HEALTH -WISE- PHASE I

描述（改编自申请人的摘要）：“健康-明智”（健康= 与学生和长者一起赢得调查）合作伙伴退休和毕业 学生生物医学专家与小学生一起推广健康课程 促进解决问题，更高层次的思维和科学方法。 该项目促进了学生、教师和 促进生物医学科学与当地 学校计划，并提供重要的科学职业连接， 学生 来自北部30所小学的学生和教师 加州的中心地区与退休的科学/健康相匹配 专业人员和研究生谁加强健康科学的内容， 通过使用国家通过的 课程和“免疫附加”和“在小学使用活昆虫 “生命早期课程教室”课程。 该提案的活动包括：1）密集的夏季研究所， 每年为每位参与者举办为期一年的两名教师的后续会议 以“健康人2,000”为目标，促进教育的学校 2）招聘，培训材料和 支持退休或研究生健康科学家谁将协助 学生和教师在一所学校的一整年;和3）发展 为家庭活动提供材料和支助，以促进家庭健康教育， 由参与的教师和退休或研究生领导的学校网站 伙伴 该项目的次要好处包括职业接触 学生健康领域，健康和科学之间的联系 教育改革努力，以及课堂教学战略和内容 提高教师的知识。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the applicant's abstract): "Health - WISE" (Health= Winning Investigations with Students and Elders) partners retired and graduate student biomedical experts with elementary students to forward health lessons that promote problem solving, higher order thinking and the scientific method. This project furthers the cause of health education for students, teachers and their families, facilitates linkages between biomedical science and local school programs, and provides important science career connections for students. Students and teachers from thirty elementary schools in the north central area of California are matched with retired science/health professionals and graduate students who enhance health science content and health education instruction at each school through the use of state adopted curriculum and the "Immunization Plus" and "Using Live Insects in Elementary Classroom for Early Lessons in Life" curricula. The activities of the proposal include: 1) an intensive summer institute and year long follow up meetings for two teachers per year per participating school that models the goal of "Healthy People 2,000" and promotes instruction that builds on the scientific method; 2) recruitment, training materials and support for a retired or graduate student health scientist who will assist students and teachers at one school for an entire year; and 3) development of materials and support for family events to promote family health education at school sites led by participating teachers and retired or graduate student partners. Secondary benefits of the project include career exposure for students to the field of health, connections between health and science education reform efforts, and classroom instructional strategies and content knowledge improvement for teachers.