Curriculum Development

• Science: Biology: Education  (138)
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• Science: Physics: Education  (492)

Community Science Action Guide   - Content packages that support student investigation of local science issues. Includes numerous topics with their connections to regional issues.

African Science in School Curriculum - Article discusses how African-Americans, women and other minorities have not been represented US science history books being based on some facts and some prejudicial influences. Also, compares knowledge processing styles between cultures.

American Renaissance in Science Education (ARISE) - The aim of this project, lead by the Nobel Prize Leon Lederman, is to develop a coherent, modular three-year high school science curriculum.

Classroom Antarctica - A choice of activities and materials designed to assist teachers in the study of Antarctica, its unique wildlife, heroic adventurers, environmental issues, global importance and spectacular beauty.

C3P--Comprehensive Conceptual Curriculum for Physics - C3P is a curriculum project designed to implement research from physics education into high school physics courses and is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Cresmet - Alliance of Arizona State University's colleges of Education, Engineering and Applied Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Curriculum Links for Science Teachers - Annotated collection links about biology, chemistry, weather, wildlife and environmental science topics.

Engineering Student Retention: Reducing Attrition and Improving Graduation Rates - A bibliography of research in college upperclassmen engineering student graduation rates, why they leave the college of engineering and how to keep them there.

Event-Based Science Project - A middle school science curriculum based on actual events and real-world problems, along with related links. From Montgomery County Public Schools.

Girls Tech: Evaluating Electronic Resources for Girls - Explains and demonstrates a framework to evaluate electronic resources that will encourage and increase young women's interest and participation in the sciences and technology. A program of Douglass College in partnership with the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.

IMSEnet - Resources for science educators. IMSE (Instructional Materials for Science Educators) is sponsored by the SERVIT Group (Science Education Research in Visual Instructional Technology), part of the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education, North Carolina State University.

Math/Science Nucleus - Prepares k-12 science, math and technology curriculum. Includes catalog and research projects.

Mr. C's Science World - This site presents an interdisciplinary, project based learning approach to teaching science. It also, presents ideas on using technology in the classroom as well as other science topics. For students, there are links to Science Fair Resources.

MSTE at UIUC - Office of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education for K-12

National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions - Offering a choice of java-enhanced browsing with Flash 4 plug-in, or a standard site, details of the organization's mission, history, and projects are available.

National Association of Health Science Education Partnership - The National Association of Health Science Education Partnerships (NAHSEP) is a non-profit educational partnership program devoted to improving pre-college (K-12) health and science education.

National Computational Science Leadership Program (NCSLP) - Teacher training initiative from a consortium of universities and research institutes that combine math and science topics with computer technology and graphics software. Online teaching modules, partner institutions, and links.

Physical Science Standards and Competencies - List of the minimum standards for Chemistry and Physics in South Carolina.

Project 2061 - The American Association for the Advancement of Science's site on reforms of science, mathematics, and technology education.

Science Based Teaching Theme Units - Gives you the best resources to access for 18 different themes: hands-on activities,interactive sites for students, backgroung information, work sheets, and lesson plans.

Science Curriculum Support at Princeton University - Support materials, created by teams of scientists and teachers, for elementary science teachers using units developed by projects such as STC and FOSS.

Science Pupils' Record of Achievement/Self Assessment Sheets - The purpose of the sheets is to support teachers in England and Wales in communicating the objectives of the units to the children and to provide the children with the opportunity to reflect upon their learning and, with some guidance, record their achievements.

Science Web Quests - Links to over 250 science web quests listed alphabetically.

The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. - A non-profit research and education organization dedicated to the advancement of science and math education, specifically through the use of modeling and simulation technologies.

The Textbook League - Reviews of K-12 textbooks, TTL newsletter archives, articles about textbook errors and publishers.