所获得的信息将对人类产生深远的影响。 对公众健康的影响。 这项补助金的长期目标是 帮助弗朗西斯科的公众接受教育， 对个人的决定，伦理，和社会问题提出的 基因组计划在医学和其他领域的工作， 会影响他们的生活。 这一目标将通过一项 教育推广计划，旨在为公众提供 对背后的科学，应用， 以及基因组计划引发的伦理问题 的 教育计划包括四个具体目标。 第一个目标 是在高中课堂上开发和展示一门课程， 包括实验室实验和“干实验室”练习， 实现教育目标的三维模型 上面描述 第二个目标是接触公众 通过开发互动展览， 基因组计划的实验室演示， “动手”公共科学博物馆，探索馆。 第三个目标 是为了增加公众理解的深度和广度， 通过提供讲座和 讨论各团体感兴趣的各种专题，包括 遗传疾病支持组织，成人教育班， 高中生和大专生。 第四个目标是 通过邀请将军的成员来揭开科学研究的神秘面纱 公众进入工作实验室与基因组计划交谈 科学家和操作实验室设备在一个互动的 参观了美国大学的人类基因组绘图中心。 加州，旧金山弗朗西斯科。

With its applications for genetic screening and recombinant pharmaceuticals, and its potential for use in gene therapy, the information obtained by the Genome Project will have a profound impact on public health. The long-term objective of this grant is to help enable the general public in San Francisco to make educated decisions on the personal, ethical, and social questions raised by the work of the Genome Project in medicine and other areas that will affect their lives. This objective will be achieved by an educational outreach program designed to provide the public with a basic, working understanding of the science behind, applications of, and ethical issues raised by the Genome Project. The educational program consists of four specific aims. The first aim is to develop and present in high school classrooms a curriculum consisting of laboratory experiments and "dry-lab" exercises using three-dimensional models that addresses the educational goals described above. The second aim is to reach members of the public outside the high schools by developing interactive exhibits and laboratory demonstrations about the Genome Project for use in a "hands-on" public science museum, The Exploratorium. The third aim is to increase the depth and range of public understanding of Genome Project-related subjects by providing lectures and discussions on a variety of topics of interest to groups including genetic disease support organizations, adult education classes, and high school and junior college students. The fourth aim is to demystify scientific research by bringing members of the general public into a working laboratory to talk with Genome Project scientists and to manipulate laboratory equipment in an interactive tour of the Human Genome Mapping Center at the University of California, San Francisco.