This post is not about physical chemistry, but rather about K-12 science education. These are related topics because the scope of the College chemistry curriculum depends strongly on how quickly high school students can make progress with calculus and introductory science before entering the wonderfully complex and interdisciplinary world of physical chemistry.
What can we as a community of physical chemists do about the level of preparation in science and mathematics that our students receive in the first twelve years of their education, before joining our classrooms?
It turns out that the National Research Council would like to receive comments by August 2, 2010, on a draft framework for K-12 science education standards. According to the news release:
"The National Research Council today released a draft framework that proposes the science content and concepts students should learn for grades K-12. The independent, nonprofit Research Council is seeking comment on the draft from the science and education communities and the public. The final framework will serve as the basis for new science education standards, to replace those based on documents developed over 10 years ago."
Please consider contributing to the debate.
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