Ideal Comprehensive Science Program

- All areas of science; outdoor education

- Mentoring & STW connection – community

- Active participation

- Hands-on education with adequate materials provided for each building

- Re-supply after year 1

- Practical, clear objectives

- Collaborating with math and technology

- Technology component

- More appropriate, ongoing, embedded assessments

- HS – Elem. Student connections

- Assessing & improving reading and writing

- Continuous, relevant training for teachers/parents/administrators and outside related to best practice – networking within district

- Science coord./point of contact in each building

- Up-to-date subject matter and equipment

- Easy to re-supply

- Meets needs of all students

- Classroom and take home sets of texts

- Restructure requisition to fit new program

- A science budget

Informative Assessment

- Flexible assessment relevant to instruction

- Practical

- Quarter Projects/Long-term reports

- Short-term reports

- lab reports

- reflective journals (upper level?)

- Internet work/technology

- Verbal assessments

- Aligned to standard based curriculum. Flexible and valid.

- Cooperative group work. Fewer and higher order thinking assessments across the curriculum.

- Variety

- Meets all modalities

Effective & Instructional Materials

- Cross curriculum connections

- Interesting

- Readable and age-appropriate levels of ability

- Well-organized

- Multicultural

- Hands-on

- Tech supplements & use

- Non-biased

- Must have Spanish resources

- Current and accurate

- Lab supplements

- Practical

- Supplies: multiple and available