JASON Project Design Review

"The middle school years are especially influential in awakening students' interest in science," Livolsi said. "I found that JASON has helped me enrich my curriculum and more actively involve students in current scientific research."

--Linda Livolsi, East Shore Middle School, Milford, Connecticut

"The JASON Project makes the world a smaller place for my students by giving them the opportunity to interact with students and scientists from around the world. Globally, students participate in scientific exploration by conducting local investigations that parallel work of scientists and comparing and contrasting their data on-line. Each year I see the JASON Project change the way my students view science. Through this amazing hands-on program they are transformed from thinking science is just something you read about to actually feeling like scientists and looking up to scientists as role models. I truly think that the JASON Project is the best thing going in education today!"

-- Anne Ireland, a 4 th grade teacher, Gates Elementary School in Davison, MI, who has taught JASON for eight years.

"I like JASON because you can come in and out of the curriculum, don’t have to do the whole thing, and it is so interdisciplinary. More teachers come on board as they see the impact on students. This is a different way for them to learn because it’s not tied to a textbook and I can access their progress in ways other than tests. If a person is artistic, JASON gives her the ability to develop that skill while simultaneously learning about the environment, math, and science."

-- Cindy Porter, The Hockaday School in Dallas, TX

"Last year’s reading scores for the 6 th grade were 84 percent passing and math scores were 97 percent passing (five years ago, prior to using JASON, students’ reading and math scores were barely passing). Because of the tremendous increase and continual increase in scores, our school’s fourth grade is implementing JASON and all the 6 th , 7 th and 8 th grades in my city are being encouraged to use JASON’s curriculum as a supplement to what they’re already teaching."

-- Susan Williams, Foster Elementary School in Arlington, TX – a school with 36 cultures in an economically-disadvantaged area

Benefits

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	Benefits
	Teacher Testimonials (back) "The middle school years are especially influential in awakening students' interest in science," Livolsi said. "I found that JASON has helped me enrich my curriculum and more actively involve students in current scientific research." --Linda Livolsi, East Shore Middle School, Milford, Connecticut "The JASON Project makes the world a smaller place for my students by giving them the opportunity to interact with students and scientists from around the world. Globally, students participate in scientific exploration by conducting local investigations that parallel work of scientists and comparing and contrasting their data on-line. Each year I see the JASON Project change the way my students view science. Through this amazing hands-on program they are transformed from thinking science is just something you read about to actually feeling like scientists and looking up to scientists as role models. I truly think that the JASON Project is the best thing going in education today!" -- Anne Ireland, a 4 th grade teacher, Gates Elementary School in Davison, MI, who has taught JASON for eight years. "I like JASON because you can come in and out of the curriculum, don’t have to do the whole thing, and it is so interdisciplinary. More teachers come on board as they see the impact on students. This is a different way for them to learn because it’s not tied to a textbook and I can access their progress in ways other than tests. If a person is artistic, JASON gives her the ability to develop that skill while simultaneously learning about the environment, math, and science." -- Cindy Porter, The Hockaday School in Dallas, TX "Last year’s reading scores for the 6 th grade were 84 percent passing and math scores were 97 percent passing (five years ago, prior to using JASON, students’ reading and math scores were barely passing). Because of the tremendous increase and continual increase in scores, our school’s fourth grade is implementing JASON and all the 6 th , 7 th and 8 th grades in my city are being encouraged to use JASON’s curriculum as a supplement to what they’re already teaching." -- Susan Williams, Foster Elementary School in Arlington, TX – a school with 36 cultures in an economically-disadvantaged area