A Transforming
PartnershipA Transforming
Partnership
January 2006
Working side-by-side with museum scientists and other experts in classrooms, in the community, and in their school's adopted watershed, teachers developed high-level technology skills, then involved students in firsthand investigations of water quality, water conservation, erosion, and other pressing community issues. This museum–school partnership program, Communities Alive in Nature, supported an inquiry-based science reform initiative and turned an underperforming science program into a distinguished one.
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http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2006-05/sc0601_42.pdf
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The Moon
Project
March 2006
An online collaboration advances cultural understanding among students while developing their writing, technology, and inquiry skills.
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http://www.nsta.org/gateway&j=sc&n=51721
Webbing
Through Science History
October 2005
A “virtual” history of scientists from the past builds students’ technology skills while seamlessly integrating history and science.
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