 Jan Bettersworth (left), Comal ISD’s instructional specialist for science, and Hoffmann Lane Elementary fourth-grade teacher Kelly Carter display some of the new teaching materials that will be used after the Comal Education Foundation awarded Comal ISD a $21,500 district-wide grant focused on elementary science curriculum. Courtesy photo The Comal Education Foundation recently awarded Comal Independent School District a $21,500 district-wide grant focused on elementary science curriculum. The grant will allow all 12 CISD elementary school campuses to have additional science materials. The initiative will help students learn problem solving and thinking strategies related to science as well as to all aspects of their education. Also, the initiative includes science vocabulary curriculum, science programs, experiments and interactive lessons, and a video series that provides visual content to support the science curriculum. Additionally, teachers will have CDs that allow them to create tests, quizzes, vocabulary crosswords and games in both English and Spanish. Teachers are receiving the materials throughout the fall and will start using them with their students. This is the Comal Education Foundation’s second district-wide initiative. In 2006, the CEF provided Quizdom Learning Systems to all fifth and eighth-grade campuses. |
