Next generation science standards and drive toward climate literacy generate synchronicity of ideas

Teaching and learning science in US K-12 schools just got more interesting. Working with the National Research Council, an advisory group of scientists, cutting-edge child education experts, and science teachers have developed the first set of science teaching standards in more than 15 years. This framework for science education offers students and teachers the means to engage with science through more hands-on experiences and includes a section on developing climate literacy, which has not prev...

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/gso...