Hi Walter, On 27 Jul 2011, at 02:34, Walter Bender wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Gary Martin <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi Caryl, >> >> On 26 Jul 2011, at 06:07, Caryl Bigenho wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> I received an email today from eSchool News with a link to a very >>> important document everyone at OLPC and Sugar Labs should familiarize >>> themselves with. It is the new K-12 Science Framework published by the >>> National Academies of the United States. It is still in the >>> pre-publication stage, but pdf files of the uncorrected chapters are >>> available for free download at this link: >>> >>> https://download.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13165#orgs >> >> Not sure if it's of help (having not read any of the content yet), but I >> downloaded the full pdf, extracted the text and generated a quick self >> organising map to give an overview of what the document covers: >> >> >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:K-12_science_education_framework_13165_som.jpg > > It would be cool to see what some of these look like as well: > > http://www3.newton.k12.ma.us/content/grade-level-curriculum These are based on the Grade K to 8 overview documents (Curriculum Overview Documents for Parents, "Your Child's Year in Grades K- 8"): http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Grade_K_2010_som.jpg http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Grade_1_2010_som.jpg http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Grade_2_2010_som.jpg http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Grade_3_2010_som.jpg http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Grade_4_2010_som.jpg http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Grade_5_2010_som.jpg http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Grade_6_2010_som.jpg http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Grade_7_2010_som.jpg http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Grade_8_2010_som.jpg Note: I excluded the term use/uses as it had such a high frequency relative to all others without adding much in the way of interesting associations. Curiously the Grade_7_2010.pdf document didn't follow this pattern so I wonder if it came from a different author/source originally. Did you want maps for the Grade Level Benchmark documents as well? Regards, --Gary > -walter >> >> Regards, >> --Gary >> >>> We need to be aware of the content with this book as it will shape future >>> science and engineering education in the United States. If we want Sugar >>> to be relevant and useful for teachers, knowing what they are charged with >>> teaching and the methods they will be asked to use will help us better >>> serve them. >>> >>> Since it has a total of 270 pages, and I just finished downloading it >>> (chapter by chapter), I can't comment on the contents. But, this should be >>> fuel for some interesting discussions in the next few weeks if the rest of >>> you take the time to download and take an in depth look at what is there. >>> >>> Caryl >>> _______________________________________________ >>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
