The University of Wyoming has been working with a number of school districts across the state in an effort to change the way science is being taught in K-12 schools. Just this week ACT test scores show that Wyoming students still have a ways to go in being prepared to take college level science. With the roll out of the Next Generation Science Standards, UW has been working with districts to find new ways of teaching to those standards.
Pete Ellsworth is the former coordinator of UW’s Science and Math teaching center and Ana Houseal is UW’s science outreach educator. She says early results show that within the districts that are doing things differently…scores are improving.