Event-Based
Science is a middle
school science curriculum based on actual events and
real-world problems. It is an award-winning,
research-based program in which
newsworthy events establish the relevance
of science topics; authentic tasks create
the need-to-know more about those topics;
and lively interviews, photographs, Web
pages, and inquiry-based science
activities create a desire to know more
about those
topics.
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the EBS Institute. We will be featuring educational books that
support the work of the Event-Based Science Project,
as well as science trade books that supplement our
modules. Other products will be added. (Please
continue to purchase Event-Based Science modules directly from Prentice
Hall on their online catalog.)
The
Event-Based Science Institute has
produced 15 science and math
activities for use free in middle
school classes.
The
activities use baseball as their
real-world context. Stories found
in the Background section of each
activity are true. They tell
about real things that happen to
real baseball and softball
players. From the context of the
story flows a challenging task
that requires students to design
and conduct an experiment or use
a mathematics concept.
This is the Total
Engagement Learning System in action---the exciting
new teaching-for-understanding technique
that has been developed by the EBS Institute.
The activities found in Cover
Your Bases were
created with a generous grant from the Cal Ripken, Sr.
Foundation using funds obtained from the
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention of the U.S. Department of
Justice. Cover Your Bases
activities are intended for the use of science
and mathematics teachers in both public
and private schools.
EBS
Recognized by US Department of
Education
In
January 2001, the Event-Based
Science Program was recognized by
the US
Department of
Education's
Mathematics and Science Education
Expert Panel as a
promising science program.
EBS was one of only nine science
programs selected for national
recognition. It was one of only
four programs that cover the
important middle school years.
The
Expert Panel
Report.
This
material is based on work supported by
grants from the National Science
Foundation and the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration. Any opinions,
findings, conclusions, or recommendations
expressed on these pages are those of the
Event-Based Science Project and do not
necessarily reflect the views of NSF or
NASA.
Through this home page, you
will learn more about the Event-Based Science
Project, and link to sites that support EBS
units.
We will also, from time to
time, post other outstanding science sites, whether
or not they are currently related to Event-Based
Science modules. Try these sites for example:
Observations
of Snow Cover from the Ground and
Space Explore
images and animations from the NASA video,
including global snow cover from NASA's MODIS
instrument and other sensors; snow processes and
crystals; extreme weather, and much
more!
Thank
you for visiting the Event-Based Science Web
site.
If you have questions about Event-Based Science
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