Hu's component related to
National Science Standards
Science
Teaching---Inquiry based
---"select science content, adapt and design curriculum
to meet the interests,.. abilities and experiences of students"---
- focus on the environmental theme
for both Physical
Science
and
Biology students,
expand the existing weather project
SPaRCE
- studying the acid rain related to the volcanic
eruption) to include GLOBE/
GREEN
activities, using Ala
Wai Canal/ Watershed as our study site.
---"work together with and across discipline and grade
levels"---
- cooperate with Math/ Social study/ Language
Art teachers and vertically with Chem./ Physics teachers in our school
also with teachers from other schools located in the watershed
---"encourage and model the skills of scientific inquiry
and curiosity " --
- train the 9th
graders with consistent data-collecting, daily internet access, weekly
lab activities and quarterly projects to facilitate their learning for
the inquiry process as well as values, attitudes
-habits of mind.
- provide resources outside the school
from the internet
Especially addressing Science
Content for grades 9-12 on
Science
and Technology
Environmental
Quality
Professional
Development for teachers
--Improving science education in K-12 schools through our quarterly
McKinley Complex articulation meetings funded by Eisenhower grant
--Facilitating teacher enhancement program DataStreme
via AMS