Aligned with National Standards
Units are organized in clusters with the National Science Education Content Standards and the Benchmarks for Science Literacy as their foundation. The content of each cluster is rooted in specific Standards and Benchmarks identified at the beginning of each cluster.
Comprehensive Assessments
Ongoing assessment throughout each unit lets you monitor student progress. Assessments include:
- Individual and group
- Formative and summative
- Higher order thinking skills
- Various learning styles
- Process skills
- Concept attainment
- Homework
"The students... feel more confident because they're figuring out the concepts themselves. My students are retaining more of the information they're taught and are much more engaged in the classroom." -Cathy Cozzan, 6th Grade Teacher Roland Rogers Elementary, Galloway, NJ
A Teacher-Created Curriculum and Innovative Materials
From unique and inventive materials to a clear and comprehensive Teacher's Guide, the contents of each Premier Science Curriculum Module reflect rigorous development and field-testing. With high-quality equipment and teaching materials, the program offers a great value in middle school curricula.
Each Complete Module Includes:
- Equipment Kit - Enough material for 5 cycles of 32 student sections and 6 to 9 weeks of hands-on instruction
- Teacher's Guide - Detailed lesson plans, reproducible masters, and performance assessments
- Student Activity and Assessment Book - A variety of activities helps students reinforce and extend learning
- 8 Multimedia CD-ROMs - Interactive experiments, animated visuals, glossary of scientific terms and more
- Site License
Every Premier Science unit contains quality materials and a field-tested curriculum.
Sample Unit Overview:
Each unit begins with a "Hook" that engages students in the inquiry and concludes with a performance assessment.
The Premier Science curriculum features step-by-step instructions and teacher background information. Focus questions to assess student understanding and reproducible student activity sheets accompany each inquiry. Icons indicate cross-curricular links, use of the included CD-ROM, safety awareness and more.
Structured for Success
Each unit opens with a "hook" that engages and stimulates students' interest in the inquiry. Units conclude with a performance assessment that requires students to use process skills and their understanding of the unit's concepts to solve a problem or perform a task. Throughout, you receive all the teacher resources necessary to facilitate the activities.
Flexible to Fit Your Needs
Individual curriculum units are available separately, or the entire program can be used as an integrated middle school science curriculum.