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. 

GET TO KNOW LAB-AIDS AGAIN

Lab-Aids is the exclusive publisher for SEPUP, an acronym for Science Education for Public Understanding Program, located at the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Lab-Aids partners with SEPUP to publish digital and print materials and produce science lab equipment.

SEPUP requires students to interact with scientific content multiple times through varied learning experiences including investigations, laboratories, readings, and simulations. Literacy skills are embedded into the investigations and will support Mapleton Public Schools curriculum goals.

Students investigate real-world issues through engaging experiments and then make data-driven decisions. Our new program is 100% aligned to the NGSS and the Colorado 2020 standards. To do that we developed three new units: Chemical Reactions, Earth's Resources and Fields and Interactions. 

Change the Equation recognizes SEPUP as one of the nation's most effective STEM learning programs. Click here for more details.

TRANSITION MADE EASY

Mapleton currenltly uses the full-year domain model SEPUP First Edition, we are excited to share the new developed for the NGSS Third Edition Issues and Science curriculum with you. Because we are unitized, our hardcover unit books are easy to change into integrated units. 

We've made the transition easy with unit transition guides and reduced cost transition kits. View a sample transition package.

Need help creating your SEPUP middle school curriculum? Whether integrated or full-year model we can help. We've done most of the work for you, aligning performance expectations to the Colorado suggested scope and sequence. 

 

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Build sustainability

Science educators have come to trust Lab-Aids as a valuable resource for engaging and worth-while professional development.

Our trainings are like our programs; engaging, hands-on, and personally relevant. From our popular conference workshops and getting-started days to full year implementation and district level train-the-trainer programs we are here to support our schools - now and in the future. 

It's how all PD should be.

Teachers PD

Using a model similar to other large districts, we will create an intentional plan within Mapleton Public Schools to build internal leadership and long-term sustainability of the program.  

HOW LAB-AIDS SUPPORTS MAPLETON CURRICULUM

Literacy supports throughout

Our labs provide frequent opportunities for students to develop their language skills, each providing embedded strategies to help teachers explore students' thinking. 

The Three-Level Reading Guide is a reading strategy that focuses students on processing content in text. It guides students from the literal level of understanding to the higher levels of interpretation and application of the reading.

Talking Drawings help students construct diagrams to visually communicate their ideas about a concept. 

Use of a science notebook is also integrated.

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Materials chosen for durability and low refill cost

We provide teachers with all the tools needed so that they can get back to what matters: teaching. Lab-Aids provides all the needed components for an authentic inquiry classroom. From one day activities to full year curriculum, we offer a range of classroom solutions.

1. Student books 2. All Equipment 3. Online Resources 4. Organized Drawers 5. Signature Items 6. Listed Drawer Contents 7. Storage Carts

4-2-1 Grouping Model - Students working collaboratively

Group work helps students build skills and is critical in helping an issue-oriented classroom succeed. The 4-2-1 cooperative approach offers a structure that helps teachers reduce off-task conversations, students dominating discussions, and lack of accountability. 

Having students evaluate the ability of their group to work together also improves group interaction skills. Students improve their ability to work with others when allowed to self-assess their interactions when working in groups. 

ENCOURAGING MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES FROM STUDENTS

Issues-based science means we ask for their position, supported by data.

SEPUP is built intentionally to encourage discussion and evidence-driven debate.

Students gather data and then make decisions.

Input is respected and valued as the researcher-expert.

TAKE A LOOK INSIDE

Issues and Science: Earth

Weather and Climate
Land, Water, and Human Interactions
Earth's Resources
Solar System and Beyond
Geological Processes

Issues and Science: Life

Ecology
Biomedical Engineering
Reproduction
From Cells to Organisms
Body Systems
Evolution

Issues and Science: Physical

Waves
Energy
Chemistry of Materials
Force and Motion
Chemical Reactions
Fields and Interactions

How do nearby Colorado schools use our integrated model? Take a look at St. Vrain's suggested Colorado 2020 integrated alignment for units and performance expectation.

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Online Portal Trial

The online Portal for Issues and Science for Mapleton Public Schools is available for both Students and Teachers an includes interactive text. LABsent sheets and videos for absent students, and the ability to receive and submit homework.  Access to the Teacher Edition and Teacher Resources also includes editable PowerPoints, literacy tools, visual aids, training videos, and an integrated online assessment system.

Register for a trial access to the Portal using the access code you've been provided. Don't have an access code? Let us know and we'll set you up!

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TEACHER RESOURCES

Contact Bill Gipperich • Science Curriculum Specialist • 319-560-4913 • bgipperich@lab-aids.com