The students in this program are high school dropouts who have been labeled low achievers. They are returning to an alternative setting and attempting to earn high school credit. The science class meets daily for 45 minutes. Approximately 100 students have participated in this project, which takes place over a nine month period.
Group size is flexible and the project is appropriate for all achievement levels.
North Rockton Ave. The Program To gain an understanding of scientific concepts and terms, students research, illustrate, organize, and write booklets in a cooperative setting. Students are provided with abundant resources, including models, charts, posters, specimens, photographs, magazines, A-V tapes, tools, experiments, texts, resource speakers, and given choices on tasks that need to be accomplished. For example, as a preliminary activity in the unit on the human body, a physician dissected a fetal pig with student assistance and then compared the structures to the human body. The demonstration was videotaped and later used as a student resource in a booklet production.