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Downloads for 2009 Applicants Summer Institute: July 13–17, 2009 Application to be a 2009 Peabody Fellow [PDF 51 KB] Benefits to Teachers [PDF 87 KB] Peabody Fellows Brochure [PDF 1007 KB] Conceptual Structure of the Connecticut Science Framework addressed by the Peabody Fellows Program and curriculum module [PDF 40 KB] Connecticut Science Framework B INQs, C INQs and D INQs [PDF 91KB] Program Overview The Peabody Fellows Program began in 1997 as a science literacy initiative for elementary school teachers, students and their families. It aims to educate and excite them to experience the diversity of the natural world with a positive attitude towards scientific inquiry, and to promote the incorporation of science and scientific inquiry methods in the classroom. With original funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and currently supported through a Science Education Partnership Award (2005–2010) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Peabody Fellows Program works closely with selected teachers on science curriculum projects aligned with state and national science standards. The program has evolved into a respected resource for professional development in southeastern Connecticut that helps teachers show children new ways to view their environment, strengthen their observational and investigative skills, and instill a respect for biodiversity. It provides teachers with access to the educational resources of the Yale Peabody Museum to enhance the learning experience in their classrooms. Current Program Focus: Grades 5 to 10 BIODIVERSITY AND VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE The latest NIH–SEPA grant, administered through the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), was awarded to Principal Investigator Leonard Munstermann, senior research scientist in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale University School of Medicine and Curator of Entomology at the Yale Peabody Museum. Using information on the locally relevant Lyme disease and West Nile virus, this project has created a curriculum module to teach students in grades 5 to 10 about biodiversity and vector-borne disease, including the differences in transmission, detection, and treatment of viral and bacterial diseases. The Museum's final summer institute for teachers will run from July 13–17, 2009. Curriculum Development Phase A competitively selected group of curriculum-writing Fellows began their undertaking by participating in two spring workshops in 2006. These were held at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven, one of the original research sites for Lyme disease in the 1970s and now an important location for investigating and monitoring West Vile virus. They also attended a 2-week summer Biodiversity Institute. This core of Fellows, along with museum educators, developed and piloted a science curriculum module on Lyme and West Nile in coordination with the loan of the Museum's BioAction Kit, which contains scientific instruments, specimens and supplies for classroom teaching. Over the subsequent years of the grant, this module continues to be refined through further teaching, disseminated to other chosen school districts across the country, and finally made available for national release by the end of 2010. Click here to view a video clip of students exploring the BioAction Lab, courtesy of WTNH-TV News Channel 8 in New Haven. (Best viewed with the latest version of RealPlayer.) Highlight: In 1999, the New Haven Board of Education recommended the Peabody Fellows Program to the Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) as a model science literacy initiative in the public schools. The program was first invited to provide a science education workshop for 160 educators nationwide at the YCSC’s annual Academy for Developmentally Based Education in March 2001. This was the first year that the Academy included science education since its inception in 1997. Historically, it had promoted the teaching of literacy and mathematics in a developmentally appropriate way. This invitation was the first opportunity for widespread dissemination of the Peabody’s acclaimed science literacy program beyond Connecticut, and the Peabody Fellows Program has played an important role in every Academy since that time. As an invited presenter each year, the program’s curriculum specialist provides an inquiry-based workshop that aligns the National Science Education Standards with the six developmental pathways espoused by Dr. James Comer, creator of the YCSC’s nationally recognized School Development Program. SEPA Advisory Council Peabody Fellows Biodiversity and Human Health Program Theodore G. Andreadis, PhD Chief Medical Entomologist, Department Head Soil and Water Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Michael J. Donoghue, PhD G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Yale University Janine Evans, MD Associate Professor Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology Yale University School of Medicine Durland Fish, PhD Professor Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Yale University School of Medicine Ruth R. Montgomery, PhD Senior Research Scientist Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology Yale University School of Medicine Leonard E. Munstermann, PhD Senior Research Scientist Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Yale University School of Medicine Robert T. Schoen, MD Clinical Professor Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology Yale University School of Medicine Eugene D. Shapiro, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Investigative Medicine Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Yale University School of Medicine Kirby Stafford, PhD Vice Director, Chief Scientist/State Entomologist Department of Entomology Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station  |
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