Event-Based
Science (EBS) 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 for students
learn more about those topics, and Discovery Files,
interviews, photographs, Web pages, and scenario-based
investigations provide the information students
need.
The Event-Based Science Project
has been supported by grants from
National Science
Foundation
and the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
, and
published by Pearson
Education.
EBS is recommended by the National
Science Teachers
Association
, the US Department of
Education, and many
other organizations.
Since Event-Based Science modules were
first introduced (1995) they have relied on VHS tapes to
provide the HOOK that connected science to the
real-world. But over the years, the VHS format has
become less and less available. We have met that
challenge by including on each module-dedicated page a
suitable replacement video from YouTube. Please
use the video that you will find near the bottom of each
EBS page to introduce the unit. (If your school blocks
YouTube, you can capture videos at home using
KEEPVID.)
Now you can support this website by
using it as your portal to Amazon.com. When you go
to Amazon.com
from our site, a small percentage of every purchase you make flows directly to
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. Visit the EBS Store to see more
products or our Teacher Gift Store
to buy a present for
your favorite science teacher.. (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
is temporarily
unavailable..
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 this site for example:
