Location:

Maryland

Description:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Education Office is collaborating with two Maryland school systems, Anne Arundel County Public Schools and Montgomery County Public Schools, to develop a new high school Earth and Space Systems Science curriculum. This curriculum will address the National Science Education Standards and Maryland's "Core Learning Goals," ( http://mdk12.org/mspp/high_school/what_will/science/index.html) which will provide the basis for high school performance tests. The curriculum will use a systems approach and be grounded in current Earth and Space System Science content. Two courses are being developed: 1) a course for students in grades nine or ten (with Algebra 1 as a pre-/co-requisite) and 2) a course for students in grades eleven and twelve (with Algebra 2 as a pre-/co-requisite).

The writing team is using information provided by NASA scientists as a basis for the content. The "five E" format, from Constructivist Learning Theory ( http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/constructivistlearning.html), is providing the skeleton for the curriculum design. Throughout curriculum development, Goddard's scientists will be consulted by the writing team to ensure that the science is correct and that the latest scientific facts, theories, and processes are incorporated into the curriculum. An advisory board will be identified to review the curriculum writing efforts. http://edmall.gsfc.nasa.gov/aacps/index.html

Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Education Level:
Grades 9-12

Subject:
Earth System Science

Program type:
Curriculum Development/Support
 
 

Date Added to teachearth.com:
9/5/01