Supported by the National Science Teachers Association, the U.S. Department of Education, and other education associations, this two-year program provides teachers with free curriculum covering the decades from the 1900s to the 1990s. Each kit contains a teacher's guide, student activity magazine, computer activities, and links to Web sites, interactive classroom visuals, educational games, and take-home projects to involve and inform parents. The Board believes it is both possible and imperative to develop national strategies that serve the national interest while respecting local responsibility for K-12 teaching and learning. In the report, the NSB offers four recommendations that promote student achievement in mathematics and science. Further, the report suggests how scientists and engineers, both individually and through their institutions, can assist students, teachers, and schools.
Topics range from agriculture and environment to travel and geography.
Each of the book's fifteen strategies includes a summary of the elements necessary for design and implementation, along with issues for educators to consider, and concludes with a real-life example of the strategy in action. A final section identifies technical assistance providers and organizations that offer educators professional development, training, and information. Audiences for this book include teacher leaders, school or district administrators, university science educators or scientists, curriculum developers, trainers, or consultants.