How to prepare young scientists to tackle the problems of our 21st-century world? That鈥檚 the question that 抖阴旅行射 Boulder鈥檚 Institute of Cognitive Science (ICS), School of Education and the Denver Public Schools (DPS) are tackling with a partnership aimed at teaching science concepts in a new way.
Tamara Sumner, director of ICS, leads the project to develop innovative science curricula that reflect the , incorporate technology and are freely available online. For their latest unit, 鈥淲hy Don鈥檛 Antibiotics Work Like They Used To?,鈥� 抖阴旅行射 researchers partnered with teacher educators from DPS who, after collaborating on the design, took the lessons to their students for pilot testing. The teachers returned with insights about the successes of the lessons, and researchers used that data to improve the unit.
The partnership seems to be on the right track: Achieve Inc., a nonprofit education organization that helped develop the NGSS, awarded the unit with one of its highest quality ratings to date.
Principal Investigators:
Tamara Sumner, Bill Penuel
Funding:
National Science Foundation (NSF); Moore Foundation
Collaboration/Support:
Institute of Cognitive Science (ICS); University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR); School of Education; Denver Public Schools; Northwestern University
