Urban Habitats - Inquiry-based life science explorations for K-5 students

城市栖息地 - 针对 K-5 学生的基于探究的生命科学探索

• 批准号: 7271068
• 负责人: LINDA D BUSSELL
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: KINDER MAGIC SOFTWARE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-04-20 至 2008-10-14
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7271068
• 关键词: Address; Behavior; Biological Sciences; Categories; Characteristics; Child; Cities; Computer software; Curriculum Management System; Depth; Ecology; Ecosystem; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Effectiveness; Environment; Evaluation; Feedback; Fostering; General Population; Goals; Habitats; Home environment; Instruction; Knowledge; Learning; Life; Mission; Multimedia; Natural History; Nature; Online Systems; Organism; Outcome; Phase; Population; Process; Public Health; Research; Sampling; Schools; Science; Societies; Solid; Standards of Weights and Measures; Structure; Students; Surveys; Testing; United States National Institutes of Health; Vertebrates; base; burden of illness; commercial application; concept; design; disability; improved; innovation; interest; literacy; member; prototype; research and development; response; science education; skills; teacher; tool

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the proposed project, titled Urban Habitats-Inquiry-based life science explorations for K-5 students, is to design, develop and evaluate unique, engaging multimedia educational software. With this Web-based interactive software, students in grades K-5 will learn about environmental and life sciences through exploration and discovery of urban habitats. The goal is to develop content units that delve into the characteristics of vertebrates commonly encountered in various urban habitats, to study their natural histories, their environments, and ecosystems they are part of. Interaction with the Urban Habitats will reflect how science is done, emphasizing inquiry and discovery as a way of achieving knowledge and understanding. Knowledge of basic scientific ideas and processes consistent with the National Science Education Standards and the mission of the NIH will be addressed within this framework. The mission of the NIH is to be a steward of science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of this knowledge to protect public health. It follows that members of the general population should have a solid grounding in basic scientific principles so that they may apply this knowledge to promote and maintain a healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability on themselves and the society at large. In Phase I, the goal will be to show the feasibility of Urban Habitats to significantly improve science literacy in K-5 students. The Phase I module will be tested with approximately 100 students. The aim of the research will be to investigate whether student outcomes include enhanced science processing skills, increased life science content knowledge, and a deeper understanding of the nature of science. The goal of the project's second phase will be to develop and test a fully functional prototype. The potential commercial applications of this software will support a wide distribution in public, private, and home schools. This software-based interactive curriculum titled Urban Habitats-Inquiry-based life science explorations for K-5 students is relevant to the NIH's mission as it will foster science education, science literacy, and an understanding of how science is conducted. It is essential that members of the general population have a solid grounding in basic scientific principles so that they may apply this knowledge to promote and maintain a healthy life.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议项目的目的是针对K-5学生的基于Urban Habitats-inquiry的生活科学探索，是设计，开发和评估独特的，引人入胜的多媒体教育软件。借助这个基于网络的交互式软件，K-5年级的学生将通过探索和发现城市栖息地来了解环境和生命科学。目的是开发内容单元，这些单元深入研究各种城市栖息地通常遇到的脊椎动物的特征，以研究其自然历史，环境和生态系统的一部分。与城市栖息地的互动将反映科学的完成方式，强调探究和发现是实现知识和理解的一种方式。在本框架内将解决与国家科学教育标准以及NIH的使命一致的基本科学思想和过程的知识。 NIH的使命是成为科学的管家，以追求有关生命系统性质和行为的基本知识，并应用这种知识来保护公共卫生。因此，普通民众的成员应该在基本科学原则上有扎实的基础，以便他们可以运用这一知识来促进和维持健康的生活，并减轻自身和整个社会的疾病和残疾负担。在第一阶段，目标是展示城市栖息地的可行性，以显着提高K-5学生的科学素养。 I期模块将与大约100名学生进行测试。该研究的目的是研究学生的成绩是否包括增强的科学处理能力，提高生活科学内容知识以及对科学本质的更深入了解。该项目第二阶段的目标是开发和测试一个功能齐全的原型。该软件的潜在商业应用将支持公立，私立和家庭学校的广泛分发。这款基于软件的交互式课程为K-5学生的基于城市栖息地的生活科学探索与NIH的使命相关，因为它将促进科学教育，科学素养以及对科学如何进行的理解。普通人群的成员必须在基本科学原则上有扎实的基础，以便他们可以运用这些知识来促进和维持健康的生活。