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Board hears update on new Lab-Aids middle-school science curriculum that reached 1,300 students
Summary
Teachers and administrators described adoption and classroom implementation of a Lab-Aids NGSS-aligned curriculum affecting about 1,300 middle-school students and 12 teachers, emphasizing hands-on labs, reusable materials and teacher professional development.
The Woodstock CUSD 200 board received an implementation update on the district's newly adopted Lab-Aids middle-school science curriculum during its May 14 meeting.
Christie Wolter, who identified herself as a fifth-grade/middle-school science teacher, described the curriculum adopted last spring and implemented this year: four grade-level books with multiple reusable lab boxes for each grade, professional development for teachers led by Lab-Aids trainers, hands-on experiments (including investigations of…
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