DENVER CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH EDUCATION ALLIANCE, PHASE I

描述（由申请人提供）：丹佛学校心血管健康教育联盟（CardioHEADS）是丹佛公立学区三所中学和加州大学三所校区的教师之间的生物医学教育合作伙伴关系，以支持基于探究的心血管健康和疾病团队。这一伙伴关系的目标是：1)提高对心血管健康和疾病的理解，对科学探究过程的理解，以及低收入、城市、种族多样化的公立中学生对健康科学事业的兴趣。2)协助中学科学教师朝着课堂实践的方向发展，包括更多地强调以适合年龄的CVHD为组织主题的基于探究的活动。支持这些目标的活动包括课程开发、教师的专业发展、学生与科学家榜样的接触，以及教师和学生获得科学设备以支持基于探究的团队。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Cardiovascular Health Education Alliance for Denver Schools (CardioHEADS) is a biomedical education partnership between faculty at three middle schools in the Denver Public Schools District and three UC campuses to support inquiry-based teaming about cardiovascular health and disease. The goals of this partnership are to: 1) Improve understanding of cardiovascular health and disease, understanding of the process of scientific inquiry, and interest in health science careers among low-income, urban, ethnically diverse, public middle school students 2) Assist middle school science teachers to progress toward classroom practice that includes more emphasis on inquiry-based activities using age-appropriate CVHD as an organizing theme. The activities to support these goals include curriculum development, professional development of teachers, student contact with scientist role models, and access for teachers and students to science equipment to support inquiry-based teaming.