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Indian Education for All: Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians. Revised
Author: Montana Office of Public Instruction
Date: 2010-08-17
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Tribal Sovereignty,American Indians,Ideology,American Indian Studies,Tribes,Indigenous Knowledge,Ethnic Diversity,Beliefs,Religious Factors,Federal Regulation,Oral History,Reservation American Indians,Land Use,Community Attitudes

In the year 1999, OPI [Montana Office of Public Instruction] brought together representatives from all the tribes in Montana and created 7 Essential Understandings. These are some of the major issues all tribes have in common. They form the basis for all of our curriculum efforts and initiatives. There is great diversity among the 12 tribal Nations of Montana in their languages, cultures, histories and governments. Each Nation has a distinct and unique cultural heritage that contributes to modern Montana. The seven Essential Understandings (EU) cover, but are not limited to: EU 1 Reservations: Tribal Groups; EU 2 Diversity of the American Indian; EU 3 Ideologies of Native traditional beliefs and spirituality and oral histories; EU 4 Lands reserved by the tribes; EU 5 Federal Policy Periods; EU 6 Indigenous perspectives of History; and EU 7 Tribal sovereignty.
NASA Earth-to-Orbit Engineering Design Challenges: Thermal Protection Systems
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Subjects: Space Sciences,Astronomy,Engineering,Worksheets,Teaching Guides,Elementary School Science,Lesson Plans,Science Instruction,Science Activities,Hands on Science,Reprography,Instructional Materials,Active Learning,Thinking Skills,Satellites (Aerospace),Space Exploration,Aerospace Education,Heat,Design,Competition,Standards,Mathematics,Educational Resources,Secondary School Science,Student Projects,Parent Participation,Public Agencies

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center, Dryden Flight Research Center, and their partners at other NASA centers and in private industry are currently developing X-33, a prototype to test technologies for the next generation of space transportation. This single-stage-to-orbit reusable launch vehicle (SSTO RLV) may replace the Space Shuttle Orbiter and greatly reduce the cost of putting people, satellites, and scientific experiments into space. This guide is divided into several sections: (1) National Science Education Standards; (2) Math Connections; (3) Thinking Skills; (4) Background material; (5) Preparation for the challenge; (6) Day-by-day procedures; (7) Detailed materials list; (8) Extensions; (9) Resources; and (10) Masters. (Contains a list of 5 resources and 19 online resources.) [This Design Challenge was designed by TERC, Cambridge, MA and was sponsored by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.]
On the Moon: NASA and Design Squad Team Up to Inspire a New Generation of Engineers. Engineering Challenges for School and Afterschool Programs, Grades 3-12. EG-2009-02-05-MSFC
Author: Lockwood, Jeff
Date: 2008-00-00
Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Subjects: Engineering,Space Exploration,Astronomy,Aviation Technology,Government School Relationship,Career Exploration,After School Programs

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is one of the biggest employers of engineers in the world--about 90,000 among its own employees and its corporate partners. So it's not surprising that NASA wants kids to learn more about engineering, become interested in the things engineers do, and experience the world of engineering firsthand. Meanwhile, "Design Squad" is all about engaging kids in engineering by offering them opportunities to give it a try. By teaming up to develop the "On the Moon" guide, NASA and "Design Squad" help teachers bring hands-on engineering and the adventure of space exploration to life for kids. This guide offers six hands-on challenges that bring engineering and NASA's moon missions to life for kids in schools and afterschool programs. The challenges take an hour (except "Feel the Heat," which takes 1 1/2 to 2 hours), use readily available materials, give kids many ways to succeed, and can be done with large groups. The activities also meet many of the national science, technology, and mathematics standards. Activities in this guide include: (1) Launch It; (2) Touchdown; (3) Roving on the Moon; (4) Heavy Lifting; (5) On Target; and (6) Feel the Heat. ["On the Moon" was produced by the WGBH Educational Outreach department, in collaboration with NASA.]
Field Trip to the Moon. LRO/LCROSS Edition. Informal Educator's Guide. EG-2008-09-48-MSFC
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Subjects: Group Activities,Informal Education,Workshops,Astronomy,Science Careers,Career Awareness,Engineering,Inquiry,Worksheets,Teaching Guides,Elementary School Science,Lesson Plans,Science Instruction,Science Activities,Investigations,Critical Thinking,Problem Solving,Space Sciences,Hands on Science,Instructional Materials,Team Training,Cooperative Learning,Active Learning,Thinking Skills,Teamwork,Video Technology,Satellites (Aerospace),Space Exploration

