Project ARIES II: Astronomy Resources for Intercurricular Elementary Science

9553845首席研究员欧文·夏皮罗提议为三至六年级的小学生完成以天文学为基础的物理科学课程(白羊座项目)的开发工作。这个为期三年的项目于1996年3月1日开始，是美国国家科学基金会先前拨款的后续项目，该项目将产生关于(1)时间、(2)光与颜色和(3)天文学I的三个模块。新项目将产生关于(1)天文学II、(2)波、(3)航海、(4)力和运动以及(5)能量和太阳的五个额外模块。拟议教材的主要特点是使用创新、简单和负担得起的设备开展动手活动，并以所有学生分享的日常经验和观察为基础上科学课。具体的教育目标是：鼓励学生学习和掌握有限数量的强有力的科学概念；向学生传达科学的兴奋和挑战；建立一个学生由自己的好奇心驱动的环境；增强学生的推理能力，帮助他们采取有组织和逻辑的方法获取新信息。

9553845 Irwin I. Shapiro The principal investigator proposes to complete the development of an astronomy-based physical science curriculum (Project ARIES) for elementary-school students in grades three to six. This three-year project, which begins 1 March 1996, is a follow-up to a previous NSF grant that is producing three modules on (1) Time, (2) Light and Color, and (3) Astronomy I. The new project will produce five additional modules on (1) Astronomy II, (2) Waves, (3) Navigation, (4) Forces and Motion, and (5) Energy and the Sun. Central features of the proposed materials are the use of innovative, simple, and affordable apparatus to carry out hands-on activities and basing science lessons on everyday experiences and observations shared by all students. The specific educational objectives are to: encourage students to learn and master a limited number of powerful scientific concepts; communicate to students the excitement and challenge of science; establish an environment where students are driven by their own curiosity; empower students with the reasoning skills which can help them take an organized and logical approach to acquiring new information.