K-12 Outreach Program

VIBES: For the Classroom
http://www.vanth.org/vibes

VUSE is also proud to be home of the Vanderbilt Instruction in Biomedical Engineering for Secondary Sciences (VIBES) program [see www.vanth.org/vibes], which seeks to develop curricula for teaching basic bioengineering principles in standard secondary science classrooms, ultimately motivating students’ interest and achievement in science. The curriculum is challenge-based, interdisciplinary, and anchored in biomedical engineering. The National Science Foundation-funded VaNTH Engineering Research Center for Bioengineering Educational Technologies at Vanderbilt has funded VIBES for the past eight years.

VIBES is recognized by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) as an exemplary high-school science program in meeting the National Science Education Standards. The VIBES program is featured as a chapter in the book Exemplary Science in Grades 9–12: Standards Based Success Stories (NSTA, 2005), having been recognized among the 15 best science curricula in the country.