• Piloting instructional materials (2001-2003)
• Implementing new instructional materials (2003-2006)
• Evaluating, selecting, adopting new materials
• Building standards-based science curriculum

• Supports national standards for inquiry-based teaching and learning
• Achieves coherence-both deliberate and integrated

• Engages and challenges all students with diverse social and academic experiences

• Addresses interests and learning needs of young adolescents

EXAMPLES OF NSF-FUNDED MIDDLE SCHOOL
SCIENCE CURRICULA

EBS (Event Based Science)
www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/eventscience

FOSS for Middle School (Full Option Science System)
www.lhs.berkeley.edu/FOSS/FOSSMiddleSchool.html

IMaST (Integrated Mathematics, Science, & Technology)
www.ilstu.edu/depts/cemast/imast/imasthome.htm

SEPUP (Science Ed. for Public Understanding Program)
www.lhs.berkeley.edu/SEPUP/

STC/MS (Science & Technology Concepts for Middle School)
www.si.edu/nsrc/stcms/overview.htm

RESOURCES FOR SELECTING CURRICULUM

Education Development Center (2000).
Guiding Curriculum Decisions for Middle-Grades Science
http://www.middleweb.com/EDC/EDCscience.html

National Science Resource Center (1998).
Resources for Teaching Middle School Science
http://www.si.edu/nsrc/pubs/books/rftmss.htm

AAAS Project 2061
Review of Middle Level Science Instructional Materials
http://www.project2061.org/newsinfo/press/rl092899.htm

NSF
Review of Middle Level Science Materials
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1997/nsf9754/nsf9754.htm

Results of an On-Line Discussion Group on Middle Level Science Material
http://teechlsc.terc.edu/discussions/discussion.cfm?
discussion_id=8&mem=28421

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