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aim to increase science achievement of all middle school
science students by establishing relevance, a need-to-know,
and a want-to-know. Videotaped television news coverage
establishes the relevance; a real-world task creates the
need-to-know; while engaging interviews, lively narrative,
and team involvement lead to a want-to-know.
Event-Based Science was first funded in 1992 by a $1.03 million grant
from the National
Science Foundation.
Event-Based Science modules produced under that grant cover
concepts from the earth sciences. Hurricanes, floods, and
asteroid impacts were used as connections to such earth
science topics as meteorology, stream dynamics and
astronomy.
A second NSF grant of
$850,000 supported the development of nine additional
modules. With titles like Gold Medal!, Outbreak!, Thrill
Ride!, First Flight!, Fraud!, Blight!, Survive?,
Blackout!, and Fire! you can see that Event-Based
Science also deals with life science and physical
science.
The Event-Based Science
Project has added remote-sensing
activities to
several modules. Remote-sensing activities and the development of Global
Warming? were supported by a grant of $269,000 from the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The Event-Based Science
Project has also developed a CD-ROM to train teachers in the
proper use of EBS materials. CD-ROM development was funded
by a grant of
$99,000 from the National Science Foundation.
©
1995-2011 Event-Based Science
Project