Being Me

描述(由申请者提供)：国家儿童医学中心、乔治华盛顿大学医学院和教育与人类发展研究生院(GWUSOM/GSEHD)、哥伦比亚特区公立学校(DCPS)和乔治王子郡公立学校(PGCPS)与国家儿童博物馆(NCM)合作，提出了一个为期五年的I/II阶段SEPA项目，名为“Being Me”。这个项目将创建新的基于艺术的互动项目，以增强基于全选项科学系统(FOSS)的四年级学生的生物医学课程。这项计划将在三所小学和六个四年级班级实施，为低收入和低识字率儿童服务，并在医院诊所和活动场所实施。我们的五个重点领域包括哮喘、伤害预防、肥胖、睡眠和镰状细胞疾病，每一个领域都对少数族裔人群构成了特殊的关键健康风险，并代表了NIH资助的由儿童教员开展的临床研究。NCM的《Being Me》互动展品和相关艺术节目将结合这五个焦点。课堂课程将包括教学单元、基于网络的活动、与自由和开放源码软件教学单元相联系的艺术项目，以及与国家管理委员会共同开发的活动。 四项以医院为基础的活动将进一步扩大我们的计划。我们将为当地小学教师建立Dr.Bear(R)暑期培训学院，他们将直接与儿童科学家、临床医生、临床研究和艺术治疗工作人员合作，促进和支持课程和项目在三所试点学校之外的进一步传播。我们还将为小学生建立Dr.Bear(R)幼崽的暑期科学体验，并与家长教师协会(PTA)和社区团体合作，在儿童和NCM设立健康和科学之夜，训练有素的志愿者大学生和高中生将在那里“指导”学生、患者和家庭。此外，我们将为DC、PGC和特许学校领导人以及其他非营利性以学校为重点的社区团体提供参与Dr.Bear(R)University的机会，这是一个小型实习计划，旨在允许参与者花费时间与临床和研究人员轮流，体验儿科保健的亲密体验。 我们的计划将吸收GSEHD的教师、教师和健康教育工作者、NCM的创造性博物馆教育工作者、儿童和我们的新地平线艺术项目的教师和生物医学和研究人员的才华。这项提议的主要目的是开发一个跨教育环境的综合课程，以加强四年级的健康科学教育和健康意识和成果。该项目将提高儿童和家长对健康相关行为的理解，为儿童提供健康科学项目的实践经验，并为教师提供工具，将健康科学纳入现有课程。长期目标包括为社区提供直接接触临床和转化科学的机会，这将改善与健康相关的行为，并鼓励学生和家长考虑与健康科学相关的职业。 公共卫生相关性(由申请者提供)：这项研究将为教师、儿童和家长开发一个跨教育、综合、以艺术为重点的科学课程，在这个社区，医疗保健差距和低识字率是获得提高科学素养和健康相关行为的方法的障碍。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Children's National Medical Center (Children's), the George Washington University Schools of Medicine and the Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GWUSOM/GSEHD), the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) in collaboration with the National Children's Museum (NCM) propose a five-year phase I/II SEPA project entitled "Being Me." This project will create novel art-based interactive projects to enhance the biomedical curriculum based on the Full Option Science System (FOSS) for 4th grade students. This program will be implemented at three elementary schools with six 4th grade classes that serve low income and low literacy children and in hospital clinics and events space. Our five focus areas include asthma, injury prevention, obesity, sleep and sickle cell disease, each of which presents a particular critical health risk to minority populations and represents NIH funded clinical research being performed by Children's faculty. NCM's "Being Me" interactive exhibits and related art programming will incorporate each of the five foci. Classroom curricula will include instructional units, web based activities, art projects linked to the FOSS instructional units, and activities developed with the NCM. Four hospital-based activities will further expand our program. We will establish Dr. Bear's(r) Summer Training Institute for local elementary school teachers who will work directly with Children's scientists, clinicians, clinical research and art therapy staff to facilitate and support the further dissemination of curricula and programs beyond the three pilot schools. We will also establish Dr. Bear's(r) Cubs Summer Science Experience for elementary school children and work with the Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) and community groups to establish Health and Science Nights at both Children's and NCM where trained volunteer college and high school students will "mentor" students, patients and families. Further, we will offer the opportunity for DC, PGC and charter school leaders and not for profit school-focused community groups, among others, to participate in Dr. Bear's(r) University, a mini-internship program designed to allow participants to spend time on rotations with clinical and research faculty for an intimate experience of pediatric health care. Our program will draw on the talents of faculty at the GSEHD, teachers and health educators, the creative museum educators of the NCM, faculty and biomedical and research staff of Children's and our New Horizons art program. The primary aim of this proposal is to develop a cross-educational setting, integrated curricula to enhance health science education and health awareness and outcomes in the 4th grade. The program will improve children's and parents understanding of health related behavior, provide children with hands-on experience in health science projects, and provide teachers with tools to integrate health science into existing curricula. Long term goals include providing the community with direct exposure to clinical and translational science which will improve health-related behavior and encourage students and parents to consider health-science related careers. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): This study will develop a cross-educational, integrated, art-focused science curriculum for teachers, children and parents in a community where health care disparities and low literacy are barriers to gaining knowledge of ways to improve science literacy and health related behaviors.