Welcome

Welcome to the Albuquerque Public Schools Science education page. This page is intended to provide teachers, parents and other interested parties in what APS is doing to promote science literacy in the classroom.

What's here

Science calendar - science-related events and professional development (this page is usually up to date)

Curriculum - links to standards and lessons as they are developed over the 2004-2005 school year

Teachers - information related to teaching, learning, assessment, professional development, technology, and resources

Parents - standards, curriculum, career information, and local resources

Students - science fair, careers, homework help

Science headline news - from New York Times

Or, you can choose a specific topic from the pull-down menu at the top of this page or use the index.

What's new

02.04.2006. It's been a long time since the main page has been updated. Here are some interesting news items:

• The NM science standards were given an A rating by the prestigious and rather conservative Thomas Fordham Foundation. Read the whole article here.
• Access the web pages for the NM Science Teachers' Association, the Environmental Education Association of NM, and the NM Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
• The NABT Conference is coming to Albuquerque in October!
• In November, a group of interested parties met at Glorietta to discuss the state of STEM education in NM. Read the report with eight recommendations here.

We are entering the final stage of textbook adoption. Here are some links that may be useful:

• The APS instructional materials web page is at http://www.aps.edu/aps/tls/index.htm. Click on 'Textbook Adoption' in the left side menu. You will find publisher information, a discussion board, rubrics and a timeline.
• The online catalog is at https://www.istaronline.com/. The username and password are both nmguest. You are supposed to be able to find prices here (but there were few textbooks listed as of 2/4).

10.07.2004. NM has posted information about the new criterion-referenced tests on its web page at http://www.ped.state.nm.us/div/acc.assess/assess/info.update.corner.html. We have been holding ASTA meetings the first Wednesday of each month.

07.16.2004. This page is undergoing a major revision and may change location in the next couple of months.

06.27.2004. There are quite a few resources in the database now; why don't you look at the Classroom Resources page? The calendar has lots of summer activities, and there are still some professional development opportunities this summer. We also planned out the fall ASTA meetings.

04.17.2004. Summer professional development opportunites are filling in nicely. Here are the files from the Plasma Physics Workshop.

03.23.2004. Don't you love spring break? Added ASTA site and there are a few summer workshops trickling in.

02.29.2004. Whoa! It's been a long time. There are a few new workshops listed, the calendar is almost always up-to-date. But the most exciting news is that Albuquerque has been awarded the 2007 International Science Fair. Visit the official website at http://www.isef2007.org.

location - http://manzano.aps.edu/science/index.shtml accessed Wednesday August 27 2008
last updated Sunday September 09 2007
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