Teacher Enrichment Initiatives (TEI)

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The Teacher Enrichment Initiatives (TEI) involve partnerships between faculty and staff of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and K-12 teachers in the San Antonio area and include:

• a multidisciplinary health science curriculum
• teacher professional development programs
• interactive on-line student activities & simulations

Every Teacher is a Health Teacher!

 

Featured Classroom Activity: Activity 3H: Organ Donation-It’s Gotta Match! *Activity Suggestion*
Note: This activity suggestion describes how specific content might be taught to middle school students. Any feedback on how you are able to use this lesson suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Your comments can be sent to us at teachhealthk-12@uthscsa.edu .   Activity Focus: The focus of this activity is exploring the factors involved in matching organ donors with recipients and becoming aware, by utilizing statistics, of the shortage of organ donors.   Keywords: blood type, tissue type, organ type, organ donor   Other Related Activities: Hey, What's Your Type? (blood, blood group, antigen, red blood cell, blood type) Born of Blood: Inheritance of Blood Types (chromosome, gene, punnett square) Born of Blood: Chromosome Chronicles(gene, genome, nucleus

 

 

E-mail: teachhealthk-12@uthscsa.edu

 

Funding Sources

 

Positively Aging® Curriculum Program Funding 1997-2008:

National Institutes of Health

National Center for Research Resources

National Institute on Aging

Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)

Grant # R25 RR 18549

 

SEPA Website (nationwide K-12 educational materials and resources)

 

Minority Opportunities in Research Education (M.O.R.E.) Curriculum Program Funding 2003-2008:

National Institutes of Health

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Minority K-12 Initiative for Teachers and Students

Grant # R25 HL75777

 

Previous Funding Sources

 

Contact Information

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Department of Medicine - Division of Geriatrics
Teacher Enrichment Initiatives
Positively Aging® and M.O.R.E. Programs
7703 Floyd Curl Dr. - MSC 7780
San Antonio Texas 78229-3900

Phone: 210-567-2568

Fax: 210-567-4414
E-mail: teachhealthk-12@uthscsa.edu

 

"[I learned that] the choices you make when you are young are gonna affect you when you get older."

- Middle School Student (about Inflamm-O-Wars game)

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