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Teaching Health in the Science Classroom
This curriculum supplement brings scientific inquiry to middle school health education efforts. A collaboration between middle school science teachers and science education professionals at the University of Washington, the document deals with three main topics: drug use, sex education, and nutrition, with an emphasis on preventing obesity. Each topic contains background information, suggested text for informational letters teachers can send to parents, a variety of classroom lessons, and a list of resources. For example, the drug use section contains labs that show the effects of nicotine on Drosophila, the fruit fly, and the effects of nicotine and tobacco on Daphnia, a living organism. The sex education unit includes lessons and activities on human biology and reproduction and sexually transmitted diseases. The publication also contains information on finding and evaluating health information on the Internet and creating a classroom atmosphere where students feel free to explore the sensitive issues raised.
Teaching Health in the Science Classroom
this 78-page book contains resources that teachers can use with both students and parents as they add scientific rigor to the middle school health curriculum.
Media: PDFProgram Director: Barbara T. Wakimoto, Ph.D.
Award Years: 1989, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
Summary: The University of Washington is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Its HHMI-funded initiatives include:
- The UW-HHMI Integrative Research Internship Program, which enables students to participate in faculty-mentored research to gain appreciation for the breadth of research approaches in biology;
- The Biology Fellows Program, which provides selected freshmen with a supportive academic and social environment to help them succeed with a demanding science curriculum;
- The UW-HHMI Future Faculty Fellows Program, which includes an annual teaching and career workshop and a teaching apprenticeship program for postdoctoral researchers; and
- The UW-HHMI Summer Institute in Life Sciences, which provides elementary and middle school teachers with training in inquiry-based science teaching, by developing and testing new evolutionary biology and human biology modules.