ISTAT's Digital Curriculum Guide (Digiguide)
The Digiguide contains lessons in physical science, life science, and earth and space sciences for grade levels 6-8 and 9-12. All lessons meet the 1998 Science Content and Performance Standards of the San Francisco Unified School District.
Topics include light, wave length, distance measurement to stars, sunspots, the solar system, planetary research, evolution and biodiversity, weather, ozone depletion, and earthquakes.
Earth Sciences Scope and Sequence
Several members of the ISTAT team developed an Earth Sciences Scope and Sequence. Beyond the list of topics, the scope and sequence offers related lessons, activities, and resources. In addition, it includes 6, 9, and 12 week course outlines. Though created to support 9th grade teachers in the San Francisco Unified School District (and referencing Science Probe I and II textbooks published by South-Western Educational Publishing), this resource will be valuable to any middle or high school earth science teacher.
The development team also started a monthly Web feature called Earth Science in the News. Announced on the 1st of every month, it takes a recent news story and puts it in perspective with related Web pages and activities for the classroom.
On-Line Activities and Resources
Explore ISTAT's list of on-line activities and resources, including self-study modules for students, well-documented interactive tools, and ready-made on-line lesson plans that tap Internet technology in innovative ways.
On-Line Data
The UC Partners have rich "digital resources" including images and spectral data of objects in the Universe, collections of paleontological data, and catalogs of earthquakes. Some collections are accessible to teachers as curriculum resources. Examples include:
December 20, 2000