Two years of classroom research at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have shown Teaching to Standards: Science to be highly effective in teaching science vocabulary and engaging students in inquiry-based lessons.

Students participate in a hands-on experiment during each lesson. Response pages help them engage in the inquiry process. Their own student book, ScienceWork, provides extension activities that connect the science concepts to the world around them. Teachers follow scripted lessons that provide clear direction for individual student accommodations. A set of experiment materials included in the Classroom Kit makes it easy to prepare for class. An electronic Image Library can be used to create communication overlays and additional homework assignments.

The program features four units of five lessons each, all aligned to science standards and general education curricula: Earth, Biology, Waters, and Chemistry. All students learn actual scientific vocabulary like pollution, precipitation, and condensation.

The Introductory Kit includes a ScienceWork student activity book, Student Response Guide, Implementation Guide, Safety and KWHL posters, vocabulary and photo cards, staff training DVD, reproducible image library on CD, and PDF files of student materials and adaptations.

The Classroom Kit includes a total of 8 ScienceWork books, a set of Experiment Materials, plus all other materials in the Introductory Kit.

Extra ScienceWork student books and the Experiment Materials are also sold separately.

By Ginevra Courtade, PhD, Bree Jimenez, MEd, Katherine Trela, PhD, and Diane Browder, PhD.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, including a detailed product description, PDF documents, and video of Teaching to Standards: SCIENCE in action, CLICK HERE to view the FEATURED PRODUCT page.

Item No. TE-S10
Teaching to Standards: SCIENCE Introductory Kit
Item No. TE-S20
Teaching to Standards: SCIENCE Classroom Kit