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About PhUn Week: What is Phun Week?
PhUn Week is a nationwide outreach program building connections
between scientists and their local schools. PhUn Week is distinctive for two reasons:
(1) it fosters grassroots partnerships between biomedical researchers and K-12 teachers;
and (2) it is carried out into classrooms by “citizen scientists” composed of a senior researcher
along with his or her undergraduate, graduate, or postdoctoral students.
As the leading professional organization of physiology researchers across the nation,
the APS is uniquely positioned to deploy a national coordinated event in promoting
the understanding of physiology in health and disease.
In addition to six regional APS chapters, the APS has already established more than thirty Local Outreach Teams (LOTs).
Each LOT includes both researchers and teachers, and provides effective professional development
for other teachers in their geographical area throughout the school year.
During PhUn Week classroom visits in November, LOT members engage students
in interactive, hands-on physiology activities.
Through this real-life, face-to-face encounter with practicing biomedical researchers, students learn
about how their bodies function and how scientific discoveries are made.
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