ERIC ED407233: Community Partnerships in Science Education: Holiday Lectures on Science (December 9-10, 1996). Precollege Science Education Initiatives in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area.

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Community Partnerships in Science Education: Holiday
Lectures on Science (December 9-10, 1996). Precollege
Science Education Initiatives in the Washington, DC,
Metropolitan Area.
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ABSTRACT
This document reports on a science education reform program
sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The program is an attempt
to overhaul the reform efforts of the Montgomery County Public Schools in
Maryland, and participation in the project has been underway since 1994.
Funds from the institute support teacher training in the use and evaluation
of curricular materials, a summer science camp for middle school girls, an
outdoor environmental education program for students and teachers, a
week-long summer program for biology teachers at the outdoor education site
on the Chesapeake Bay, the Holiday Lectures on Science Series, and programs
that provide state-of-the-art training in molecular biology and chemistry.
Program details are provided on the Holiday Lectures on Science; precollege
science education grants in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area; regional
awards in the national grants program in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore
areas; the 1995-1996 participants in institute-funded projects in the
Washington, D.C. and Baltimore areas; and background information about the
Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Community Partnerships
in Science Education
Holiday Lectures on Science
December 9-10, 1996
Precollege Science Education
Initiatives in the Washington, D.C.,
Metropolitan Area
Office of Grants and Special Programs
3
©1996 by the Office of Grants and Special Programs, Howard Hughes Medical. Institute. All rights reserved.
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Susan Anderson, Bill Carrigan, Miriam Davis, Kathi Hanna, Frank Portugal, and
Robert Taylor to this report. Photographs at the Institute and the Thomas Edison High School of Technology
were taken by William K.
Geiger. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation photograph was taken by David W. Harp.
Contents
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Programs
v
Preface
vii
Introduction: New Roads to Science Learning
ix
Holiday Lectures on Science
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Holiday Lectures on Science
1
Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area Precollege Science Education Grants
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Fellowship Program
at the National Institutes of Health
19
Montgomery County Public Schools Student and Teacher Intern Program
at the National Institutes of Health
42
Montgomery County Public Schools Elementary Science Education
60
Montgomery County Public Schools and Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Collaboration in Environmental Science Education
63
Montgomery County Public Schools and Audubon Naturalist Society Collaboration in
Environmental Science Education
69
Edison Career Center Middle School Biotechnology Summer Focus Program
70
Contacts for Howard Hughes Medical Institute Precollege Science Education Initiatives in the Washington,
D.C., Metropolitan Area
73
Regional Awards in the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore Areas Under the National Grants Program
Precollege Science Education
77
Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education
80
Graduate Science Education
84
Participants
Students
89
Teachers
92
Preceptors
94
Schools
95
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Trustees
99
Officers
100
Principal Staff Members
101
Office of Grants and Special Programs
102
Contents
iii
Tables
Summary of Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area Grants
xii
1
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Holiday Lectures on Science, 1993-1995
2
2
Student and Teacher Advisers for Holiday Lectures Resource Guide
3
13
Washington Metropolitan Area High School Students Attending the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Holiday
4
Lectures on Science, December 18 and 19,1995
14
Institutes Offering Student Research in HHMI's Summer Research Fellowship Program and the Student and
5
Teacher Intern Program at the National Institutes of Health
18
Instrumentation II: Chemistry with Calculator-Based Laboratory
6
45
Summer Workshop in Molecular BiologyJune 20July 2,1996
7
48
Montgomery County Public Schools Student and Teacher Intern Program at the National Institutes of Health,
8
Class of 1996
58
Montgomery County Public Schools Student and Teacher Intern Program at the National Institutes of Health,
9
Class of 1997
59
Examples of Elementary Science Units Distributed to Montgomery County Public Schools,
10
by Grade Level
62
Urban Field Programs of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
11
66
Field Programs of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Saltmarsh Education Centers
12
67
We All Live Downstream: Montgomery County Public School Teacher Participants, July 1996
13
68
Fun with DNA, 1996 Class Roster
14
72
Awards to Regional Institutions Under the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Precollege Science Education
15
Program for Science Museums, 1992-1993
78
Awards to Regional Institutions Under the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Precollege Science Education
16
Initiative for Biomedical Research Institutions, 1992-1996
79
Awards to Regional Institutions Under the Institute's Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program,
17
1992-1996
81
Awards to Regional Institutions for Fellows Supported Under the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Graduate
18
Science Education Program, 1995-1996
85
Students Participating in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area Precollege Science Education Initiatives of
19
the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1995-1996
89
Teachers Participating in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area Precollege Science Education Initiatives of
20
the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1995-1996
92
Preceptors Participating in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Student and Teacher Intern Program
21
(1995-1996) and the Summer Research Fellowship Program (1996) at the National Institutes of Health
94
Schools Participating in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area Precollege
22
Science Education Initiatives, 1995-1996
95
Community Partnerships in Science Education
iv
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Programs
The Howard Hughes Medical
international genome mapping pro-
gram, provides research training to
Institute was founded in 1953 by avi-
medical students through the
ator-industrialist Howard R Hughes.
