August 12, 2018
After classroom piloting by 31 teachers during recent months, ESD 105 will be offering five new engineering-based science instructional kits for 1st-5th grade classes through their Science Co-op starting this fall 2018. Science teachers will be able to implement some or all of the new units for 2018-2019, or can wait until 2019-2020. The new curriculum modules are from the Smithsonian Science Education Center’s "Smithsonian Science for the Classroom" curriculum and include titles such as, "How Can We Send a Message Using Sound?” (for 1st grade, which will replace the STC Weather unit), "How Can We Keep Soil from Washing Away?” (for 2nd grade, which will replace the STC Soils unit), and "How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes? (for 3rd grade, which will replace the STC Rocks & Minerals unit).
Read more at https://www.esd105.org/cms/lib/WA01920102/Centricity/Shared/...