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| Foundational Approaches in Science Teaching (FAST). A course in the concepts and methods of the physical, biological and earth sciences and their relation to the environment. Approved by JDRP the students in grade 7. |
Description Foundational Approaches in Science Teaching (FAST) is a full-year course giving students a sense of the operations of the modern scientific community by involving them in typical science activities. FAST is laboratory- and field-oriented and designed for use with students who represent the full range of abilities and interests found in the typical middle/junior high school classroom. Instructional strategies are structurally sequenced to address differences in learning styles and to develop thinking skills. Students study three strands concurrently: physical science, ecology and relational study. The physical science strand introduces such concepts as mass, volume, density, buoyancy, physical and chemical properties of matter, pressure, vacuum, heat, temperature and energy; the ecology strand such concepts as ecology, plant and animal growth and development, weather and climate, field mapping and population sampling; the relational study strand such concepts as resource management, technology, environmental use, energy use and conservation. Student and teacher materials guide student investigations. The Student Record Book enables students to record a concise log of individual and class activities. A classroom library of Reference Booklets, which describe use of instruments, suggest experimental designs, outline experimental techniques, and provide necessary supplemental readings, helps students to practice the skill of using outside references to supplement information available from the investigations and Student Book. The Teacher Guide presents the logic connecting topics and sequences. Keyed to the investigations in the Student Book, the Teacher's Guide includes teaching suggestions, advice on classroom procedures, and detailed discussion of the conceptual and practical development of the students' investigations. Other materials for teachers include the Instructional Guide and Evaluation Guide.
Developmental Funding: University of Hawaii.
JDRP No. 80-2 (12/9/80)
Recertified (1/85)
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