The latest I've received from the Project 2061 folks.
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From: Project 2061 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 17:22:39 -0400
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Project 2061 Update: Professional Development Workshops, Atlas
and Evolution, 2061 Today, and more
Project 2061 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is
gearing up for a busy fall season and invites you to be a part of it. This
update contains information about the following activities, resources, and
publications now available from Project 2061:
I. Using 'Atlas of Science Literacy' Workshop
II. Focus on Standards for Science and Mathematics Workshop
III. Evolution: What Should Students Know?
IV. Current Issue of the Project 2061 Newsletter
V. New Grant Funds Four-Year Outreach Campaign
VI. New Articles Available Online
I. Using 'Atlas of Science Literacy' Workshop
This new workshop from Project 2061 gives participants a chance to learn how
to use the popular strand maps that are featured in Project 2061's Atlas of
Science Literacy. Participants consider how maps can be used to improve
curriculum, change classroom practice, and clarify standards.
This three-day session will be offered twice this fall, with workshops
scheduled for the days leading up to two of the NSTA regional meetings. The
workshop dates and locations are November 5-7 in Columbus, OH, and December
3-5 in Memphis, TN.
More information and registration materials are available at:
http://www.project2061.org/pdp/atlas.htm?20011001
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II. Focus on Standards for Science and Mathematics Workshop
In this workshop participants learn how to use the many research-based tools
that Project 2061 has developed. In addition to learning how to use Science
for All Americans and Benchmarks for Science Literacy to better
understand the intention of their state or district framework and to improve
their own content knowledge, participants also have an opportunity to:
1. Work with the strand maps from Atlas of Science Literacy to think about
K-12 articulation.
2. Spend time thinking about unburdening the curriculum using the new book
Designs for Science Literacy.
3. Work with Project 2061's curriculum materials evaluation procedure to
think more critically about the lessons and materials that they are using.
4. Learn how to improve their own content knowledge using trade books
discussed in Resources for Science Literacy: Professional Development.
Information about workshop dates, locations, and registration is available
at:
http://www.project2061.org/pdp/oeIntro.htm?20011001
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III. Evolution: What Should Students Know?
To supplement PBS's broadcast of Evolution, teachers, parents, and
students can turn to two Project 2061 strand maps that show what K-12
students at different grade levels need to know about the topics Biological
Evolution and Natural Selection. The maps are part of Atlas of Science
Literacy, Project 2061's collection of 49 strand maps.
For the Biological Evolution map, visit:
http://www.project2061.org/tools/atlas/sample/5_7_BE.pdf?20011001
For the Natural Selection map, visit:
http://www.project2061.org/tools/atlas/sample/5_8_NS.pdf?20011001
More information about Atlas of Science Literacy, including sample maps,
map commentaries, and a multimedia presentation, is available at:
http://www.project2061.org/tools/atlas?20011001
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IV. Current Issue of the Project 2061 Newsletter: Putting Tests to the
Test
The most current issue of 2061 Today, our free, semi-annual newsletter, is
now available. Included in this issue are articles on our assessment
project, which analyzes K-12 assessment tasks in science and mathematics for
their alignment to standards, and our efforts to improve science textbooks
through a spring 2001 conference that brought together curriculum materials
developers, education researchers, and commercial publishers.
Read the current issue of 2061 Today at:
http://www.project2061.org/newsletter?20011001
V. New Grant Funds Four-Year Outreach Campaign
Project 2061 was recently awarded a $5.9 million grant from the National
Science Foundation that will support both a four-year public outreach
campaign to build support for science literacy and a concurrent effort to
develop new tools for teachers, curriculum developers, and textbook authors
and publishers.
To read the press release announcing this grant and the work it will fund,
visit:
http://www.project2061.org/newsinfo/press/20011001.htm?20011001
VI. New Articles Available Online
Seen our collection of articles by and about Project 2061 lately? There's a
plethora of information available on the Project 2061 web site. Find out
