1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program 2002 Grant Award

2. Objectives Increase access of science careers for underrepresented groups Models for bringing teaching & research closer together; improve science education at all levels; connectivity Expose to increasingly interdisciplinary nature of the life sciences

3. What are the programs sponsored at The University of Alabama? 1. Discovery-based Curriculum 2. DVD presentation of Integrated Science 3. Science in Motion 4. Hughes Rural Science Scholars Program 5. Hughes Undergraduate Research Intern Program

4. 1. Discovery-Based Curriculum Introduction to Inquiry Drs. Oppenheimer & Roden Integrated Genetics Dr. Caldwell

5. New State-of-the Art Equipment College of A&S Cost Share 120 compound microscopes 20 clinical-level microscopes & stereomicroscopes

6. Two New Discovery-Based Courses 1. Integrated Human Physiology Dr. Secor Hierarchical.. Cells --> Organism Metabolism…... sum Mechanisms Performance Energy flux

7. Two New Discovery-Based Courses 2. Immunology Dr. LeBlanc Additive nature of scientific inquiry Foundational concepts Combine techniques Question based

8. 2. Alabama Science in Motion Professor teams work together and attend professional meetings about science education New interdisciplinary experiments Present to teachers Serving 66 schools, 259 classes and 5,522 students

9. Biology & Chemistry Vans Robbie Smithson Biology 143 Terrie Boman Lloyd 51

10. 3. Integrated Science CCET - film and print material for middle school Live-Web based instruction New format to access more schools: Involving Students; Teachers,Parents and Administrators

11. Serving 1,000 teachers and 130,000 students http://expeditions.is.ua.edu/

12. 4. Hughes Rural Science Scholars Program Encouraged to return to rural setting as professionals Introduced to what college is about Other students are models Explore careers What it takes to succeed

13. Contributing to Life in Rural Alabama Our Challenge as educators…… 63 of Alabama’s 67 counties do not have the medical personnel or facilities to provide the level of care considered basic by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

15. College Course Work Principles of Biology I Creative Writing

16. 5. Hughes Undergraduate Research Intern Program Seminar - Spring Research Workshop -May Summer + AA Research Journal-JOSHUA Presentations:Posters, Meetings, Publications Visiting Scientists Series

17. A Partnership

18. Hughes Undergraduate Research Interns - 2002

19. Field Trips

20. Hughes Posters 1999 “ Of COURSE it is a hypha”

21. 2002 HHMI Support $860,000 Undergraduate Research $178,000 Discovery-Based Courses $44,000 Faculty Develop Curriculum $300,000 Rural Science Scholars Program (High School Bridge) $140,000 Alabama Science in Motion $200,000 Integrated Science CCET (Middle Schools)