The USC College of Science and Mathematics SCienceLab will be developed as a hands-on, discovery-oriented teaching laboratory where middle and high school science teachers and students can interact with university research groups in an extended experience of cutting edge bioscience. It will be modeled after Boston University School of Medicine's highly successful CityLab and will use some of the laboratory investigations developed by CityLab. Additional laboratory investigations will be developed by USC research teams based on their research expertise. A unique feature of SCienceLab will be that each laboratory investigation will be the responsibility of a particular laboratory research team. These teams will consist of a faculty member(s) and the postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduates, and technicians who work together on a particular research project. They will be responsible not only for developing the details of a particular laboratory investigation that is based on their research project, but also for conducting that investigation with science teachers and their students. These activities will be tied to the National Science Standards. During the summer, a graduate course will be offered to science teachers that will include mentored instruction of students participating in the laboratory investigations at SCienceCamp.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Education Projects (R25)
Project #
5R25RR018542-02
Application #
6804105
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRR1-SEPA-4 (01))
Program Officer
Beck, Lawrence A
Project Start
2003-09-30
Project End
2006-08-31
Budget Start
2004-09-01
Budget End
2005-08-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2004
Total Cost
$249,261
Indirect Cost
Name
University of South Carolina at Columbia
Department
Biology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
111310249
City
Columbia
State
SC
Country
United States
Zip Code
29208
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