Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education Partnerships (OSEP)
Projects

The iLab Network
We are creating experimental facilities via remote online laboratories that enable students and educators to use real instruments, rather than simulations, to carry out experiments from anywhere at any time. Unlike conventional facilities, iLabs can be shared and accessed widely by audiences across the world that might not otherwise have the resources to purchase and operate costly or delicate lab equipment. Teachers nationwide are discovering this exciting new way to do science — by using high-end lab equipment in their classrooms for free! Students are using iLabs for the following purposes:

To do experiments anywhere, at any time on the Internet.
To use real lab devices, analyze real experimental data.
To try the Radioactivity iLab – with many more labs to come!
 
Take a look: http://ilabcentral.org
Contact: Kemi Jona,  kjona@northwestern.edu


Oncofertility Summer Research Fellowships and Biology Curriculum
With support from the federal stimulus package Northwestern received from the National Cancer Institute, two teachers and two undergraduates gained hands-on experience in a working lab devoted to providing new fertility options for cancer patients. The teachers and students worked side by side with, and had the opportunity for extensive interaction with and mentoring by, top Northwestern researchers, graduate students, postdoctoral students and research staff. The money allowed Northwestern to bring relevant lab activities to teachers around the country and bring young women through the pipeline toward careers in science. In addition, teachers are also working on migrating selected research activities to their own classrooms by developing a laboratory curriculum activity. Successful curriculum activities will be distributed by OSEP, exposing a large group of high school students to the excitement of cutting-edge health-related research. 
Contact: Kemi Jona, kjona@northwestern.edu





The OPEN Network

As part of the Oncofertility Consortium, we are developing an Oncofertility Professional Education Network (OPEN), which will educate health professionals about the emerging interdisciplinary field of oncofertility. We will offer learning modules and online resources on specific, high-need topics for oncofertility fellows and physicians-in-practice, medical students and the general population of oncologists, gynecologists, pediatric oncologists and infertility specialists at both academic centers and community hospitals. We will provide an online resource that will disseminate work done by center scientists, as well as provide education on specific, high-need topics. The web site will launch in 2010. 
Contact: Kemi Jona, kjona@northwestern.edu






Myoncofertility.org

In September 2008, the Office of STEM Education Partnerships, in conjunction with the Feinberg School of Medicine and with input from cancer fighters and cancer survivors, launched a new educational web site, myoncofertility.org, an interactive web site to educate patients about the potential effect of cancer and treatments on their fertility and options to preserve it. The site provides information, support and inspiration for young cancer patients through video testimonials, survivor stories and expert advice for cancer patients who wish to maintain their fertility. The site answers cancer-related fertility questions, helps patients talk to their doctors about fertility concerns, and offers a help line for assistance in finding a local fertility specialist.
http://www.myoncofertility.org/
     
Contact: Kemi Jona, kjona@northwestern.edu






Oncofertility Saturday Academy (OSA)

A two-year science program offered by Northwestern in partnership with Young Women's Leadership Charter School, OSA was designed for the girls of this high school to learn science concepts through hands-on lab investigations as they develop relationships with medical professionals and discover college and career choices in science. http://osa.northwestern.edu/ 
Contact: Kemi Jona,  kjona@northwestern.edu









GLOBE Watershed Dynamics

Watershed Dynamics is one of four GLOBE Earth System Science Projects (ESSP) writing inquiry-based curriculum materials. Students use My World GISTM and the web-based FieldScope GIS to study water availability and human impacts on the watershed. Curriculum developers at Northwestern University and the GLOBE Program have partnered with scientists from CUAHSI to create student investigations of watershed behavior for local, regional, and national scales. Using specialized GIS tools, students access live scientific datasets to investigate complex earth system science issues like water availability and human impact on flood frequency.
Contact: Colleen Buzby, c-buzby@northwestern.edu







Last Updated: 2009-10-20 14:47:53
 
 

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