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Lab Aids | Science Kits and Materials for Middle School & High School Lab Aids Submit Portal Login Book (Portal) Login Curriculum Portal Login Access curriculum for students and educators Portal Support Find Portal FAQs, videos, and tutorials Refills & Replacements Purchase supplies for all Lab-Aids programs Programs Middle School Issues and Science | Grades 6-8 Hands-on@Home High School Science and Global Issues: Biology EDC Earth Science A Natural Approach to Chemistry Science and Sustainability NGSS/Standards Our Programs and the NGSS State Correlations EdReports and Testimonials Review Curriculum How We’re Different Research-Based Design Portal Features Included Equipment Using the Curriculum Instructional Videos Remote Learning Support Embedded Literacy Differentiated Instruction Science for All Students Assessment System Kits About Our Kits Supplementary curriculum for middle and high school science. Science kits to pique interest in a variety of topics. More than just equipment, a fully planned lesson - for one day, one week, or longer. Featured Kits Tinkering Labs - Electric Motors Catalyst The Power of CRISPR Middle School Kits Designed for the NGSS Earth Science Life Science Physical Science High School Kits Agricultural Science Biology Chemistry Earth Science/Geology Physics STEM Training Professional Learning Program Implementation Program Next Level Events Conferences Webinars Summer Academy Help & Purchasing Help and Purchasing Contact Customer Service Contact Sales How to Order Refills & Replacements My Shopping Cart About Who We Are About Lab-Aids About Curriculum Authors & Developers Our Blog Careers Contact a Curriculum Specialist Lab Aids Contact a Curriculum Specialist Portal Login Book (Portal) Login Menu Open Menu Submit Contact a Curriculum Specialistmegamenu Curriculum Portal Login Access curriculum for students and educators Portal Support Find Portal FAQs, videos, and tutorials Refills & Replacements Purchase supplies for all Lab-Aids programs Programs Middle School Issues and Science | Grades 6-8 Hands-on@Home High School Science and Global Issues: Biology EDC Earth Science A Natural Approach to Chemistry Science and Sustainability NGSS/Standards Our Programs and the NGSS State Correlations EdReports and Testimonials Review Curriculum How We’re Different Research-Based Design Portal Features Included Equipment Using the Curriculum Instructional Videos Remote Learning Support Embedded Literacy Differentiated Instruction Science for All Students Assessment System Kits About Our Kits Supplementary curriculum for middle and high school science. Science kits to pique interest in a variety of topics. More than just equipment, a fully planned lesson - for one day, one week, or longer. Featured Kits Tinkering Labs - Electric Motors Catalyst The Power of CRISPR Middle School Kits Designed for the NGSS Earth Science Life Science Physical Science High School Kits Agricultural Science Biology Chemistry Earth Science/Geology Physics STEM Training Professional Learning Program Implementation Program Next Level Events Conferences Webinars Summer Academy Help & Purchasing Help and Purchasing Contact Customer Service Contact Sales How to Order Refills & Replacements My Shopping Cart About Who We Are About Lab-Aids About Curriculum Authors & Developers Our Blog Careers What are our students doing? In a typical school year our students spend over two-thirds of their instructional days doing screen-free labs and investigations. See what it looks like in the classroom Middle School High School By Subject By State EdReports Review Issues and Science: Redesigned for the NGSS has earned the second-highest overall scores of any published middle school science curriculum . EdReports found Issues and Science to fully meet expectations for three-dimensional learning and assessment, to present phenomena and problems as directly as possible, and to use the assessment system to show evidence of increasing student sophistication in the content from grade six to grade eight. Learn more Questions encouraged Research shows students perform better with hands-on, research-based curricula like ours. How it works Biology program recognized in Sustainability Blog Unique equipment - organized See it Development Partners Frequently Asked Questions I have heard great things about Lab-Aids. Would you tell me a little more about how you got started? For more than 50 years, we have dedicated our time exclusively in the area of secondary science education. At Lab-Aids we develop, manufacture, and publish supplementary and core curriculum programs, from middle school science lesson plans through high school science lesson plans. We develop our programs to provide students with a better understanding of science concepts, through direct experience. What is SEPUP? SEPUP is one of our valued development partners and stands for Science Education for Public Understanding Program. Part of the University of California, Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science, SEPUP embodies research-based development and is a vital part of what makes Lab-Aids effective for students and teachers around the United States. Can you tell me more about your research-based program design? All our student and teacher materials, from science kits for middle school to textbooks for high school students are developed using an iterative process. This process involves development, piloting, and field-testing phases. We collect feedback and important data during the piloting and field-testing phases, which we use to revise our programs until they are ready for use in schools around the United States. Can you provide more information on the SEPUP course structure for middle schools? The benefit of the SEPUP program is that each component of the program references the others so that a cohesive learning system is formed not only for students but for teachers as well. A full year of the SEPUP program typically includes 5 or 6 units that can be taught in just about any order, depending on state requirements and your school’s sequence and scope. Each SEPUP unit is then structured with activities like middle school science projects. These activities are designed by nature to keep students engaged, to build on storylines, and to increase refinement over time. I am interested in your programs but need a step-by-step breakdown of how your programs are developed, to show the decision-makers at my public school. Can you help? Developing an effective, exemplary curriculum is difficult, especially for middle school science and science courses in high school. Therefore, we develop our programs using research-based methods: Science Education Research – The foundation of our pedagogical approach. Field Testing – We test equipment prototypes and drafts of our programs in U.S classrooms. Scientist Review - Scientists review our content to ensure our materials reflect the latest scientific research and knowledge. Program Development – Project staff at local schools implement our lesson sequences so that we can develop versions of our program that can be tested at a national level. Feedback – We collect nationwide feedback from teachers, education experts, and students. We then update our programs accordingly before any of our programs are published commercially. External Reviews – On some occasions, our programs are evaluated externally to ensure effectiveness. Production & Distribution – Once a program has been finalized, the Lab-Aids team distributes it across the United States to improve science education across the country. How are your programs and science activities for middle school developed? Developed by research-based institutions, all our programs and the activities associated with them are created through educational best practices, cognitive development, and in-depth research. We use hundreds of publications and studies as part of our research-based design process to ensure we develop curricula that are best for...