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5. Curriculum Projects Past and Present
5. Curriculum Projects Past and Present
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255-4094; Fax: (209) 255-6396 AIMS conducts research, provides national leadership training and local workshops and seminars, and publishes elementary and intermediate integrated curriculum materials (K-9)
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The original ESS curriculum materials consisted of 56 hands-on units that could be used either as the core of, or as a supplement to, a general elementary science program. Trial editions were extensively revised for commercial publication on the basis of large-scale classroom teaching.
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This K-6 curriculum consists of 27 modules: 5 kindergarten modules organized under topics in the life and physical sciences; 6 modules for grades 1 and 2 organized under topics in the life, physical, and earth sciences; 16 modules for grades 3-6 organized under topics in the life, physical, and earth sciences, and in scientific reasoning and technology. Students in grades 1 and 2 explore 3 modules per year, and each class in grades 3-6 uses 4 modules per year.
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Funding was provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Following are the projects whose materials it includes: COPES ESS ESSP 126 MINNEMAST Minnesota Mathe- Grade Three: USMES mattes and Science Teaching Project Science A Process Approach Science Curriculum Improvement Study Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (partial)
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This general science series fosters development of content knowledge and science process skills through independent, hands-on investigations of familiar materials. Science 5/13 was first published in Great Britain in the early 1970s by Macdonald and Company.
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The activities enable all children to participate successfully in multisensory investigations of the life, earth, and physical sciences, increasing their understanding of science concepts and enhancing their science process skills. The modules work well in a variety of settings and can be directed by teachers with little science background.
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SCIS 3, developed by Delta Education and two members of the original SCIS team, consists of 13 units: a kindergarten unit and 2 sequences of 6 units each in physical-earth science and life-environmental science for grades 1-6. Following are the titles produced in the 4 SCIS versions: SCIS Beginnings (Grades K-1)
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