Program Structure

Knight Scholars Program

DNA Genotyping and Sequencing. Vials containing DNA samples from studies of the genetic risk for cancer at the Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory, part of the National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG). Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash 

Three years of cancer research training

The Knight Scholars program offers high school students whose communities are underrepresented in cancer research, healthcare and public health—including those of diverse races and ethnicities and those from rural areas—an opportunity to explore careers in the fields of cancer research, treatment and prevention. 

*Due to COVID-19, all programs in summer 2021 will be virtual

Alignment to Next Generation Science Standards

Oregon high schools use Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) as the framework for teaching science.  NGSS comprises three dimensions to provide a comprehensive view of the science and why it matters so you can make predictions (http://www.nextgenscience.org/three-dimensions).    


These standards can be applied to cancer research training:

Disciplinary Core Ideas

The broad concepts and key content of what is being studied, like cell biology, genetics, immunology.  These help to set the frame for clinical targets, like those used in precision oncology.


Practices

These are the behaviors used to build models and test what we would expect.  It also includes scientific inquiry and the practices used to build knowledge.  


For example



Cross-cutting Concepts

These concepts link across all areas of science, such as patterns, cause and effect, scale, proportion and quantity, structure and function, stability and change, similarity and diversity.  


For example


These cross-cutting concepts help us make predictions about disciplinary core ideas, which we can model and test with practices to advance the knowledge base.

Help scholars see the bigger picture

The following frames help when showing scholars your work:

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Content

Example content questions:

Process

Process questions:

Context

Context questions:

Ways to include content:


Looking forward


Ways to include process:


Normalize


Communication skills


Methods that can be highlighted

Ways to include context:


Ways to include Cross-Cutting Concepts