Re: Physics First Content (refocus) PART 1

[Larry Woolf <larry.woolf@GAT.COM>]

At 6:27 PM -0700 10/13/2002, Richard Hake wrote:
"Moreover, NSF recommends that any new curriculum be developed by teams of
practicing scientists, engineers, and mathematicians, along with classroom
teachers."

There are a variety of NSF-funded middle and high school instructional
materials that are complete or at various stages of development that were
not mentioned in previous posts:

Middle School

FOSS Middle School
http://www.delta-ed.com/teachers/middle/foss.html
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/FOSS/FOSSMiddleSchool.html

Science and Technology Concepts for Middle Schools
http://www.stcms.si.edu/stcms.htm

Insights for Middle School
http://www.psrc-online.org/curriculum/ms_com.html#1a
http://www2.edc.org/themes/view.asp?id=213&web=http://www.edc.org/CSE/imd/in
sights2.html&pub=False

Event Based Science
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/eventscience/

Constructing Ideas in Physical Science (CIPS)
http://www.cipsproject.sdsu.edu

SEPUP
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/sepup/instrmat.html

Middle School Science and Technology
http://www.bscs.org/cp_ms_book.html

Science 2000
http://www.ddc2000.com/cgi-bin/enter.cgi?products/science_2000.htm

Prime Science
http://www2.edc.org/cse/pdfs/k12dissem/prime.pdf

IMaST
http://www.ilstu.edu/depts/cemast/imast/imasthome.htm
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High School

Constructing Physics Understanding (CPU)
http://www.cpuproject.sdsu.edu

PRISMS
http://www.prisms.uni.edu/

Active Physics
http://www.its-about-time.com/htmls/ap.html

Hands-On Physics
http://hop.concord.org/

Minds-On Physics
http://umperg.physics.umass.edu/projects/MindsOnPhysics/default

Science that Counts in the Workplace
http://www.terc.edu/TEMPLATE/projects/item.cfm?ProjectID=30

BSCS Science: An Inquiry Approach
http://www.bscs.org/inquiry/index.htm

Modeling Instruction
http://www2.edc.org/themes/view.asp?id=213&web=http://www.edc.org/CSE/imd/in
sights2.html&pub=False


General Resources:
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/rtmss/
http://www2.edc.org.cse
http://www.psrc-online.org/curriculum/ms_com.html#1a
http://www.psrc-online.org/curriculum/nsf.html
http://red.www.nsf.gov/esie/resources/impsites.asp
http://www.si.edu/nsrc/NSF%20Brochure/NSFPoster.pdf

Larry Woolf,General Atomics,San Diego, CA 92121; Phone: 858-526-8575; FAX:
858-455-8568

This posting is the position of the writer, not that of SUNY-BSC, NAU or the AAPT.