Developing Integrated Elementary Science, Engineering, and Language Arts Curricula Aligned with Next Generation Science Standards

探索研究K-12计划（DRK-12）旨在通过研究和开发创新资源，模型和工具（RMT），显着提高学前班学生和教师的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的学习和教学。DRK-12计划中的项目建立在STEM教育的基础研究和先前的研究和开发工作的基础上，这些研究和开发工作为拟议项目提供了理论和经验依据。开发符合下一代科学标准的综合小学科学，工程和语言艺术课程是一项探索性项目，旨在研究开发和实地测试综合小学科学，工程和语言艺术课程。研究和课程开发团队由硕士小学科学教师，大学教授（包括科学，工程和科学教师教育学院）和科学教育博士后或研究生组成，将参与开发下一代科学标准（NGSS）对齐课程，整合科学，工程和语言艺术，并出版STEM教育研究。该项目的重要性将是在小学一级制定综合科学、工程和语言艺术的课程。综合课程的教学计划或教学活动将以实践者文章的形式撰写。 在NGSS中，工程设计被提高到与科学探究相同的水平，并被列为科学教育的重要组成部分。 这种综合方法的目的是提供三维的学习经验，在NGSS指定的小学生，同时有意义地整合工程，科学，阅读，并通过真实的生活工程设计问题的写作。本项目将制定的与《国家男女平等战略》相一致的课程也可用于采用《国家男女平等战略》的其他州，并将在第一年制定1-2年级的综合课程。 在第二年，该项目将为3-5年级制定课程。每年，该项目将开发和实地测试一个新的课程，并提供专业发展周围的综合课程组织在拉斯维加斯，内华达州克拉克县学区的20名小学教师。

The Discovery Research K-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools (RMTs). Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects. Developing Integrated Elementary Science, Engineering, and Language Arts Curricula Aligned with Next Generation Science Standards is an exploratory project to conduct a study to develop and field-test curricula integrating science, engineering, and language arts at the elementary level. Research and Curriculum Development team consisting of master elementary science teachers, university professors including science, engineering, and science teacher education faculty, and a science education post doc or graduate student will engage in developing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned curricula integrating science, engineering, and language arts, and publishing STEM education research. The importance of this project will be the development of curricula integrating science, engineering, and language arts at the elementary level. Lesson plans or teaching activities in the integrated curricula will be written in practitioner article format. In the NGSS the engineering design is raised to the same level as scientific inquiry and included as a vital element of science education. This integrated approach aims to provide three-dimensional learning experience as specified in the NGSS to elementary students while meaningfully integrating engineering, science, reading, and writing through real life engineering design problems. The NGSS aligned curricula that will be developed in this project can also be used in other states that adopted the NGSS.An Integrated curriculum for grades 1-2 will be developed in year 1. In year 2, the project will develop a curriculum for grades 3-5. Each year, the project will develop and field-test a new curriculum, and provide professional development organized around the integrated curriculum to 20 elementary teachers at the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada.