Heat VIZ: an interactive digital platform for heat island investigations for K-12 stem students
Ended Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- R44GM150307
- Recipient
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Myriad Sensors, Inc. UEI F47EL8SWG943
- Awarding agency
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National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- Obligated
- $4,072,283
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training
- Completion date
- Originally
- Place of performance
- Brentwood, TN 37027, USA
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Description
- Abstract
- Extreme heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the united states (more than hurricanes and tornadoes combined), and the heat island effect intensifies these health risks, often in low-resource urban areas. Our research team has previously piloted heat island measurement projects for citizen science research involving college students and as stem learning experiences at the high school level. Through the pilot projects, our team has identified key usability hurdles that limit the wide-spread scalability and applicability of these activities. This sbir fast-track phase I/II proposal (called heat VIZ) aims to build and test an interactive digital media platform to enable heat island projects to be implementable by high schools across the country. The goal of the project is focused on improvements of four student outcomes 1. Content knowledge of relevant disciplinary core ideas around weather, climate, biogeology, and human impacts on the earth 2. Increased proficiency with the scientific and engineering practices: planning and carrying out investigations, analyzing and interpreting data, and arguing from evidence 3. Improved understanding of the health-risks of heat islands, how these are inequitably distributed among different groups, and what might be done to address these risks 4. Increased student interest in stem and efficacy about how stem can improve the lives of themselves and their communities the commercial outcome of the heat VIZ project would be to create a program that integrates sensors, software, lesson materials, and professional development into a modular instructional unit that educators can implement into their biology or earth science curriculum. Pocketlab will market and sell the heat VIZ program through our online store and through our network of 30+ resellers in the US and internationally. Pocketlab will disseminate the research findings and market the heat VIZ program through our science is cool learning community which has engagements with 100K+ science educators.
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Who received award R44GM150307?
R44GM150307 was awarded to Myriad Sensors, Inc. by National Institute of General Medical Sciences (National Institutes of Health) on September 1, 2023.
How much is award R44GM150307 worth?
$4,072,283 has been obligated on R44GM150307.
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