Mapping Energy in the Boston Public Schools Curriculum
Energy is a cross-cutting concept that can be used to integrate all scientific disciplines. However, most curricula are not organized, taught, or learned from this integrated energy perspective. As science becomes increasingly interdisciplinary, K-8 science teachers often teach all scientific disciplines, and many scientific concepts are taught repeatedly in different curricula, we hypothesize that using an integrated energy approach allows for more efficient learning of science as a whole. This idea is consistent with the Next Generation Science Standards being introduced in the United States with a major cross-cutting concept being Matter and Energy. To examine how energy pervades the Boston Public Schools (BPS) curriculum, grades 1–12, the Boston Energy in Science Teaching (BEST) project gathered 12 teacher leaders (one representing each grade) to identify where energy was most prominent in the curriculum they teach and how these energy ideas, activities, and examples were connected horizontally across science disciplines and vertically across grade bands. After 3 days of an Energy Institute devoted to this task, the teachers’ inputs resulted in a matrix of 162 connections among the 105 curriculum units (grades 1–12) that featured energy most prominently. Identified energy ideas were consistent with four energy subthemes: Forms and Transformation, Systems, Conservation of Energy, and Energy Resources. The most critical energy ideas and activities were identified and crossed all disciplines and grade bands equally. Challenges remain in aligning the energy map in BPS with energy learning progressions and making the energy content map more generalizable for use across many districts as the Next Generation Science Standards are adopted.
ANALISIS KURIKULUM FISIKA SMA DALAM PERSPEKTIF LITERASI ENERGI
Abstrak: Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kurikulum SMAmata pelajaran Fisika dalam perspektif literasi energi. Analisis dilakukan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif terhadap Kurikulum 2013. Pertanyaan yang ingin dijawab adalah apakah Kurikulum 2013 mata pelajaran Fisika berpotensi untuk menumbuhkan dan mengembangkan literasi energi siswa. Hasil analisis menemukan bahwa rumusan kompetensi sikap, pengetahuan dan keterampilan memiliki potensi untuk dapat menumbuhkan dan mengembangkan literasi energi.
Marie Curie's doctoral thesis: Prelude to a Nobel Prize
This paper is a critical account for the most significant body of Marie Sklodowska Curie's scientific work, presented in the hopes that she be remembered for more of the "right" reasons. It also offers some new insights into her methods and results.