Field Trip to the Moon uses an inquiry-based learning approach that fosters team building and introduces participants to careers in science and engineering. The program components include the Field Trip to the Moon DVD [not included here], Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)/Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Activities, and Lunar Base Activities. Together these materials can be used to create your own workshop that introduces important concepts about the Earth and the Moon, and motivates participants to use their cooperative learning skills. Working as a full group or in teams, the participants can develop critical thinking skills, problem-solving techniques, and an understanding of complex systems as they discuss solutions to the essential questions in this program. [Portions of this document were produced by the American Museum of Natural History.]
NASA Engineering Design Challenges: Thermal Protection Systems. EP-2008-09-122-MSFC
Author: Haddad, Nick
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Subjects: Space Exploration,Space Sciences,Heat,Secondary School Science,Mathematics,Standards,Astronomy,Engineering,Inquiry,Worksheets,Teaching Guides,Elementary School Science,Lesson Plans,Science Instruction,Science Activities,Investigations,Hands on Science,Reprography,Instructional Materials,Active Learning,Thinking Skills,Satellites (Aerospace),Teaching Methods

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center, and their partners at other NASA centers and in private industry, are designing and beginning to develop the next generation of spacecraft to transport cargo, equipment, and human explorers to space. These vehicles--the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles--are part of the Constellation Program, which is carrying out a bold vision of human space exploration. The program also includes a crew exploration vehicle. The NASA Authorization Act of 2005 directs NASA to establish a program to develop a sustained human presence on the Moon, which will serve as a stepping stone to further exploration of Mars and other destinations. This design challenge focuses on the Ares family of launch vehicles, which will replace the Space Shuttle orbiter in the task of putting people, satellites, and scientific experiments into space. (Contains 23 figures and lists 17 resources.)
Field Trip to the Moon. Informal Educator's Guide. EG-2007-09-121-MSFC
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Subjects: Informal Education,Workshops,Museums,Recreational Facilities,Astronomy,Science Careers,Career Awareness,Engineering,Inquiry,Worksheets,Teaching Guides,Elementary School Science,Lesson Plans,Science Instruction,Science Activities,Investigations,Critical Thinking,Problem Solving,Space Sciences,Lunar Research,Hands on Science,Reprography,Instructional Materials,Team Training,Cooperative Learning,Active Learning,Thinking Skills,Teamwork,Video Technology

The Field Trip to the Moon program uses an inquiry-based learning approach that fosters team building and introduces young people to careers in science and engineering. The program components include the Field Trip to the Moon show (either on DVD or presented in a planetarium dome) and workshop investigations. The compelling show provides essential information about Earth and the Moon. The hands-on activities, which take up where the show leaves off, motivate young people to use their cooperative learning skills to design a self-sufficient lunar station. Working in teams, they develop critical thinking skills, problem-solving techniques, and an understanding of complex systems as they discuss solutions to the essential questions they are presented. The complete program is made up of: a free DVD of Field Trip to the Moon for your classroom, accompanied by a Companion Guide, Formal Educator's Guide, and Informal Educator's Guide (the portion presented here), each with standards-based, hands-on classroom activities. [Portions of this document were produced by the American Museum of Natural History.]
Adventures in Rocket Science. EG-2007-12-179-MSFC
Author: Huegele, Vince
Date: 2008-00-00
Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Subjects: Space Sciences,Informal Education,Clubs,Scientific Principles,Scientific Concepts,Safety,Science History,Glossaries,Engineering,Worksheets,Teaching Guides,Elementary School Science,Secondary School Science,Lesson Plans,Science Instruction,Science Activities,Hands on Science,Instructional Materials,Active Learning,Space Exploration,Aerospace Education,Design,Standards,Educational Resources,Student Projects,Public Agencies

This guide was prepared as a tool useful for informal education venues (4-H, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, etc.), science clubs and related programs, and can be adopted for formal education settings. An exciting and productive study in rocket science can be implemented using the selected activities for the above-mentioned settings. The guide's activities can be correlated to meet formal education's core curriculum objectives or used for ancillary enrichment and extension activities. The series of activities in this guide require basic, inexpensive materials. They demonstrate fundamental principles of rocket science. The activities were selected and organized around the target concepts of altitude, velocity and acceleration (i.e., height, distance and speed). The Adventures in Rocket Science Activity Matrix on page v organizes the activities by suggested grade level bands as well as target concepts. The guide includes a compilation of NASA-developed and originally developed activities that emphasize hands-on involvement, prediction, data collection and interpretation, teamwork, and problem solving. Project background and an edited, student-friendly version of "The History of Rocketry" is included. The guide includes an appendix with construction directions for various project activities, safety guidelines and a glossary of terms. Appended are: (1) Assembly Instructions; (2) Rocket Safety Code; (3) Rocket Principles; and (4) Rocketry Resource Materials. [This document was produced and funded through the NASA Explorer Institute (NEI) and is an expansion of the NASA guidebook "Rockets" by Deborah Shearer, Greg Vogt, and Carla Rosenberg.]
Field Trip to the Moon. Educator's Guide. EG-2007-09-120-MSFC
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Subjects: Astronomy,Science Careers,Career Awareness,Engineering,Inquiry,Worksheets,Teaching Guides,Elementary School Science,Lesson Plans,Science Instruction,Science Activities,Investigations,Critical Thinking,Problem Solving,Space Sciences,Lunar Research,Hands on Science,Reprography,Instructional Materials,Team Training,Cooperative Learning,Active Learning,Thinking Skills,Teamwork,Video Technology

