Grant-funded curriculum development efforts can substantially impact practice and research in science education. Therefore, understanding the sometimes-unintended consequences of changes in grant priorities is crucial. Using the case of two large funding agencies in the United States, the current portfolio review provides insight into these…

When state leaders and national partners in the development of the Next Generation Science Standards met to consider implementation strategies, states and school districts wanted to know which materials were aligned to the new standards. The answer from the developers was short but not sweet: You won't find much now, and it's going to…

The study investigated the effects of an adapted science curriculum featuring vocabulary exercises and framed outlines on the performance of 202 regular and mildly handicapped seventh graders. Data generally showed that the scores of handicapped as well as nonhandicapped students were better when the chapters were modified. (Author/CL)

This curriculum plan is submitted as a framework for developing educational programs at the Columbus Zoo Aquarium (CZA) for elementary school students in grades 3 through 6. It is intended to provide support and assistance to those involved with CZA programs. Major sections include: (1) "Review of Columbus Zoo's Educational Programs";…

Presented is a description of a program developed to provide better dissemination of curricula, particularly for elementary school teachers and principals. The strategy described, Tactics for Applying Programs in Education (TAPE), an NSF-funded project, involved extensive use of mass media channels for creating awareness of science curricula…

In the transition from the traditional science teaching approach to an activity centered curriculum, useful pieces of scientific equipment are often no longer needed and stored. Suggests ways in which the resourceful teacher can use this equipment to supplement the new curriculum with additional student activities. (JR)

"Accents on Science" is a new K-6 text which includes pupils' and teachers' editions, activity book (pupil and teacher), and evaluation programs. Content is drawn from life, physical, and earth sciences. "The Way We Are" is a kit of free materials on human sexuality for the emerging adolescent. (DS)

For more than 12 years, the Atlantic Science Curriculum Project (ASCP) has attempted to find a feasible path for educational reform in Canada. This search for a voluntary, regionally initiated path to educational reform was necessitated by the absence of substantial federal and provincial and private foundation sources of funding for science…

During the late sixties and early seventies a new nontextbook, lab-centered approach was used in science instruction in elementary grades. With the arrival of the eighties, science curriculum has come full circle, and new science textbooks with corresponding curriculum guides are being adopted. (JN)

Describes the status of teaching physics at Xaverian High School, Brooklyn, New York. The enrollment of students in physics, instructional materials, laboratory activities, and coordination between physics and mathematics are described. (HM)

The Assessment of Inquiry Potential (AIP) instrument, a tool for classifying scientific materials on the basis of their potential for inquiry learning, is presented and discussed. (MK)

Describes the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) instructional system and its underlying rationale, and outlines the planning and developmental procedures used to construct this individualized junior high school science program. (JR)

THE EIGHTH IN A SERIES OF 17 VOLUMES, THIS VOLUME PROVIDES THE FIFTH GRADE TEACHER WITH A GUIDE TO THE REORGANIZED SCIENCE CURRICULUM OF THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE MATERIALS ARE AUGMENTED AND REVISED AS THE NEED ARISES. THE FIFTH GRADE SUPPLEMENT IS IN TWO PARTS. CONTAINED IN 5A ARE THE INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL, THE CONCEPTS SECTION, AND THE…

This publication was developed as a portion of a two-semester sequence commencing at either the sixth or seventh term of the undergraduate program in electrical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. The materials of the two courses, produced by a National Science Foundation grant, are concerned with power conversion systems comprising power…

This publication was developed as a portion of a two-semester sequence commencing at either the sixth or seventh term of the undergraduate program in electrical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. The materials of the two courses, produced by a National Science Foundation grant, are concerned with power conversion systems comprising power…