Ready, Set, Science!: Putting Research to Work in K-8 Science Cl. What types of instructional experiences help K-8 students learn science with understanding? What do science educators, teachers, teacher leaders, science specialists, professional development staff, curriculum designers, and school administrators need to know to create and support such experiences? Ready, Set, Science! Guides the way with an account of the groundbreaking and comprehensive synthesis of research into teaching and learning science in kindergarten through eighth grade. Based on the recently released National Research Council report Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8, this book summarizes a rich body of findings from the learning sciences and builds detailed cases of science educators at work to make the implications of research clear, accessible, and stimulating for a broad range of science educators.
Ready, Set, Science! Is filled with classroom case studies that bring to life the research findings and help readers to replicate success. Innovations in Undergraduate STEM Education. Understanding and Responding to Climate Change. Report Released: Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change A new report from the National Research Council calls for attention to abrupt impacts from climate change, emphasizing the need for an early warning system to help society better anticipate sudden changes and emerging impacts.
Amanda Staudt Named as Director of Climate and Polar Research Boards The National Research Council has named Amanda Staudt as the new Director of the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) and the Polar Research Board (PRB). For the past six years, Amanda served as Senior Climate Scientist at the National Wildlife Federation, and she was a former Senior Program Officer in BASC. Report: Effects of U.S. Tax Policy on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Current federal tax provisions have minimal net effect on greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report from the National Research Council.
Visit the New America’s Energy Future Website Report Examines Social Stress and Climate Change Study in Progress: Geoengineering. BASC - Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. Organizing K-12 Science Education around Core Ideas. Based on the last decade of research in teaching and learning, a growing understanding of the interconnectedness of science disciplines, rapid growth of knowledge in science, and a policy window that allows for change, there is an opportunity now to rethink and revise science education standards over the coming two years.
The goal is to move towards standards that represent core or essential disciplinary and cross-disciplinary ideas in the natural and applied sciences; that are relevant to the learner, can be learned (and conversely, can be taught); and build on learning progressions wherever possible. In short, there should be fewer standards that define what we want students to learn within and about science in ways that are reflective of the scientific method and process overall. The results will be a smaller number of clearly defined standards that set a higher bar and prepare students for college and lifelong learning. Clearly, the task is not easy. During the meetings, we will: Curriculum Topic Study. Straight A’s: Public Education Policy and Progress: Volume 9, No. Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation. National Science Education Standards. Benchmarks Online ~ Project 2061 ~ AAAS.