On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Gary Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?
These are really interesting. Thanks. No need to do more at the moment. I wanna mull over them. -walter > > 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 > > -- 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
