Students must gain experience and skill in critiquing and applying such materials, as they will invariably be using the Web in their everyday lives. WISE curriculum projects are written by partnerships of researchers, teachers, and natural scientists. Projects consist of a sequence of activities where students critique Web evidence, compare arguments about a current scientific controversy, or design a solution to an environmental problem. We gradually improve our curriculum based on repeated cycles of classroom trial and refinement. Note-taking, Modeling, and Data analysis tools make thinking visible.
Electronic discussions help incorporate social supports.
Student work is readily accessible for assessment. Curriculum library provides detailed lesson plans, example student work. Assessment and Classroom management software facilitates adoption. Electronic discussions, Resource libraries, Web-based authoring software. Web-based communities enable tailoring and localization of curriculum.