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DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE DEPENDENTS SCHOOLS-PACIFIC/
DOMESTIC DEPENDENT ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY SCHOOLS-GUAM
DIRECTOR’S OFFICE
UNIT 35007
APO AP 96376-5007
January 11, 2005 |
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A Message from the Director: Science Pre-Implementationr
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I am pleased to announce that SY 2004-05 marks the pre-implementation year for the curricular area of science. Starting in December through the remainder of the school year, science will be the focus of many staff development opportunities provided by the Education Division of the DoDDS-Pacific/DDESS-Guam Director's Office.
Each elementary and secondary teacher will participate in two days of training that integrates the new DoDEA science standards; newly adopted science materials, inquiry-based instruction, and teaching and assessing for scientific understanding. Training on the JASON Expedition: Disappearing Wetlands has already been provided to one sixth grade teacher in every Pacific elementary and middle school.
Over the next several months newly adopted Science materials will be arriving in the schools. The Scott Foresman Science program was selected for preschool through grade 5. Glencoe Integrated Science will be used in grades 6-8. A variety of publishers' textbooks were selected for the science specific courses offered in grades 9-12.
In addition to these adopted texts, funding was provided to each high school and middle school to purchase additional science equipment and In-Focus machines. Science resource kits were ordered for each preschool through grade 5 class and additional funds were set aside to purchase microscopes and related equipment for grades 5 and 6.
All teachers should begin to use the revised DoDEA Science Standards to guide their science instruction. These standards can be found on the DoDEA website http://www.dodea.edu under the Standards and Curriculum link. In addition, the standards can also be found in the standards binders that were sent to all schools from DoDEA HQ this fall.
It is my hope with this focus on science that all of our students will be guided to think like real scientists as they explore and learn about the world around them.
Nancy
C. Bresell
Director, DoDDS-Pacific/DDESS-Guam
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Last Updated:
October 13, 2006
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