Using Atlas of Science Literacy Workshops
AAAS Project 2061 professional development for educators
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About the Atlas workshop:
This three-day workshop will give participants a new perspective on standards-based reform and a new tool for the work that lies ahead. Participants will use Atlas 1 and 2 and other Project 2061 resources to enhance their understanding of science literacy and to improve curricula, instruction, and assessment. The workshop is organized around the following goals:
Understanding Strand Maps
The workshop will enhance participants' understanding of the intent and nature of strand maps by exploring the kind of thinking that went into their development.
Clarifying Standards
Strand maps can help clarify national, state, and local standards. Participants will use Atlas to explore how connections among the standards are a critical part of science literacy and of helping students to learn ideas that are essential to science literacy.
Changing Classroom Practice
Maps illustrate how ideas and skills in the standards develop over time and are a synthesis of ideas and skills from different topics and science disciplines. Participants will use Atlas as a tool in deciding whether assessment and instruction take account of students' growth of understanding.
Improving Curriculum
Maps can inform decisions about content selection, sequence, and coordination. They can aid in the selection of materials that are aligned with and teach to specific learning goals. Participants will use Atlas as a guide in evaluating and creating science curricula focused on both conceptual development and connections among topics.
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