The Field Trip to the Moon program uses an inquiry-based learning approach that fosters team building and introduces students to careers in science and engineering. The program components include a DVD and classroom investigations. The compelling DVD (not included here) provides essential information about Earth and the Moon. The hands-on activities, which take up where the show leaves off, motivate students to use their cooperative learning skills to design a self-sufficient lunar station. Working in teams, students develop critical thinking skills, problem-solving techniques, and an understanding of complex systems as they discuss solutions to the essential questions they are presented. This educator's guide includes classroom investigation procedures, questions to guide student investigations, material list, and worksheets. [Portions of this document were produced by the American Museum of Natural History.]
Student Employee Handbook. EP-2008-09-136-MSFC
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner
Subjects: Geology,Geography,Lunar Research,Hands on Science,Active Learning,Student Projects,Public Agencies,Astronomy,Space Exploration,Space Sciences,Design,Engineering,Science Instruction,Science Activities,Guides,Elementary School Science,Check Lists,Worksheets,Instructional Materials,Satellites (Aerospace)

This student employee handbook offers tips on planning, design process, and presentation of a student Lunar Nautics project. Each section includes mission, task, challenge, and guide questions. With the activities presented, students will learn to design a Lunar Lander, Lunar Miner, and Lunar Base; investigate the geography and geology of the moon and lunar missions; and build various lunar spacecrafts. [This guide was created by Lunar Nautics Space Systems, Inc. in conjunction with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate; the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Academic Affairs Office; and Discovery Place, Inc. For the companion Lunar Nautics educator's guide, see ED511740.]
NASA Engineering Design Challenges: Environmental Control and Life Support Systems. Water Filtration Challenge. EG-2008-09-134-MSFC
Author: Schneider, Twila, Ed.
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Subjects: Glossaries,Web Sites,Technological Literacy,Space Sciences,Engineering,Worksheets,Teaching Guides,Elementary School Science,Lesson Plans,Science Instruction,Science Activities,Hands on Science,Reprography,Instructional Materials,Active Learning,Satellites (Aerospace),Space Exploration,Aerospace Education,Design,Standards,Mathematics,Educational Resources,Student Projects,Public Agencies,Water,Water Quality

This educator guide is organized into seven chapters: (1) Overview; (2) The Design Challenge; (3) Connections to National Curriculum Standards; (4) Preparing to Teach; (5) Classroom Sessions; (6) Opportunities for Extension; and (7) Teacher Resources. Chapter 1 provides information about Environmental Control and Life Support Systems used on NASA spacecraft. Chapter 2 provides a brief description of the challenge, time requirements, and materials and cost estimates. A more detailed list of materials appears in chapter 4. Chapter 3 provides correlations to the National Science Education Standards, the Standards for School Mathematics, and the Standards for Technological Literacy. Chapter 4 contains all of the basic information you need to know, and lists everything you need to do, before using the challenge in your classroom. Chapter 5 provides information that will guide you through each session. Chapter 6 describes optional activities that are related to the basic challenge. These extensions are described but not actually developed for you. Chapter 7 contains a list of useful websites, information regarding NASA's Educator Resource Center Network, and black line masters for classroom use. This educator guide has been set up to help you find things quickly and to minimize your need to "jump around." A glossary is included. (Contains 6 tables.)
Lunar Plant Growth Chamber: Human Exploration Project STS-118 Design Challenge. A Standards-Based High School Unit Guide. Engineering by Design: Advancing Technological Literacy. A Standards-Based Program Series. EP-2007-08-94-MSFC
Author: Caron, Daniel W.
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Subjects: Plants (Botany),Problem Solving,Engineering,Technological Literacy,Design,High School Students,Astronomy,Student Evaluation,Space Sciences,Scientific Principles,Scientific Concepts,Safety,Worksheets,Teaching Guides,Secondary School Science,Lesson Plans,Science Instruction,Science Activities,Hands on Science,Instructional Materials,Active Learning,Space Exploration,Standards,Educational Resources,Student Projects,Public Agencies