Research Scholars Program (con-
Its charter, in part, reads:
ducted jointly with the National
The primary purpose and objective
Institutes of Health), and organizes
of the Howard Hughes Medical Insti-
scientific conferences, workshops,
tute shall be the promotion of human
and program reviews.
knowledge within the field of the basic
sciences (principally the field of med-
ical research and medical education)
and the effective application thereof
Grants and Special Programs
for the benefit of mankind.
To complement its research pro-
gram, the Institute has a grants pro-
gram dedicated to strengthening
Biomedical Research
education in the biological and relat-
Program
ed sciences. Administered by the
Office of Grants and Special Pro-
The Howard Hughes Medical Insti-
grams, the Institute grants are
tute is a nonprofit medical research
designed to enhance science educa-
organization dedicated to basic bio-
tion at the graduate, undergraduate,
medical research and education. Its
and precollege levels; to increase
principal objectives are the advance-
public understanding and apprecia-
ment of fundamental knowledge in
tion of science; and to support
biomedical science and the applica-
fundamental biomedical research
tion of new scientific knowledge to
abroad and research resources in
the alleviation of disease and the
U.S. medical schools. In addition, a
promotion of health.
Through its program of direct
comprehensive assessment effort is
under way. The grants reach a wide
conduct of medical research in con-
range of institutions involved in for-
junction with hospitals, it employs
mal and informal science education,
over 270 independent investigators
including colleges and universities,
at its laboratories in more than 60
medical schools, research institutes,
leading academic medical centers,
elementary and secondary schools,
universities, and hospitals through-
and museums.
out the United States. The Institute
conducts research in five broad
Since 1988 the Institute's grants
cell biology, genetics,
program has provided about $95
areas:
million in fellowship support to
immunology, neuroscience, and
1,400 students and physician scien-
structural biology.
tists who have shown strong
To aid these research efforts, the
promise of becoming tomorrow's
Institute is involved in the training of
leading biomedical researchers.
graduate and postgraduate students
The undergraduate program has
in its investigators' laboratories, has
given substantial support to the
awarded $335 million to strengthen
v
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Programs
7
life sciences education at 220 public
A research resources competition
and private colleges and universi-
for U.S. medical schools was held in
ties. These awards are intended to
1995. A total of $80 million was
enrich educational opportunities for
awarded to 30 U.S. medical schools.
science majors and enhance the
Annual payments of $550,000$1
general scientific literacy of students
million will be made over four years
who major in nonscience subjects.
for junior faculty startup, core facili-
In addition to precollege activities
ties, pilot projects, emergency
in the undergraduate program, the
funds, and other activities that will
Institute has awarded $11 million to
help the schools sustain their com-
51 museums, aquaria, botanical gar-
mitment to research. The research
dens, and zoos to support innovative
resources program also provides
education programs and to interest
support to research organizations
youngsters in science. In 1994 the
serving the biomedical community
precollege program was extended
as unique resource laboratories and
by awards totaling $10 million to 42
teaching facilities.
biomedical research institutions.
Through a grants initiative
The Institute's local science edu-
launched in 1991, the Institute sup-
cation initiatives provide opportuni-
ports the research of outstanding
ties in the Washington, D.C., area
biomedical scientists abroad. Alto-
for precollege students at all levels
gether, more than $38 million in
to gain experience in the science
five-year grants has been awarded to
classroom and laboratory. A holiday
143 international research scholars.
lecture series on science for high
The Institute has a home page on
school students, held each Decem-
the World Wide Web, with direct
ber, is telecast via satellite through-
out North America to more than
links to the grant sites. The univer-
8,000 junior and senior high
sal resource locator (URL) is
schools.
<http://www.hhmi.org>.
