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

探索研究K-12项目（DRK-12）旨在通过研究和开发创新资源、模型和工具（rmt），显著提高pre -12学生和教师对科学、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，为拟议的项目提供了理论和实证依据。开发符合下一代科学标准的综合基础科学、工程和语言艺术课程是一项探索性项目，旨在开展一项研究，开发和实地测试综合基础科学、工程和语言艺术课程。由基础科学硕士教师和科学、工程、科学教师教育专业的大学教授、科学教育博士后或研究生组成的研究课程开发组，将开发与科学、工程、语言艺术相一致的下一代科学标准（NGSS）课程，并出版STEM教育研究成果。这项计画的重要性在于开发集科学、工程和语言艺术于一体的小学课程。综合课程中的课程计划或教学活动将以实践文章格式撰写。在NGSS中，工程设计被提升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。这种综合方法旨在通过现实生活中的工程设计问题，为小学生提供NGSS中指定的三维学习体验，同时有意义地整合工程，科学，阅读和写作。将在本项目中开发的与NGSS一致的课程也可以在采用NGSS的其他州使用。一年级将制定1-2年级的综合课程。在第二年，该项目将开发3-5年级的课程。每年，该项目将开发和实地测试一个新课程，并为内华达州拉斯维加斯克拉克县学区的20名小学教师提供围绕综合课程组织的专业发展。

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.