NSF-Instructional Materials Development SEAL-Standards-based Activities and Labs
Pending
The primary goal of the SEAL project is to develop five modules for each of three grade spans-K-2, 3-5, and 6-8, resulting in a total of 45 instructional units. These modules, based on maps in the Atlas of Science Literacy, include the following content strands:
- Atoms and Molecules
- Force and Motion
- Evolution and Natural Selection
- Flow of Matter and Energy
- Processes that Shape the Earth
These modules were selected to provide a foundation of science literacy for all children K-8, and enable links to technology, math and engineering. Without a consistent and solid foundation in basic science concepts, current and future statewide and national efforts to advance STEM initiatives will be haphazard and ineffective.
A secondary purpose of this project is to provide a model for a new phase of science education reform. Using a statewide network of master science teachers, science educators and university scientists, the SEAL project will research, develop and disseminate a sample group of signature or exemplar science experiences that will support students in their mastery of the state and national science standards at each grade level, K-8.