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Community Partnerships in Science Education
vi
Preface
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
President
Purnell W. Choppin, M.D.
Peter C. Doherty and Rolf M.
expanded the work of Doherty and
Zinkernagel were awarded this
Zinkernagel. HHMI Investigators
John W. Kappler and Philippa Mar-
year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or
rack, a husband-and-wife research
Medicine for discovering how the
team at the National Jewish Center
immune system recognizes virus-
for Immunology and Respiratory
infected cells. Their discovery, made
Medicine in Denver, Colorado, have
nearly 20 years ago, laid a founda-
produced a steady stream of
tion for an understanding of general
advances in our understanding of
mechanisms used by the cellular
how the immune system operates,
immune system to recognize both
punctuated by major discoveries
foreign microorganisms and self
that have earned them a global repu-
molecules. This knowledge has led
tation as immunologists of the high-
to a search for methods to strength-
en the immune response against
est caliber.
The work of all these scientists
invading microorganisms and cer-
relies on special assets: intellect,
tain forms of cancer, and efforts to
ambition, forbearance, and coopera-
diminish the effects of autoimmune
tion. When asked what makes a
reactions in inflammatory diseases,
great scientist, Marrack and Kappler
such as rheumatic conditions, multi-
answer that determination, flexibili-
ple sclerosis, and diabetes.
Coincidentally, our speakers for
ty, patience, working well with your
peers, and luck are all as useful as
the Institute's 1996 Holiday Lecture
raw brain power in building a suc-
Series for high school students are
two prominent immunologists,
cessful scientific career. Kappler
whose work has augmented and
points out that another important
Institute Vice President
Dr. Joseph G. Perpich
and Institute President
Dr. Purnell W. Choppin
commend Dr. John
Glowa, National
Institute of Diabetes
and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases, for his
exemplary dedication
and service as a mentor
of Montgomery County
students and teachers.
Preface
vii
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trait is the ability to forge productive
School and now a junior at Brown
scientific collaborations: "Almost
University. In 1996 Ms. Munir spent
nobody succeeds in this business all
her third consecutive summer as an
by themselves."
HHMI Summer Research Fellow at
Clearly, being a good scientist
the National Institutes of Health.
requires many of the same traits it
There she worked in the laboratory
takes to be a good citizen. Through
of Dr. W. Jay Ramsey of the Nation-
al Center for Human Genome
its local grants program, the Insti-
tute aims to help the children in our
Research. Her three-year effort paid
community become both good sci-
off this year when she developed a
entists and good citizens. The Insti-
more efficient method of preparing
tute-sponsored programs described
viral vectors for gene therapy. Now
in this report illustrate some of the
a junior at Brown University, she is
best the Washington, D.C., metro-
planning a career in medicine and
politan area has to offer in terms of
science. Just beginning her career
students, teachers, and community
as a scientist, this one student has
volunteers. These include teachers
already made a contribution to the
who spend their summers in molec-
field. Think of what we can look for-
ular biology and chemistry courses
ward to from the thousands of other
so they can offer their students
students engaged in these newly
invigorated science education
state-of-the-art knowledge; students
who spend their summers and after-
efforts!
The primary mission of the
school hours working side by side
with scientists at the National Insti-
Howard Hughes Medical Institute is
tutes of Health; scientists who
to support biomedical research. Sci-
enthusiastically and freely give of
ence is not a subject or "thing"; it is
their time and talent; and educators
a process of inquiry conducted by
and staff of the Audubon Naturalist
human beings. Without the human
Society and the Chesapeake Bay
intellect and will, there is no science.
Foundation who believe that chil-
Through support of science educa-
dren are best taught to appreciate
tion at all levels, from kindergarten
the natural world through inquiry-
to postdoctoral training, we aim to
based, hands-on study. Through all
nourish developing intellects and
these programs children learn the
boost the will to succeed. Whether
values of observation, perseverance,
the young people portrayed in this
and teamworkvalues that will
publication go on to careers in sci-
serve them on whatever path they
ence is, in some ways, immaterial.
take.
Of course, we hope they will. But if
they don't, they have "done sci-
We are impressed with the seem-
ingly infinite capacity our youngest
ence," and will forever understand
citizens bring to the scientific enter-
its processes. As citizens, they will
prise. A prime example is Jamalah
have a better grasp of how science
Munir, a graduate of Oxon Hill High
is changing their lives.
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