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Elizabeth F. Hasseler – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Since the launch of Sputnik by the U.S.S.R. on October 4, 1957, the United States has aimed to bolster nationwide STEM education with the intention of creating a strong STEM pipeline. Despite many efforts, there remains a distinct lack of diversity in the STEM career fields, and many people cannot accurately describe what engineers do. These two…
Descriptors: School Districts, Engineering Education, Science Instruction, STEM Education
Holser, Alec; Becker, Michael – Educational Facility Planner, 2011
Food and conservation science curriculum, net-zero design and student-based building performance monitoring have come together in the unique and innovative new Music and Science Building for Oregon's Hood River Middle School. The school's Permaculture-based curriculum both informed the building design and was also transformed through the…
Descriptors: Food Service, Curriculum Development, Building Design, Science Programs
Smithsonian Science Education Center, 2015
Science education has undergone extraordinary change in recent years. The Smithsonian Science Education Center has been producing world-class science curriculum for decades that integrates the arts, history, culture, and science of the Smithsonian. In the growing global marketplace, American students need to excel in science, technology,…
Descriptors: Science Education, Strategic Planning, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes

Chapman, Bryan – School Science Review, 1976
Presented are objections to the introduction of integrated science curriculums in elementary and secondary schools. (SL)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Fused Curriculum

Exline, Joseph D. – Science and Children, 1985
Discusses the development and implementation of the Standards of Learning (SOL)-Science, a publication which contains content concepts for K-12 science programs in Virginia. Examples of indicators for a criterion and suggestions for gathering evaluative data are given. (DH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education

Hughes, W. J. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1978
Discovery teaching advocates minimal teacher guidance. Materials from two curriculum development projects were evaluated with respect to this guidance. Results indicate a considerable discrepancy between curriculum intention and reality, as measured by the degree of teacher guidance afforded in the projects' instructional materials. (CP)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Difficulty Level, Discovery Learning

Butts, David P.; Ricker, Kenneth S. – Science and Children, 1977
Suggests areas of consideration when "custom fitting" a science program to a school district, its teachers, students, and resources of time, space, and equipment. (CS)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development
Yager, Robert E. – 1976
A project is described wherein the major activity is assistance to schools for implementing or revising science curriculum programs in Iowa schools. Programs emphasized include all grade levels. Assistance is provided in the areas of mathematics and social studies as well as science. A K-12 Environmental Studies Program was developed by the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Science Curriculum
LaSalle, Donald; And Others – 1981
Intended for use by local school districts, this guide provides assistance to curriculum planners, members of boards of education, administrators, supervisors, classroom teachers, and others involved in and concerned about the development of science curriculum for elementary and secondary education. It is designed to assist in: (1) establishing…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines

Renzelman, John – Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, 1992
Provides details of writing assignments used in science and technology classes. Students select a technology, research its historical development, and then comment on the use of the technology. A list of concepts that are distributed to students is included. (DDR)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies

Bindel, Henry J., Jr. – Science and Children, 1985
Compares eight states on their inservice teacher training programs, changes in the science curricula (including instruction requirements, skill lists, and/or syllabi development), curriculum evaluation, budget-program/personnel commitments, and resources for assistance. These states include Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education

Krockover, Gerald H.; And Others – School Science and Mathematics, 1989
Describes a study to evaluate the effect of the Energy Education Curriculum Program as perceived by elementary and secondary classroom teachers. Results indicate that energy education is taught in schools when materials and information are made available to the classroom teacher. (RT)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education

Clarke, Sheila – School Science Review, 1985
1984 marks the implementation in Scottish schools and colleges of Standard Grade courses for the 14 to 16 age group and the 16-18s Action Plan. This review will introduce these two major curriculum changes to non-Scottish readers, and emphasize the changes which will occur in science. (JN)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Curriculum, Science Education
Birnie, Howard H. – 1991
The 1990-91 school year is the year of elementary science in Saskatchewan. Precipitated by the Core Curriculum revolution, the implementation of new curriculum in all subject areas from K to 12 begins with science in 1990-91 and continues with other subjects for almost ten years. Scheduled to be implemented after careful assessment and pilot…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
Brandwein, Paul F., Ed.; Passow, A. Harry, Ed. – 1988
Thirty-four authors have joined to produce this book. Among them are natural and physical scientists, psychologists, historians, writers, scholars of curriculum and instruction, teacher educators, and teachers of the young. The contributors probe many methodologies including the place of unified concepts and processes; the interaction of the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education