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Every Child a Scientist

Achieving Scientific Literacy for All

How to Use the National Science Education Standards to Improve Your Child's School Science Program

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, DC
1998

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1998. Every Child a Scientist: Achieving Scientific Literacy for All. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6005.
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

The Committee on Science Education K-12 of the Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education was the authoring committee for this document. The project was supported with funds from the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation.

Development and production of the National Science Education Standards were funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and a National Academy of Sciences president's discretionary fund provided by the Volvo North American Corporation, The Ettinger Foundation, and the Eugene McDermott Foundation.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1998. Every Child a Scientist: Achieving Scientific Literacy for All. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6005.
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Committee on Science Education K-12

JANE BUTLER KAHLE (Chair), Condit Professor of Science Education,

Department of Teacher Education, Miami University

JOSEPH D. MCINERNEY (Vice Chair), Director,

Biological Sciences Curriculum Study

J. MYRON ATKIN, Professor,

School of Education, Stanford University

CARYL EDWARD BUCHWALD, Professor of Geology and

Lloyd McBride Professor of Environmental Studies,

Department of Geology, Carieton College

GEORGE BUGLIARELLO, Chancellor,

Polytechnic University

CHRISTINE CHOPYAK-MINOR, Director,

Keystone Science School

PETER B. DOW, Director of Education,

Buffalo Museum of Science

WILLIAM E. DUGGER, JR., Director,

Technology for All Americans

WADE ELLIS, JR., Professor of Mathematics,

West Valley College

NORMAN HACKERMAN, Chairman,

Scientific Advisory Board, The Robert A. Welch Foundation

ROBERT HAZEN, Staff Scientist,

Carnegie Institution of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory;

Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science,

George Mason University

LEROY HOOD, Professor of Molecular Biotechnology,

University of Washington

MICHAEL G. LANG, Science Specialist,

Phoenix Urban Systemic Initiative, Maricopa Community College

WILLIAM LINDER-SCHOLER, Executive Director,

SciMathMN

MARIA ALICIA LOPEZ FREEMAN, Director,

Center for Teacher Leadership in Language and Status, California Science Project

JOHN A. MOORE, Professor Emeritus of Biology,

Department of Biology, University of California

DARLENE NORFLEET, Teacher,

Flynn Park Elementary School

WILLIAM SPOONER, Director,

Instructional Services, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

JUDITH SYDNER-GORDON, TEAMS Science Distance Learning, Instructor,

Los Angeles County Office of Education

RACHEL WOOD, Science Specialist,

Science Frameworks Commission, Delaware State Department of Public Instruction

Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education Staff

Rodger Bybee, Executive Director

Harold Pratt, Director,

K-12 Division

Cynthia Allen, Graphics Consultant

Kristance Coates, Project Assistant

Marilyn Fenichel, Editorial Consultant

Kit Johnston, Editorial Consultant

Steve Olson, Editorial Consultant

Doug Sprunger, Senior Project Assistant

Robert Strawn, Photographer

Tina Winters, Senior Project Assistant

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As more schools begin to implement the National Science Education Standards, adults who care about the quality of K-12 science education in their communities may want to help their local schools make the transition. This booklet provides guidance to parents and others, explains why high-quality science education is important for all children and young adults, and shows how the quality of school science programs can be measured.

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