# Presentation: 245501

## Science Education at NIH

- Free science education resources
- Career awareness information
- Free curricular materials
- Programs for students and teachers
- http://science.education.nih.gov

***PROJECT EXPORT***

## NCMHD Project Export RFA

- Community Outreach/ Information Dissemination Component
- “The mission of the Community Outreach and Information Dissemination Component is to integrate the EXPORT Centers into the local communities as a national disease prevention and health and science education resource.”
- ...sponsorship of science education outreach activities (e.g., K-12 science programs with area middle schools and/or high schools.)

## Women Are Scientists Videos

- Three women profiled
- Career and home
- Questions from kids
- Surgeons
- Pathologists
- Researchers

## Women are Surgeons

- Victoria Stevens, M.D.
- Native American
- Rosalyn Sterling-Scott, M.D.
- African American
- Yvette LaClaustra, M.D.
- Hispanic American

**Notes:**
Each video uses a diverse group of women to serve as role models for all children

## Women are Pathologists

**Notes:**
Web site has information about ordering, and an online sample of eachvideo so that teachers can assess its appropriatnes for their classes

## Women in Science Posters

- Careers in science
- Neuroscience
- Heart Disease
- Cancer

**Notes:**
First three in the series, three more have been started

## Women in Neuroscience Research

- Dr. Audrey Penn
- Deputy Director NINDS
- Claudia Gerwin
- Neuroscience research tech
- Domira Dominguez
- Patient recruitment & public liaison specialist

**Notes:**
Ethnically diverse group of women

## Women in Science Web Site

**Notes:**
Poster leads students to Web site where they can learn more about these women

## NIH Curriculum Supplements Series

- Bringing NIH research to science classrooms across the nation...

## NIH Curriculum Supplement Series

- K-12 curriculum supplements created in collaboration with NIH institutes & Centers
- Aligned to* National Science Education Standards*
- Provides method to link supplements to state and local standards * *
- Nearly 70,000 copies of first three titles shipped
*Cell Biology and Cancer*,
*Emerging and Reemerging Infections Diseases*
*Human Genetic Variation** *

##  Helping Teachers Teach ScienceGoals for the Curriculum Supplements

- Help teachers keep up-to-date with their science
- More recent material than text books
- Help teachers teach science more effectively
- Inquiry based instruction teaches higher order thinking
- Provide new subject matter to teach important concepts
- Subjects related to health and medicine
- Demonstrate the relevance of science to student’s lives
- Science can also be a rewarding career
- Improve science performance of all students
- Reduce gaps for minority and female students

## Development of the NIH Curriculum Supplements

- Year 1
- OSE meets with scientific advisors (target audience, appropriateness, science standards)
- Develop SOW, revise to meet goals of the institute or center
- Oversee contracting process, run review committee, award contract
- Obtain publication clearances
- Year 2
- Meet with winning contractor and IC advisory committees
- Attend teacher advisory committee and writing group meetings
- Review and comment on draft supplements for national field tests
- Year 3
- Arrange for participation in national field tests by teachers
- Review field test results with advisory committees (includes teachers)
- Review and comment on final drafts of materials, obtain IC review and approvals
- Print final draft
- Year 4+
- Market supplements, appear at teacher conferences, state meetings, etc.
- Receive orders into database, distribute supplements, answer questions, train teachers, etc.

## NIH Curriculum Supplements

- Released Spring 2000:
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases       *Emerging an Re-emerging Infectious Diseases **	*Grades 9-12
- National Human Genome Research Institute       *Human Genetic Variation **	*Grades 9-12* *
- National Cancer Institute       *Cell Biology and Cancer**	*Grades 9-12

## NIH Curriculum Supplements

- Spring 2002:
- National Dental and Craniofacial Research Institute       *Open Wide and Trek Inside**	*Grades 1-2
- National Institute of Environmental Health Science       *Chemicals, the Environment and You**	*Grades 6-8
- National Institute on Drug Abuse       *The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology **	**Through the Study of Addiction **	*Grades 9-12

## Human Genetic Variation

- The company has a problem...
- “..the preliminary test results on the drug’s effectivenessare inconclusive. About one-half of the children testedreported improvement in their asthma– the rest, no effect...”

## Solving the problem...

- Research Teams...
- Each student is assigned to one of three research teams and given a piece of the problem to report back to the group on...

- Physiologist

- Molecular Biologist

- Biostatician

## NIH Curriculum Supplements

- Evaluation Research (with the National Science Foundation)Preliminary Results from NYC trials
- Teaching life science from a disease perspective was popular with teachers and students.
- Excellence: Science achievement on standardized tests was 15% higher in classes
- Equity: Minority gaps and gender gaps in achievement were 16% and 10% smaller. When students of equal ability were compared, science achievement was 14% higher in classes where teachers used curriculum supplements.

## Teacher Professional Development

- Full potential of curriculum supplements will not be realized without professional development for teachers
- Many (most) teachers never trained to do inquiry-based instruction
- Some pilot teachers ignored the supplement design
- 40% of teacher completed only 1 or 2 of the five activities
- “My students are too busy for activities–I tell them what is important to know.”
- These students did not perform as well
- OSE is helping organizations train teachers and to “train trainers”

## Free Science Education Resources http://science.education.nih.gov

## Contact Information

- Bruce A. Fuchs, Ph.D.Director, NIH Office of Science Education_[bruce.fuchs@nih.gov](mailto:bruce.fuchs@nih.gov)_301-402-5225
- Cassandra IsomProgram CoordinatorNIH Office of Science Education_[cassandra.isom@nih.gov](mailto:cassandra.isom@nih.gov)_301-435-2139
- http://science.education.nih.gov