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Science for all Americans (AAAS)
Science for all Americans Online
Science for All Americans consists of a set of recommendations on what understandings and ways of thinking are essential for all citizens in a world shaped by science and technology. Below, we discuss briefly how these came about and describe their nature and organization. But first we take up the question of why such recommendations are needed. -
Benchmarks for Science Literacy (AAAS)
Benchmarks for Science Literacy is the Project 2061 statement of what all students should know and be able to do in science, mathematics, and technology by the end of grades 2, 5, 8, and 12. The recommendations at each grade level suggest reasonable progress toward the adult science literacy goals laid out in the project's 1989 report Science for All Americans. Benchmarks can help educators decide what to include in (or exclude from) a core -
National Science Education Standards (NRC)
National Science Education Standards
The National Science Education Standards offer a coherent vision of what it means to be scientifically literate, describing what all students regardless of background or circumstance should understand and be able to do at different grade levels in various science categories. -
Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards (NRC)
Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards
Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards is the book that educators have been waiting for--a practical guide to teaching inquiry and teaching through inquiry, as recommended by the National Science Education Standards. This will be an important resource for educators who must help school boards, parents, and teachers understand "why we can't teach the way we used to." -
Designs for Science Literacy (AAAS)
Designs for Science Literacy Designs deals explicitly with strategies and techniques for aligning the entire K-12 curriculum to specific learning goals such as Project 2061's benchmarks, national standards in science and mathematics, or state and local frameworks. In doing so, it addresses many of the considerations and constraints that attend curriculum design. -
Framework for K-12 Science Education (NRC)
Framework for K-12 Science Education
The framework identifies the key scientific ideas and practices all students should learn by the end of high school. It will serve as the foundation for new K-12 science education standards, which will be developed by a group of states to replace standards issued more than a decade ago. The framework is also designed to be useful for curriculum and assessment design -
Next Generation Science Standards
Next Generation Science Standards
Next Generation Science Standards for Today’s Students and Tomorrow’s Workforce: Through a collaborative, state-led process managed by Achieve, new K–12 science standards have been developed that are rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science educations.
