• Statisticalanalyses of pre and posttest results revealed that each year student participants significantly increased their knowledge of the structure, function, and care of the human organism.
• Results of each teacher participant's research on learning in their classroom after implementing their Build a Human teaching unit evidenced significant increases.
• Written and oral testimonials by parents and involved community members document that the program was beneficial in impacting student participants' learning, attitude, health choices, and career interests.

• We were challenged by budget handlers who were inflexible in modifying our needs from the original proposal, and who were not timely in making payments to personnel or vendors. As a result, some of the presenters and administrators were paid months after they expected paychecks. Also, some purchases were lost because paperwork did not make it through the system in time, and those supplies and their funds were forfeited.
• In spite of the wonderful reputation and many perks offered to teachers, recruitment of teacher participants in the summer was challenging. We solved this concern by including student teachers, who turned out to be even more receptive participants than inservice teachers. In the future, I recommend funding release time during the academic year for teachers, such as a series of Friday workshops with the grant paying for subs.
• Kit storage and checkout has been a challenge. To facilitate availability to educators, some are stored in the education department. However, the order for the locked cabinets we ordered for the kits was misplaced, and the funding period ended before we realized the problem.

• Resources from the highly successful Build a Human Project including descriptions, application procedures, lesson plans, and related publications can be accessed at http://puffin.creighton.edu/buildahuman
• Expertise on collaboration with educators and assessment. Lynne E. Houtz, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Science Education lhoutz@creighton.edu

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