On May 8, 2023 the Board of Education was presented with the revised curriculum that has been in development since fall 2021.  Below are summary highlights of what was presented to the Board of Education.

Value Statements:

Subject area value statements are collaboratively developed following the review of professional literature on best practices as it relates to teaching and learning in a discipline. These value statements serve as guide posts that provide direction context for the development and revision of district curricula. The following value statements were developed for science:

The Pewaukee School District’s Graduate Profile is the foundation for the teaching and learning in the sciences. Science instruction will integrate disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, science and engineering practices with the PSD Graduate Profile competencies of contribute, create, compete, connect, commit, and care through: 

• Instructional methods utilizing the science and engineering practices that allow students to do science in order to drive the acquisition of disciplinary core ideas.
• The NGSS grade level progression of disciplinary core ideas that will allow students to obtain scientific knowledge that connects to real world applications.
• Students being taught how to think about and understand science through the intentional embedding of cross-cutting concepts into lesson design and assessment. 

Research Summary:

The team reviewed a variety of resources as part of the curriculum review process including Wisconsin state standards and best practice research. It should be noted that the review of research tries to be as comprehensive as possible; therefore, articles and resources that have been reviewed may or may not have been taken into consideration when making review recommendations. Below are the research summary findings that were taken into consideration for curriculum revisions.

• Wisconsin standards for science incorporate next generation science standards (ngss) and disciplinary literacy practices
• Curriculum, instruction, and assessment should be centered around the three domains of ngss standards: science & engineering practices; cross-cutting concepts; disciplinary core ideas
• Use of inquiry/investigations to drive observation, experimentation, and explanation of science phenomena

Curriculum Revisions:

The Pewaukee School District’s Graduate Profile is the foundation for the teaching and learning in science. science instruction will integrate disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, science and engineering practices with the psd graduate profile competencies of contribute, create, compete, connect, commit, and care through:

• Instructional methods utilizing the science and engineering practices that allow students to do science in order to drive the acquisition of disciplinary core ideas
• The ngss grade level progression of disciplinary core ideas that will allow students to obtain scientific knowledge that connects to real world applications
• Students being taught how to think about and understand science through the intentional embedding of cross-cutting concepts into lesson design and assessment.

Access to Curriculum

To access curriculum unit plans for the Pewaukee School District please click HERE to enter our curriculum warehouse.  You may search for specific grade level, subject area, and/or course(s). 

Science Documents:

• Board of Education Public Memo
• Board of Education Presentation
• Science Primary Resource List