The Partnerships Involving the Scientific Community
in Elementary Schools (PISCES) Project has served over 200 teachers
in over 40 schools throughout San Diego County, the North Slope of Alaska,
and Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Teachers are partnered with "Science Corps", university graduate and undergraduate science majors, to plan and implement a standards-based science unit using hands-on, inquiry-based instructional materials. These long-term teaching relationships encourage lasting change in K-6 teachers' attitudes about science, as well as their content knowledge. In San Diego County alone, PISCES has served over 150 classrooms. This classroom intervention, along with additional professional development institutes, have resulted in more than 10,980 hours of support using more than 40 different hands-on science curriculum kits and a resource library of over 500 books and videos.
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