The Keli Mutu crater (Flores, Indonesia)
 

Improving Science for Students

The 21st Century Center for Research and Development in Cognition and Science Instruction is a five-year national grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to further the goal of fostering science literacy in young people so they are able to compete in a 21st Century global economy. The Center's work focuses on applying the lens of cognitive science to existing middle school science curricula in an effort to improve student learning of science.

The Center's team of cognitive scientists is applying theoretical principles to systematically modify two popular middle school science programs and to prepare related teacher professional development materials. These methods for improving student learning will be evaluated through rigorously designed scientific studies.

Forms for principals and teachers

 

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Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium K-12 Newsletter – August, 2010

8/9/2010

The following items appear in the latest Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium K-12 Newsletter.  To sign up for this newsletter, please visit http://pa.spacegrant.org/join-our-newsletter today!

 

1. Space Grant general announcements

 

2. NASA Free Electronic Professional Development Network Courses

 

3. RealWorld-InWorld NASA Engineering Design Challenge

 

4. NASA’s Electronic Professional Development Network Offering Podcasting Course

 

5. Celebrate World Space Week -- Oct. 4-10, 2010

 

6. Recruiting for History of Winter 2011

 

7. NASA Announces a New Tool for Visualizing Distance-Rate-Time Problems

 

8. NOAA Announces Funding Availability for Formal K-12 Education Projects

 

9. Entries for the Fall 2010 Cassini Scientist for a Day Essay Contest Due Oct. 27, 2010

 

10. New NASA Website Aims to Engage and Educate Advanced High School Students

 

11. NASA Seeking Proposals for Two New Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy Sites