Welcome to the Physiology Understanding Week Training Session at EB!

 Increase student interest in and understanding of physiology in their lives  Introduce students to physiology as a possible career  Increase teacher recognition of physiology in their science curriculum  Involve more physiologists in outreach to the students and teachers in their communities Physiology Understanding Week

Poster Board #T58 Program Abstract 4272

APS Councillor Joey Granger, Ph.D. University of Mississippi Medical Center

APS Research Teacher/Mentor Margaret Shain, New Albany, IN

Why Reach Out? Events from PhUn Week 2008 Planning your own PhUn Week 2009

Andrea Gwosdow, Ph.D. Gwosdow Associates

Bina Joe, Ph.D., Associate Professor Physiological Genomics Laboratory, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo,OH PhUn Week and

Classroom Visit at Springfield High School, Holland, OH

Bringing together the Young and the ‘seasoned players’!

Discussions with a Distinguished Panel

The Panelists

Question after question followed...

One-to-one dialogue…

Caught in rapt attention…

University of Arizona COM-Phoenix THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE PHOENIX Arizona State University Rayna Gonzales, Ph.D.

10:00 – 10:50 AM: Welcome/slide presentation (Drs. Hale and Gonzales) 10:50 – 11:30 AM: COM-Phoenix campus tour (Al Bravo) 11:30 – 12:15 PM: BioPac: Pulmonary Function (Dr. Cindi Standley) 12:15 – 12:45 PM:Students break for lunch 1:00 – 1:30 PM:First round of lab demonstrations Handa Labs : Dr. Chad Foradori /Laura Hinds Gonzales Lab : Kristen Osterlund 1:40 – 2:10 PM: Second round of lab demonstrations Handa Labs : Dr. Chad Foradori/Laura Hinds Gonzales Lab : Kristen Osterlund 2:15 PM: Check out and departure Agenda for PhUn Week Event

Two 15 minute sessions on “What is a Physiologist” and “What is a Pharmacologist” Campus tour Resources and Activities

Future Physiologists in Action! Small Group Lab Demonstrations: Western Blot Frozen Brain Sections Lung Function testing

Peter Farrell, Ph.D. East Carolina University

Barbara Goodman, Ph.D. University of South Dakota

Monica Erwin APS 2008 Research Teacher Upper St. Clair High School, Pittsburgh, PA Research Host: Bill Yates, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh

Career resources: What is a physiologist and what do they do? (PowerPoint presentation) Heart health webquest Life inventory sheet: for student’s own information PhUn Week 2008 Day 1

PhUn Week 2008 Day 2 How does exercise affect your health? Lab activity –Students chose an exercise to do and made a hypothesis about their results. –They designed an experiment, got approval, conducted experiment and gathered data –At end, shared results and interesting observations

Visit from Research Host –Discussed the research process –What he was researching –How to get involved as an undergraduate in research –Open to questions Phun Week 2008 Day 3

Ideas for PhunWeek 2009 Concentrate on freshman class Work in cooperation with Wellness Education teachers (gym/health class) Show students connections between biology and human health and fitness Have a health fair for students one day during the week?

YOUR IDEAS? Your thoughts on your ideal PhUn Week Outreach Event in November What do you want your PhUn Week outcome(s) be? 2.What grade level(s) are you thinking of visiting? 3.What kind of visit, presentation, and/or activities (e.g., assembly, classroom presentation, hands-on experiment, demonstration, or others) do you envision? 4.What is your connection to the school (or the physiologist)? 5.Any additional thoughts? 6.What questions do you have?

1.Consider your area of specialty in physiology. Can an aspect of that be developed into an outreach activity? How? At what grade levels (elementary, middle, high school)? 2.Regardless of your research focus, what kinds of physiology- related activities do you think can inspire children’s interest in science and careers in physiology? 3.What do you think are the most pressing needs in science education at the elementary, middle, and/or high school levels? 4.Any additional thoughts? Your brainstorm thoughts on future PhUn Week themes?