INSECTS IN ELEMENTARY CLASS FOR EARLY LESSONS IN LIFE

我们建议在全国范围内传播该出版物，使用 生活中的早期课程：小学教室里的活昆虫。这 出版物包括20个面向K-3级教师的教案。 每个课程计划都有一个与健康相关的主题，并培养科学的 解决问题的方法。这些课程采用了全语言格式， 实践经验、集思广益和讨论，以促进探究和 发现号。 开发课程的方法是大学与大学之间的合作 科学家和小学教师。教师提供了什么内容的输入 在教室里效果最好。科学家们提供了关于哪种类型的 利用昆虫的项目将是可行的。 科学家-教师团队设计的课程被采纳为他们的 指导各州在健康和科学方面的基本技能。 在这样做的过程中，他们创造了解决以下基本技能的课程 健康和科学，这自然适合教师的课程。这个 科学方法的使用是每一课的核心，从 从幼儿园层面的观察和猜测到实验和 编制较高年级的数据。通过执行科学或科学- 相关活动让学生对健康有更深刻的认识 每一课的主题，并清楚和直接地学习什么是科学和 如何在他们的生活中使用它。 在课堂上使用过教案的老师们发现 它们是有效和有用的。评估显示出显著的 增加对教学有信心的教师人数 小学课堂上的科学。80%的老师说他们 将继续使用教案教授科学过程。 我们对这项建议的目标是： *在全国范围内宣传教案。使用有针对性的计划 36个州的领导力学院，以及一年一度的国家 科学教师会召开会议，我们将培训1200名左右的教师 在课程的运用上。 *对课程计划和 传播方式 *完成西班牙语的翻译和形成性文章评估 版本的课程，并随后将它们作为 传播计划 *为霍皮印第安人保留地的学校制定教学计划。

We propose a nation-wide dissemination program for the publication Using Live Insects in the Elementary Classroom for Early Lessons in Life. This publication consists of twenty lesson plans for teachers at the K-3 level. Each lesson plan has a health-related topic and fosters a scientific approach to problem-solving. The lessons utilize a whole-language format, hands-on experiences, brainstorming and discussion to foster inquiry and discovery. The method for developing the lessons was a partnership between university scientists and elementary-school teachers. Teachers provided input of what works best in the classroom. Scientists provided ideas as to what kinds of projects with insects would be feasible. The scientist-teacher teams which designed the lessons adopted as their guide the State Essential Skills in Health and Science of several states. In so doing they created lessons that address the essential skills within health and science and which fit naturally into teachers curricula. The use of the scientific method is at the heart of every lesson, ranging from observation and conjecture at the kindergarten level to experimenting and compiling data in the higher grades. By performing science or science- related activities students acquire a keener understanding of the health topics of each lesson and learn clearly and directly what science is and how to use it in their lives. Teachers who have used the lesson plans in the classroom have found that they are effective and useful. The evaluation showed a significant increase in the number of teachers who felt confident about teaching science in the elementary classroom. 80% of the teachers said that they would continue to use the lesson plans to teach science process. Our objectives for the present proposal are: * To disseminate the lesson plans nation-wide. Using a targeted program of Leadership Institutes in 36 states, and workshops at the annual National Science Teachers Association meetings, we will train about 1200 teachers in the use of the lessons. * To perform a path-referenced evaluation of the lesson plans and the dissemination methods * To complete a translation and formative essay evaluation of the Spanish version of the lessons, and to subsequently include them as part of the dissemination program * To develop lesson plans for schools on the Hopi Indian reservation.