Sunday, August 26, 2007

What we're working on: science kits integration for the entire curriculum

We're working on putting together some science kits that integrate several disciplines. Some of these kits will be supplemental materials for existing kits from other suppliers, and some of the kits will be brand new. These brand new kits will require you to purchase a few science from our current recommended suppliers (unless you already have them on hand in other kits), but otherwise we'll provide you with everything you need to succeed.

Our science kits will have a special emphasis on history, literature, and the arts--three areas that get overlooked in many schools in this era of high-stakes reading and math testing. Of course, science is at the core of the lesson plans, and math is included as well. But we believe in reaching all learners--visual, kinesthetic, audio, textual, and more--and the best way to do that, we feel, is to integrate a range of activies from several disciplines, thereby better grounding the science content in students' lives.

Our kits will also have a focus on people: the women and men who participate in all kinds of scientific endeavors, both today and in history.

If you have any suggestions or recommendations, please let us know: drop us an e-mail at sciencefaircoach -at- gmail -dot- com. Thanks!

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