Powers of Inquiry

调查权

• 批准号: 6694254
• 负责人: STEVEN Douglas MOORE
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: SCIENCE-APPROACH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-12 至 2004-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6694254
• 关键词: clinical research; curriculum; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; environmental contamination; environmental exposure; environmental health; extraterrestrial environment; geographic site; health education; human subject; science education; secondary schools

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this Phase 1 SBIR application is to evaluate the feasibility of creating educational materials for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (MIEHS). Entitled Powers of Inquiry: Using image analysis to explore environmental health science, the materials will employ an advanced technology tool -- NASA Image2000 -- to lead middle and high school students through inquiry-based explorations of ten case studies related to the mission of NIEHS. A powerful image processing and analysis (IPA) software program designed specifically for use in education, NASA Image2000 will put substantial computing power in the hands of students, allowing them to develop their own research questions, conduct investigations, and come to their own conclusions about the data contained within digital images. A "powers of ten" format will organize the lessons in Powers of Inquiry. Each succeeding lesson in the materials will zoom in on environmental health issues, starting at the planetary level and moving through lessons about the organs, microscopic organisms, and human tissue cells to arrive at a lesson on how molecule-sized nano-detectors may serve as the first defense against bio-terrorism. The educational goal of the Powers of Inquiry materials will be to introduce environmental health science to middle and high school students with an engaging visual medium that involves them in inquiry-based activities supporting accomplishments of state and national standards for science, mathematics, and technology education. Accomplishing the following Phase 1 project milestones will further these goals: (1) Finalize a table of contents for the Powers of Inquiry materials; (2) Identify plug-ins and other modifications for NASA Image2000 that will facilitate use of the software for the Powers of Inquiry materials; (3) Develop and pilot-test a model Powers of Inquiry lesson; (4) Develop a plan for field-testing the instructional materials; (5) Create a product development plan for the lessons. The materials will be developed by Science-Approach, a newly created for-profit entity derived from the Center for Image Processing in Education (CIPE). CIPE, a well-respected nonprofit provider of instructional materials and professional development services to teachers, has a successful track record of developing and commercializing instructional materials similar to Powers of Inquiry.

描述（由申请人提供）：本第1阶段申请的目标是评估为国家环境健康科学研究所（MIEHS）创建教育材料的可行性。题为“探究能力：使用图像分析”来探索环境健康科学，这些材料将采用先进的技术工具-NASA Image2000 - 通过基于查询的探索与NIEHS有关的十项案例研究，以中学和高中生的身份领导中学生。 NASA Image2000强大的图像处理和分析（IPA）软件程序（IPA）软件程序将把大量的计算能力掌握在学生的手中，使他们能够制定自己的研究问题，进行调查并得出自己对数字图像中包含的数据的结论。 “十个力量”格式将以探究能力组织教训。材料中的每个后续课程都将缩小环境健康问题，从行星层面开始，并介绍有关器官，微观生物体和人体组织细胞的课程，以便在分子大小的纳米探测器中获得一堂课，这可能是对生物恐怖主义的首次防御。探究材料的教育目标是将环境健康科学介绍给中学和高中生，具有引人入胜的视觉媒介，涉及他们参加基于询问的活动，以支持州和国家科学，数学和技术教育的成就。完成以下第1阶段项目里程碑将进一步进一步：（1）最终确定询问材料功能的目录； （2）确定NASA Image2000的插件和其他修改，这些插件将有助于将软件用于查询材料的功能； （3）开发和试验调查课程的模型能力； （4）制定一个实地测试的教学材料计划； （5）为课程制定产品开发计划。这些材料将由科学诉求开发，这是一个新创建的营利性实体，该实体源自教育图像处理中心（CIPE）。 Cipe是一家备受尊敬的非营利组织教学材料和专业发展服务的提供商，它在开发和商业化教学材料方面取得了成功的记录，类似于探究能力。