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Mission Statement

The mission of the South County (SCCSCC) Common Science Curriculum Consortium is to prepare all students to be scientifically literate, enabling them to meet the challenges of an expanding body of knowledge within an increasingly technologically complex and changing global society.

Teaching Belief Statement

We believe good elementary science teaching:

	engages children in the wonder and study of the natural world;
	makes links to technology, the way human beings solved problems and adapted to living;
	gives children opportunities to explore how things work first hand through activities and experiences with a wide variety of materials;
	stimulates them to wonder, to be good observers, to make predictions, and to offer explanations;
	helps them construct their own knowledge of scientific principles and concepts, making these part of the way they see the world and make decisions about their lives.

All of these beliefs are based on a constructivist model of science teaching. We learn best when we construct our own knowledge. Learning science is something students do, not something that is done to them.

Project Funding

Funding for the project has been obtained from the following sources:

	National Science Foundation and in particular the Local Systemic Change Project
	Eisenhower Higher Education Grants

August 23, 2006