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The KIE Curriculum
The KIE curriculum involves students in projects in which they
work with scientific evidence. KIE currently supports debate, critique, and design projects. KIE can be used by science classes or for personal projects.
When used in a classroom, KIE can complement other curricula such
as laboratories.
Students using KIE reflect on their own scientific ideas while
considering new evidence. Looking at information on the Web is
necessary but not sufficient to complete a KIE project. Students
must analyze evidence, producing scientific explanations for real
world phenomena. They learn how to create their own evidence related
to a science topic and to design problem solutions based on scientific
principles.
For more information see:
- Our Curriculum Library, where you can find out about some existing projects. (Projects
are the primary unit of curriculum in KIE.)
- Information about the KIE Evidence Database, which contains collections of evidence that students examine
and analyze while doing KIE projects.These collections of evidence
come from teachers, KIE developers, students, and other Web resource
developers and are carefully crafted so that the evidence is appropriate
for students.
- Information about our web-based lessons, an alternative version of KIE.
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