Thinking About an Elementary Science Education Curriculum:
Continuing the Conversation

Notes from 19 October 2006 meeting
Lansdowne Friends School
Paul, Al, Deb, Jill, Suzie, Mingh

Thoughts from Al's experiences

Learning/enjoying refusing to answer questions so students pose/answer questions .... should be writing down the kinds of questions students posing ... young students tend to ask questions about things that are moving rather than things that are not PAIS (?) report due December 2007, with visit January 2008

Thinking about pK-6 curriculum with prior discussions and North Carolina, national standards as back drop

• Initial headings for curricula
  • Content - Skills - Assessment/Performance - Resources
• For us, invert skills, content, Assessment/Performance, add Questions
  • Questions - Inquiry Skills - Content - Performance/Assessment - Resources
  • if not "teaching content" need to
    • need to be sure students become familiar with how to get needed information
    • need to give students some experience in expanding their repertoire/abilities, asking for new equipment/resources
    • emphasize (and tolerate) "circuitous journeys", "taking risks"
    • encourage "reasoned discussion", idea that different conflicting stories can not only be accepted but are valuable for their contributions to new stories

    
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