ByDesign

ByDesign encourages children to wonder, question, and learn about God and His creation, and share what they learn with others.

LOUANN HOWARD, Mid-America Conf. Associate Director of Education

Elementary Science Standards in Adventist Schools

Standards, what learners should know (content) and be able to do (skills), serve as the framework for curriculum development. Standards in NAD Seventh-day Adventist schools reflect the Adventist worldview across the K-12 curricula as well as the integration of national and provincial/state standards. The Adventist worldview accepts the Bible as the standard by which everything else is measured. Four key concepts emerge from a biblical worldview that can be used as a lens for curriculum development, as well as informing the essential questions and big ideas of any content area: Creation (What is God’s intention?), Fall (How has God’s purpose been distorted?), Redemption (How does God help us to respond?), and Re-creation (How can we be restored in the image of God?).

— The Core of Adventist Education Curriculum

Science and Engineering Practices

  • Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
  • Developing and using models
  • Planning and carrying out investigations
  • Analyzing and interpreting data
  • Using mathematics and computational thinking
  • Constructing explanations (science) and designing solutions (engineering)
  • Engaging in argument from evidence
  • Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

— The Core of Adventist Education Curriculum

Performance-based Standards

The science standards are performance-based outcomes (what students should be able to do) rather than content-based outcomes (what students should know). The content standards are implied within the context of the performance standards.

Development Committee Members

Betty Bayer
Adventist Church in Canada Associate Dir. of Education
Carol Campbell
North American Division Dir. of Elementary Education
Lee Davidson
Andrews University Teacher Education Department Chair
Ileana Espinosa
Columbia Union Associate Dir. of Elementary Education
Jerrell Gilkeson
Atlantic Union Associate Dir. of Elementary Education
Randy Gilliam
Southwestern Union Dir. of Education
Martha Havens
Pacific Union Associate Dir. of Elementary Education
LouAnn Howard
Mid-America Union Associate Dir. of Elementary Education
Jim Martz
Lake Union Associate Dir. of Elementary Education
Patti Revolinski
North Pacific Union Associate Dir. of Elementary Education
Diane Ruff
Southern Union Associate Dir. of Elementary Education
Dan Wyrick
Nature by Design Director