Brennon Sapp

 Write the electron configuration for Sn.  What does ACTG stand for?  What particle orbits the nucleus of an atom?  How many chromosomes do people have?

 Job Market  Diversity  Life Span  The Rest of the World  Social Security and Retirement  The Challenging Nature of Higher Education  The More Challenging Nature of the Job Market  The Nature of Information and Technology

4 – Year Colleges 74 % 2 – Year Colleges 55 % Source: Postsecondary Opportunity

Source: Highlights From TIMSS

“If you look at India, China, and Russia… even if you discount 90 percent of the people there as uneducated…you still end up with about 300 million people who are educated. That’s bigger than the U.S. work force.”  Bob Herbert, New York Times

 Nearly 75% of high school graduates enter college, but only 12% of these students will complete a significant college degree. (US Dept. of Ed)  For students who complete high school, only six in 10 will obtain a job  For students who drop out, only three in 10 will obtain a job. (Alliance for Excellence in education)

 The twelve fastest growing job markets are technology and/or related to health care.  The fastest declining job markets are secretaries, typist, phone operators, tellers, clerks computer operators, farmers, and ranchers.  Why?

The knowledge explosion sees the world’s knowledge base double every eighteen months, largely through technological development, traditional education functions and forms have been fundamentally challenged.” (Dr. Neville J. Scholfield, University of Newcastle) Dr. Lawrence Roberts, one of the inventors of the Internet points out, “the Internet doubles every six months”

 China produced 2.12 Million college graduates last year-over half are applying for US jobs  2/3 of all science and math workers/teachers will retire in the next five years  By 2010 China will graduate more PhDs in science and engineering than the United States  By 2010 over half the worlds Bio-Tech graduates will live in India Business and Economy

 How did we get information in the past?  How do we get it now?  How will we get it in the future?  Is it more important to know information or know how to find it?  Is it more important to recall information or be able to use it?  How important is it to educate each and every student?

a. Teach all the standards b. Teach what standards we can fit in c. Teach interesting lessons which hit standards d. Teach what we want and don’t worry about the standards e. Teach what we think we should-according to the textbook, our gut...

 Integrated?  Biology?  Chemistry?  Earth Science?  Space Science?  Physics?  Environmental Science?  Scientific Reasoning?  Electives? State Standards? State Standards? National Standards? National Standards? ACT? ACT? SAT? SAT? Standardized Test Standardized Test Student Interest Student Interest Local Curriculum Local Curriculum Religious Curriculum Religious Curriculum

 Three Required Classes  Biology, Chemistry, & Physics  Biology, Intro to Chem & Physics, & Earth/Space  Bio-chem, Earth/Space, & Physics  Integrated Science I, II, and/or III  Electives May Include:  Chemistry  Anatomy & Physiology  Physics  Environmental Science  AP Chemistry  AP Biology  Astronomy  ?

Science Curriculum

Three and a Half Credits Required  Freshman Year  Scientific Investigations (½ credit)  Sophomore–Senior Years  at least one science per year  Core Life Science (½ credit)  Core Earth/Space Science (½ credit)  Core Physical Science (½ credit)  Elective Life Science (at least ½ credit)  Elective Earth/Space Science (at least ½ credit)  Elective Physical Science (at least ½ credit)

 Ask the students where there interest lie  Ask the teachers where some of their passions lie  Scan the media for the more popular topics of the day (Forensics)  Survey the students  Write course descriptions  Find teachers willing to participate  Give others the old required classes

Electives  Chemistry A & B  Anatomy A & B  Physics A & B  Environmental Science  Forensics  Zoology  Astronomy  Chemistry & Community  Oceanography/Marin Biology Medical Science Medical Science Radio Technology Radio Technology Horticulture Horticulture Geology Geology Meteorology Meteorology Anatomy for Artist Anatomy for Artist AP Chemistry AP Chemistry AP Biology AP Biology

 Two years ago  Low numbers (we needed to cut a teacher)  Students hated science (so did the teachers)  Now  Classes are full (we could hire a teacher)  Students really like science  We are having to create more classes  Teachers are enjoying class