Mathematics and Science

Denver Public Schools

Attention

  • WateReuse Association Recycled Water Art and Writing Contest—This contest is for grade 1–12 students. For this year's theme, Water's Memories—A Drop of Water Never Dies, Tell the Stories of its Many Lives, writing and art submissions must relate to recycled water. See the flyer (PDF) with contest details and entry form. Entry deadline is May 17, 2013, and winners will be displayed and honored at the WateReuse Symposium, September 15–18, 2013, Denver Marriott City Center, Denver.
  • The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is extending free admission for self-guided tours to all school groups for the 2012–2013 school year. Additionally, the museum is still offerering funding to cover bus fuel costs and scholarships to reduce fees for onsite labs and classes. To learn more, visit www.dmns.org/teachers.

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About ECE–Grade 5 Science

The Science Department wants to excite students about science...so they become curious about science! Our goal is to provide students with meaningful, stimulating, and interesting hands-on science programs. To do so, we provide teachers with tools they need to help students mimic how scientists go about finding problems and methods to solve them. Essentially, our goal is to engage students in inquiry-based science in fun and challenging ways.

The redesigned elementary science program was field tested in 24 schools during the 2005–2006 and 2006–2007 school years and was implemented in all elementary schools beginning in the 2007–2008 school year. The new curriculum:

  • Focuses on principles (big ideas) in earth, life, and physical sciences;
  • Incorporates a research-based, constructivist approach to learning;
  • Includes embedded formative assessments;
  • Teaches science as inquiry;
  • Provides literacy strategies;
  • Aligns with Colorado science standards and CSAP science assessment frameworks; and
  • Includes kits for hands-on learning.

BSCS Science Tracks: Connecting Science and Literacy was developed by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and is published by Kendal/Hunt Publishing Company.