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Program Director:
Dr. Clifford Houston
Associate Vice President, Office of Educational Outreach
University of Texas Medical Branch
Office of Educational Outreach
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-0981
4097720896
chouston@utmb.edu
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With HHMI support, the University of Texas Medical Branch will implement a series of science education programs for teachers and students in schools throughout Galveston County and beyond.
Through the "All Kids Are Scientists" (AKA Science program), kindergarten through sixth-grade students will participate in after school, hands-on science sessions led by teachers who have previously received training by an Area Health Education Center (AHEC) in leading the lessons.
A summer camp for 7th and 8th grade students, Summer Science Camp I, has middle-school children conducting inquiry-based laboratory activities under the direction of undergraduate students. In teams of five middle-school students and one undergraduate, structured sets of experiments, techniques, and research problems are explored. As part of this camp, the seventh and eighth graders also 'shadow' high school students involved in the UTMB Summer Research Program, and so are exposed to a variety of research areas while becoming acquainted with a group of positive role models close to them in age.
Summer Science Camp I participants with demonstrated potential for science are strongly encouraged to enroll in Summer Science Camp II for 9th and 10th graders. (Students who didn't participate in Summer Camp I may also apply.) For this camp, students are also assigned to 'teams', but they work more independently and engage in a mini-research project using molecular and cellular biology methods learned, which is formally presented in a seminar at the end of the camp.
The Summer Research Program for students and teachers brings together motivated students and teachers who, for eight weeks, act as full-time research apprentices and associates, respectively, to do a research project under the supervision of a scientist preceptor. Students and teachers participate in special weekly research and medical-ethics seminars conducted for them by faculty who are preceptors, and all participants prepare final reports on their projects, either as an oral presentation to their peers or as an exhibit in the poster session.
The Saturday Biomedical Science Academy provides 4-6th grade students with an exciting enrichment experience that includes access to a wealth of information through hands-on experiments in chemistry, physics, space science, and biology. The Expanding Your Horizons program for 6-8th grade girls stimulates their interest in future careers in math and science through hands-on workshops led by women role models. The Pathfinders program exposes high school students to the full spectrum of career opportunities with the health sciences. Access and exposure is provided to professionals and resources comprising a major academic health center through classroom presentations and hands-on tours to different departments of UTMB. These experiences help foster more informed career decisions and contribute to workforce development in Galveston and surrounding Texas communities.
In addition, the HHMI grant to UTMB will support a series of academic-year hands-on, curriculum coordinated workshops for teachers designed to enhance their ability to teach using inquiry-based methods. An Annual Regional Science Teacher's Conference is also provided for K-12th grade teachers to further enhance all aspects of teacher professional development.
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