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S I T E     R E V I E W

June 2003


Space Science Curriculum Standards Quilt
NASA standards-based science lessons organized by topic and instructional theme.
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Advanced, Professional

http://quilt.jpl.nasa.gov

CONTENT:
This interactive site from NASA offers K-12 activities and lesson plans for teaching about space science.
AESTHETICS:
This cleverly designed site makes good use of JavaScript to make it interactive and user-friendly. The layout resembles a patchwork quilt.
ORGANIZATION:
This well organized site allows users to select the grade range and then highlights the "patches" where activities and lessons can be found that coordinate with themes, such as "Science as Inquiry," and topic areas, such as "Energy." The links to the downloadable lesson plans are then displayed in the box beneath the grid, or "quilt."

REVIEW:
These ready to use lesson plans and activities, provided by NASA, are all standards-based and age appropriate. At least sixteen topic areas are listed in vertical columns that are labeled across the top of the "quilt." Areas include: Sky, Planetary Objects, Apparent Motion, Patterns, Stars, Matter, Energy, and more. Five themes are listed in horizontal rows and include: Science as an Inquiry, Technology Connections, Personal Social Connections, Nature and History of Science, and Unifying Concepts and Processes. Users must choose a grade level to display the highlighted patches on the interactive quilt that are available for each topic area and instructional theme. When a highlighted patch is clicked, a summary is displayed in the box at the bottom of the page of the available lesson plans. Each lesson plan or activity can be downloaded in .pdf format.

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