First there is a section on realizing teaching standards, followed by standards on professional development, assessment, content, program, systems, and appendices. Appendices cover the the National Science Education Standards and how to design middle school science facilities. Included also are some resources on facilities and addresses for program information. Attractive and appropriate colored illustrations supplement the text. What should receive more emphasis and less emphasis is pointed out along the way.
Further reading is encouraged by listing pertinent references for each section.
The book is a concise, practical treatment of approaches that the science teacher can use to supplement regular class texts and laboratory manuals. Even if the instructor does not teach some of the fields represented in this book, an instructor will gain perspective and an appreciation of relationships among the sciences by reading all sections. It is a useful guide to integrating standards in science.