University of Arizona and The Ohio State University Newark

Additional Partners include:

Mesa City Schools
Fountain Hills Unified School District
Newark City School District
Warren Local School District
The Ohio Council for Elementary Science
Arizona Science Teacher's Association. the NSTA Building a Presence for
Science Program

ORION Proposal
To: The Space Science Telescope Institute

SCI has formed a partnership with Chris Andersen of OSU Newark to seek
funding for ORION, a 2-year project for supporting grades 4 to 8 teachers in
the development and application of Inquiry-Based Learning models. These
models provide standards-driven and inquiry-based investigations in the
Earth and Space Sciences (specifically Astronomy and Planetary Sciences)
that extend across the curriculum. ORION was developed from the premise
that regular and systematic observations of the day and night sky are
important, if not essential, for constructing standards-based understandings
through full inquiry.


ORION Grant
To: The Space Science Telescope Institute

ORION is a 2-year Astronomy and Planetary Sciences program to work with
teachers in developing approaches for advancing standards-based teaching and
learning. The ORION project infuses regular sky watching and student
inquiry into astronomy questions developed by the students with teacher
guidance, supported by ORION resources, and informed by State and National
Standards. Each year, ORION will enroll 20 teachers and their students from
Arizona and Ohio. The project offers a 60-hour summer teacher institute
followed by autumn regional 1-day implementation sessions and full school
year support for student investigations through a web-based community.


The Ohio State University Newark
Additional partner: The Ohio Council for Elementary Science

IMPACT Project to The Ohio Board of Regents

SCI has formed a partnership with Chris Andersen of OSU Newark to support
the development of IMPACT, a project to support a partnership between
Science and Education facility and grade K-8 teachers in high-need school
Districts to improve student science learning. The project seeks to enhance
inquiry-based teaching and learning for standards driven learning,

IMPACT provides extensive and sustained support to help teachers develop
richer content understanding specifically linked to what they teach and
improved abilities for inquiry-based learning strategies that better meet
the needs of all students. IMPACT will enroll a total of 48 teachers
representing 25 to 35 schools from Marion City, Marion County, Newark City,
and Licking County during the 2004/05 school year.

The project provides over 120 hours of teacher support including a 60-hour
summer institute for teachers, a web-based community for continuous
interactive discussion and support, 2 onsite help sessions in every
participating teacher’s classroom, 2 live meetings during the school year
building upon action research into personal practice by teachers,
dissemination by teachers at SECO/OCESS sessions and/or in their school
districts, and a 1-day culminating project review, presentation, and
assessment.

 

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