In May 2005, the International Technology Education Association (ITEA) was funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop curricular units for Grades K-12 on Space Exploration. The units focus on aspects of the themes that NASA Engineers and Scientists--as well as future generations of explorers--must consider, such as Energy and Power, Transportation and Lunar Plant Growth Chambers (the STS-118 Design Challenges). Moreover, the units are embedded within a larger model program for technology education known as Engineering byDesign[TM]. Design is a creative problem-solving process. In this unit, students will design and build a lunar plant growth chamber using the engineering design process. This Design Challenge has been written with two tracks in mind. Track 1 provides a more comprehensive learning experience, and teachers are encouraged to consider exploring this alternative, perhaps working with other teachers in the school to provide students with resources and a laboratory-classroom with the necessary equipment. The Design, Build and Evaluate Challenge is a twelve-to-eighteen day challenge for those teachers and students who have the resources available to build a larger model with operational subsystems. Teachers need to determine what tools and materials are available to students and whether students will build a full-sized or scaled-down version of the LPGC. This extension continues after the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) in Lesson 3 with the students constructing their working prototype and presenting it at the Critical Design Review (CDR) in Lesson 4. The Design and Evaluate Challenge is a five-to-seven day challenge. It requires students to design and build a small model of a Lunar Plant Growth Chamber (LPGC). This challenge ends with Lesson 3, culminating with the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). Resource documents are appended.
Lunar Nautics: Designing a Mission to Live and Work on the Moon. An Educator's Guide for Grades 6-8. EG-2008-09-129-MSFC
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Subjects: Science Activities,After School Programs,Thinking Skills,Problem Solving,Critical Thinking,Lunar Research,Science Curriculum,Informal Education,Class Activities,Engineering,Design,Astronomy,Space Sciences,Scientific Principles,Scientific Concepts,Worksheets,Teaching Guides,Lesson Plans,Science Instruction,Hands on Science,Instructional Materials,Active Learning,Standards,Educational Resources,Public Agencies,Curriculum Guides

Lunar Nautics is a hands-on curriculum targeted to youth in grades 6 to 8, that allows the students to design, test, analyze and manage a space mission from initial concept to project funding. Lunar Nautics provides opportunities for development of problem solving skills and critical thinking skills that are needed to design, organize and manage a space mission through its life cycle. The curriculum is designed as a template curriculum that can be applied to any space mission: past, present or future. Each section of this guide contains background information, demonstrations and activities that support the section topic and the overall design and engineering goals of Lunar Nautics. This guide is divided into sections that touch upon space mission awareness, concept understanding, teamwork, design and proposal development. Educators can use this guide with great flexibility in a variety of formats such as week long day camps, after-school programs, a classroom unit or simply as supporting curriculum. An appendix providing useful information for the Lunar Nautics program is included. (Contains 3 figures.) [This paper was produced by the Discovery Place, Inc.]
Developing and Improving Modified Achievement Level Descriptors: Rationale, Procedures, and Tools
Author: Quenemoen, Rachel
Date: 2010-06-00
Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Subjects: Test Construction,Measurement Techniques,Alignment (Education),Guidelines,Alternative Assessment,Academic Achievement,Disabilities,Measurement,Educational Policy,Accountability,Standards,Special Education,Educational Assessment,Evaluation Methods,Student Evaluation,Testing Accommodations,Educational Testing,Special Needs Students,Federal Legislation,Federal Programs,Educational Indicators

Some states are developing alternate assessments based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS) to measure the academic achievement of some students with disabilities (Albus, Lazarus, Thurlow, &amp; Cormier, 2009; Lazarus, Thurlow, Christensen, &amp; Cormier, 2007). These assessments measure the same content as the general assessment for a given grade-level, but the AA-MAS may have different expectations of content mastery than the general assessment, according to federal regulations and guidance. The purpose of this paper is to provide a rationale, procedures, and tools to develop and continuously improve AA-MAS ALDs. As states make decisions on whether and how to develop an AA-MAS, they will also be developing a defense of the choices they make. Filben (2008) documented the early peer review process and outcomes and it is clear that choices made must be built on a complex educational logic reflecting content coverage, complexity, and the characteristics of the potential participants. In this paper, the authors propose a process to guide state work so that stakeholders and policymakers can articulate, from the very beginning, the educational rationale for their choices and the implications of this rationale for the specific design choices they make related to their ALDs. By building on this rationale, involving key policymakers and stakeholders through a systematic process to articulate the underlying logic, and documenting how this logic has influenced state choices using the tools and templates provided, states will have compelling evidence for peer review defense. More importantly, they will have confidence in the educational implications of the choices for students and schools in their state. Appendices include: (1) Side-By-Side Tables of Achievement Level Descriptors for Grade-Level and Modified Assessments; (2) Achievement Level Descriptor Analysis Decision Rules; and (3) Procedures and Tools to Evaluate or Develop AA-MAS ALDs. (Contains 28 tables.)