IT'S NOT A TEXTBOOK. IT'S NOT A KIT. IT'S A PROGRAM.
A complete learning system
Each program component references the others to form a cohesive learning system for teachers and students.
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Issues and Science requires students to interact with scientific content multiple times through varied learning experiences including investigations, laboratories, readings, and simulations. Science practices are embedded into the curriculum and regular part of the weekly programing.
Each unit centralizes on a socio-science issue to create a unit storyline. This allows the exploration of phenomena, the content standards, and the science practices to be connected, relevant, and meaningful.
Required Forms from Florida Dept. of Education
Get Started | A Reviewer's Guide
This three minute overview video is a quick guide for how to best navigate around the sample materials linked in the correlation documents. It is intended for reviewers of Issues and Science, published by Lab-Aids.
Embedded Program Features
Assessment
Integrated into the programs the SEPUP assessment system sets up ways to collect evidence on student learning and improve performance.
Supporting all learners
An intentionally flexible approach to all program activity types help accomplish our goal that all students achieve scientific literacy.
Literacy
Embedded strategies help teachers explore students' thinking and give students multiple opportunities to confront their preconceptions.
Professional Development
Build sustainability through PD
Science educators have come to trust Lab-Aids as a valuable resource for engaging and worth-while professional development - whether it's an on-site implementation training, a summer academy to build instructional leadership, or a day focused on new standards or best-practice strategies.
Using a model successful nation-wide, we will create an intentional plan to build internal leadership and long-term sustainability of the program. This professional development will additionally support a deepened understanding of the NGSSS and how they strive to serve all students.