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Connect Science

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Description

Connect Science is a 31-lesson fourth-grade science curriculum that integrates NGSS practices, social and collaborative skills, and service learning for classroom implementation.

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  • Connect Science curriculum: 31 lessons integrating NGSS practices, social and collaborative skills, and service-learning: Connect Science is a curricular approach designed to prepare teachers to use Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) instructional practices, teach social and collaborative skills, and facilitate a service-learning experience in their science class. The program is described as "The sequence of 31 lessons are typically taught over 14 weeks or more"; the lessons "replace existing fourth grade science units and can be integrated with other content instruction." Teachers receive a manual including the CS lessons, a kit of science materials such as batteries, bulbs, fans, solar panels and motors, and trade books to accompany lessons. (Connect Science program description et al. (2022))
  • Adopt Connect Science without additional staffing, using existing classroom teachers trained through its professional development: The program is designed to be delivered by regular classroom teachers rather than added personnel: the article states "No additional staffing requirements." Implementation instead depends on teacher preparation through the staged professional development sequence and provision of a manual, science materials kit, and trade books, making adoption a matter of teacher training and materials rather than new hires. (Connect Science program description et al. (2022))
  • Service-learning integrated elementary science unit pattern combining NGSS practices, collaborative skills, and a service project: This pattern organizes an elementary science unit around three integrated strands: standards-aligned science instruction, explicit social and collaborative skills teaching, and a facilitated service-learning experience. The article describes Connect Science as designed "to prepare teachers to use Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) instructional practices, teach social and collaborative skills, and facilitate a service-learning experience in their science class." The sequence of 31 lessons runs 14 weeks or more and can be integrated with other content instruction. (Connect Science program description et al. (2022))

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Key Sources

  • Connect Science program description and evidence rating summary. (2022). https://evidenceforessa.org/program/connect-science/
  • Connect Science program description and evidence rating summary. (2022). https://www.connectscience.org
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title Connect Science
description Connect Science is a 31-lesson fourth-grade science curriculum that integrates NGSS practices, social and collaborative skills, and service learning for classroom implementation.
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