This curriculum guide contains an outline of the scope and sequence of science concepts to be developed in grades 1-4 in the schools of the Iberville Parish system, Louisiana. Concepts from the life sciences, earth sciences, and physical sciences are presented in the form of an individualized instructional program in which the material within each…

This publication is designed as a guide for the instructional program in science for grades 4-6. The first part contains performance goals and conceptual schemes. Emphasis is placed on the teaching of science as content and as process. The processes to be included and outlined are: observing, classifying, communicating, measuring, inferring,…

This book is a curriculum guide for seventh-grade general science. It contains four units of chemistry, physics, biology, and earth science. Each unit is divided into sections covering major concepts. Each section contains science activities and contains explanations of objectives and implementation of the lesson. At the end of each section are…

The course content, specific objectives, and evaluation for a science teaching methods course required for students planning to be secondary school science teachers in the biological, physical, or earth sciences are described. (CS)

This publication is designed as a guide for the instructional program in science. The first part contains performance goals and conceptual schemes. Emphasis is placed on the teaching of science as content and as process. The processes outlined are: observing, classifying, measuring, inferring, predicting, and identifying variables. Experimental…

This document contains investigations for topics 1-4 in the earth science course developed by the University of the State of New York for secondary schools. Topics include observation and measurement, the changing environment, measuring the earth, and earth motions. Each topic is preceded by the Investigations-Understandings Matrix which…

This document contains investigation topics 5-8 in the earth science course developed by the University of the State of New York for secondary schools. Topics include energy in earth processes, insulation and the earth's surface, energy exchanges in the atmosphere, moisture and energy budgets, and environmental change. Each topic is preceded by…

Included are four activity units: (1) Measuring Dissolved Oxygen Quantitatively; (2) Collecting and Cultivating Marine Bacteria; (3) To Recognize, Record, and Analyze Characteristics of a Sandy Beach Environment; and (4) Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Phosphate in Water. All the activities are designed to be used by secondary school…

Two-column objectives are listed for an integrated science curriculum (grades K-12), often subheaded according to science area (biology, earth science, physical science) and grade level. The objectives for grades K-8 include areas of study in earth science that can be used as examples of the scientific concept of change. Grade 10 includes…

Developed for the purpose of providing teachers and administrators with objectives upon which a curriculum could be formed, this guide identifies standardized learner outcomes for secondary level science students. A philosophy of science education for Oklahoma schools is presented and student goals are specified. Objectives and descriptive…

The specific content areas and objectives from which the Alberta, Canada, Grade 3 Science Achievement Test questions were derived are outlined in this bulletin. The document contains: (1) curriculum summary (providing a general listing of the process skills, psychomotor skills, attitudes, and subject matter covered at the grade 3 level); (2) a…

This publication is a collection of science activities designed to enrich elementary or junior high science curricula. These activities encourage students to investigate facets of life sciences, physical sciences, and earth sciences either with a teacher or independently. The 70 activities have been classified into 10 subareas under these three…

This monograph includes guidelines for science courses in grades seven, eight, and nine, and for biology, chemistry and physics. Seventh grade Environmental Life Science is lab-oriented and based on a variety of student experiences. Course objectives are presented as well as the course outline. A multitext approach, with a suggested textbook list,…

In order to visualize relationships of space for teaching mathematical geography, this booklet shows how the globe may be used as a model of the earth in space. Its purpose is to stimulate the teaching of mathematical principles in secondary-school geography and earth science through a survey of basic principles of global usage. The introduction…