Reflections
Newsletter Goes On-Line
Beginning
with the Winter 2005 issue (Number
18), SCI’s newsletter, Reflections,
will be posted on-line and can be accessed from SCI’s home
page. Reflections contains articles related to SCI’s
programs written by authors and teachers of IPS and FM&E. Information
on experiments and apparatus can often be found in Reflections,
as well as announcements for training workshop opportunities.
Introductory
Physical Science (IPS) Eighth Edition is Here
The
Eighth Edition of IPS is available for schools for the 2005-2006
school year. Check out the complete annotated
Table of Contents and
the Number 18 Reflections newsletter for further details.
More
Articles by Teachers
Marsha Barber from Jefferson County Schools, Colorado on
How Our Students Succeed on State
Tests, and Judy Boroschek of Wellesley, MA Schools on One
Community's Response to State-Mandated Testing.
Correlations
to State and National Standards
Resources showing how IPS and FM&E correlate
to science education standards.. See correlations.
Textbook
Corrections
Although SCI thoroughly reviews textbooks before and
after printing,
sometimes errors are overlooked.
Any errors noted
in the post-printing review are corrected in later
printings of the book.
SCI provides
the following document as a resource for teachers in locating these
minor errors.
Teaching About Radioactivity
At a time when the talk of terrorists seeking to use bombs laced with
radioactive materials is of international concern, it is imperative
that a physical science course provide a basic understanding of radioactivity.
A check of the indexes of several popular high-school chemistry and
physics textbooks shows that radioactivity is not introduced until pages
550 to 600. As any teacher knows, this means that the topic will never
be taught. For many students, IPS offers the only opportunity for learning
about radioactivity and getting a basic understanding of the atomicity
of matter. Read article.
Order
Individual Copies of IPS and/or FM&E Online
Parents and students can now order
individual copies of Introductory Physical Science 7th
and 8th Editions and Force, Motion, and Energy student textbooks
online or by phone from BookEnds. Schools and institutions should
continue to order directly from SCI.
Expanded
IPS, FME and Test Design Workshops
We are pleased to announce the addition of a special seminar on Constructing
Tests for Science Courses, in addition to workshops for teachers
of Introductory
Physical Science and Force Motion
& Energy.