Frontiers in Physiology
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Hear about current physiology research topics on Life Lines, a Podcast of the APS

Get ready for Physiology Understanding Week 2008. Teachers host an APS member physiologist who visits their classroom during PhUn Week, November 3-7. Free resources and material available.

2007 Research Teachers participate in a Teacher Workshop for local area teachers in San Diego during the EB 2008 conference.



Welcome to Frontiers in Physiology

Frontiers in Physiology is a program of the American Physiological Society (APS), and is sponsored by APS, the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), Science Education Partnership Awards (SEPA Grant #RR15251), and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK Grant #DK 39306) at the National Institutes of Health. The American Association for the Advancement of Science and Wiley Publishers also generously donate materials for teachers in the program each year

Frontiers in Physiology has four main goals and objectives:

  • Develop, evaluate, refine, and disseminate a model and materials for integrating inquiry, equity, and technology into the middle/high school science classroom and into professional development programs;
  • Build ongoing working relationships between research scientist and middle/high school teachers through research and in-service experiences and online communications;
  • Promote the adoption of national standards for K-12 content and pedagogy -- especially inquiry, equity, and technology use -- by middle and high school science teachers through ongoing in-service activities developed collaboratively by teachers and researchers; and
  • Increase teachers' skills in developing, assessing, and utilizing web-based curricular materials and resources, especially in integrating online resources into inquiry-based teaching.

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SEPA Annual Conference 2008, May 19-21: Washington, DC

Fulfillment of these goals is accomplished through three program components:

  • the Research Teacher Fellowship,
  • Local Outreach Teams, and
  • the Leadership Fellowship.

In each component, teachers and physiologists work collaboratively to improve science education at middle and high school levels.

 

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The Frontiers in Physiology programs are developed and sponsored by the American Physiological Society with additional funding from the National Center for Research Resources (Science Education Partnership Award #RR15251) at the National Institutes of Health.

 
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