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- Specifies how students should progress toward science literacy, recommending what they should know and be able to do by the time they reach certain grade levels.
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- The Nation's Report Card, (NAEP) is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. Assessments are conducted periodically in mathematics, reading, science, writing, the arts, civics, economics, geography, and U.S. history.
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- The Standards offers a coherent vision of what it means to be scientifically literate, describing what all students should understand and be able to do in science.
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- National Science Teachers Association
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- Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
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- Recommendations on what understandings and ways of thinking are essential for all citizens in a world shaped by science and technology.
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- Examples of student work from science notebooks, information to support the use of science notebooks, and strategies to use notebooks to integrate reading, writing, mathematics, and science.
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The Energy Kid's Page belongs to the Energy Information Administration, a part of the U.S. Department of Energy. "EIA" is the government agency responsible for collecting and analyzing energy statistics and information. Many authors have been involved in writing the Energy Kid's Page and keeping it up-to-date.
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- TIMSS provides reliable and timely data on the mathematics and science achievement of U.S. 4th- and 8th-grade students compared to that of students in other countries. TIMSS data have been collected in 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. TIMSS 2007 results were released on December 9, 2008.
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- What is science? Classroom activities, teaching tools, a K-16 conceptual framework, tips, and strategies for integrating the process of science into your teaching, and more.
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- Activities and resources about Earth and Space science, with upper elementary, middle, and high school reading levels. Also available in Spanish.
Elementary
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- Official site for FOSS science curriculum-You can get duplication masters (full-size or half-sheet), access activities for students, video clips, images, audio stories, teacher prep videos, and how to integrate the FOSSWeb site into specific kits here.
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- From the National Gardening Association
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- Toolkits to supplement teacher's guides with Washington State GLE-specific information and classroom tips from experienced Washington State teachers.
Grades 3-5
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- Choose "Environments Website." This webquest was designed to supplement and extend the Environments Foss Kit. Includes 6 different multi-media tasks that can be done as a jigsaw and an extra credit task.
The products include completing Inspiration webs, collecting data using Excel, designing Keynotes and podcasts, and viewing videos from United Streaming. In addition, students will be using websites to gather information.
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- Quicktime movie from Ridgecrest 5th grade students using the Variables kit, describing the scientific process.
Middle School
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- STC/MS™ is an inquiry-based middle school science curriculum developed by the National Science Resources Center. This student/teacher site supplements the STC/MS™ curriculum and can be used as a research guide for students.
Secondary
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- Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, and math simulations. Click on "Teacher Ideas and Activities" for lesson plans to go along with sims.
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