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2004 NSF K-12 Math, Science, and Technology Curriculum Developers Conference

About the Center for Curriculum Materials in Science

The Center for Curriculum Materials in Science (CCMS) serves a critical national need to build knowledge and human capacity to develop the next generation of science curriculum materials, aimed at helping all students achieve science literacy. The CCMS is a collaboration of Project 2061 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, and the University of Michigan. Through research and development projects carried out within and across the partner institutions, through doctoral and postdoctoral programs focused on science curriculum materials, through model courses for pre-service and in-service teacher development, and through an active communications and outreach program, the Center is helping to build a national infrastructure for science curriculum materials development, analysis, selection, and implementation. The following principles guide all aspects of the Center's work: (1) the centrality of clearly stated science learning goals, (2) the importance of building pedagogical supports into instructional materials, (3) the usefulness of student investigations, (4) the value of incorporating learning technologies into instructional materials, and (5) the need to serve diverse learners by designing instructional materials that are accessible to all students. For more information, go to www.ScienceMaterialsCenter.org.

This project is supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant No. ESI-0352345). Any opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.