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Hundreds of educators from 50 states, trained in science content and pedagogy from FIVE, 75-minute, LIVE online sessions implement SPRINTT into their classrooms. This Award-winning, 6-8 week — or semester long — curriculum for grades 6-12 engages thousands of students in climate change investigations using authentic polar science data. The exceptionally well-scaffolded classroom program integrates technology as tool for understanding.
SPRINTT blends Western Scientific Knowledge with a balance of Indigenous Scientific Knowledge. Students look at changes in climate with the lens of Indigenous peoples who live in the North and are affected by climate change.
Students are learning and investigating standards-based Earth, life and physical science topics in a polar context. Polar scientists inform the standards-based content and participate in training, sometimes live from the Arctic or Antarctic, over a simple internet connection.
A user-friendly interface totally simplifies information that is usually displayed within Excel and other media. Made easier than Excel, students can simply focus on analysis when participating in real-world INVESTIGATIONS and the exquisite Build-Your-Own, ONLINE STUDENT RESEARCH PAPERS.
SPRINTT's sophisticated themes: Arctic and Antarctic, 'Past-Present-Future' and Earth's polar systems provide and integrate extensive resources into the curriculum including hundreds of critically-acclaimed National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Resources.
Training and materials are free through the 2009-2010 school year.
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