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Pilot Project: Health Matters!

The project will focus on how to present current scientific research on health-related topics to teachers and students, in an authentic and up-to-date manner that is relevant to their lives. Teachers and students will engage with a research methodology and environment, and with researchers themselves.

Target age group
Pupils aged 9-14 years old, together with their teachers

Languages
Printed materials will be produced in Hebrew and English, while the working languages are Hebrew and Arabic

Methodology

A teacher training course that includes:
• Professional tours, discussions on scientific and ethical topics, meetings with researchers about recent scientific research, state-of-the-art workshops
• Developing innovative teaching tools that will help to arouse in youngsters an awareness of, and interest in, science 
• Creating a network of schools in Jerusalem that will cooperate with and receive support from health research institutions and other health-related organisations.
• Synchronous and asynchronous meetings on the Internet through a special website.    

Location
The project will take place at the Bloomfield Science Museum, the Hebrew University’s research labs and in schools.

Planned outputs
• Research report - survey and mapping - September 2005
• Teacher training program  - a year-long course for teachers - November 2005
• Website - September 2005
• Evaluation report - September 2006        

Impact
• A teaching program on health that will include unique teaching methods and will present health in a more authentic and up-to-date manner;
• A network of leading teachers that will continue to cooperate with scientists and researchers and will strengthen the links between their schools and research labs;
• A method for developing innovative teaching tools that can be used in other fields of interest.

Evaluation strategy
Questionnaires, interviews and observations will be carried out.

Pilot coordinator

Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

The Bloomfield Science Museum is an informal cultural and educational institution that presents exhibitions consisting of interactive exhibits on subjects of science and technology, and integrates these exhibits into a context through a wide range of educational activities.

Contact details
Bloomfield Science Museum,
Hebrew University,
Givat Ram,
Jerusalem,
91904,
Israel
www.mada.org.il

Project coordinator
Maya Halevy
TEL: 972-2-6544860
Mobile: 972-50-6234860
Fax: 972-2-5617837
Email: mayah@mada.org.il

Partners

Scientific partners
• Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Modeling and Drug Design at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
• Institute of Life Sciences, Department of Neurobiology and Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
• TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries, Israel
• Chief Scientist’s Office, Ministry of Health, Israel

Educational partners
• The Pedagogical Secretariat, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Israel
• Educational Institutions Administration, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Israel
• Jerusalem Education Administration, Israel
• 10 elementary and junior-high schools in Israel