CA Dept of Ed. K-12 content standards doc (PDF) from the
   :

  CA K-12 Science Curriculum Frameworks are at:

  Jack Park's presentation about federated (community) knowledge gardens,
  which is how we're promoting what we've been doing together on the
  Collaboratory and his evolving TopicSpaces architecture (and we're moving our whole Collaboratory to this
  architecture over the next few weeks/months):

2008 Global HR Forum in Seoul, Ted Kahn (presentation session D-3).

  Finally, here are reports you should know about and reference,
  as needed:

  1. National Academy of Science report on the value of informal
  science learning in museums:
  Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places and
  Pursuits (2009)

(press release)
  http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12190 (full report)

  2. National Academy of Sciences report on need to restructure
  K-8 science education in the U.S.
  Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in
  Grades K-8 (2006)

 (press
  release)
  <http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11625>

  3. National Science Board (many good reports @
  <http://nsf.gov/nsb/> )--but especially these two:
  America's Pressing Challenge: Building a Stronger Foundation
  (2006)
  

  The Science and Engineering Workforce: Realizing America's
  Potential (2003)
  http://nsf.gov/nsb/documents/2003/nsb0369/nsb0369_5.pdf (exec.
  summary)
  http://nsf.gov/nsb/documents/2003/nsb0369/start.htm (full report
  online)

  4. Report from the Lawrence Hall of Science & WestEd (2007):
  Dorf, Goldstein, et al., "The Status of Science Education in Bay
  Area Elementary Schools"
  <http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/rea/bayareastudy/pdf/final_to_print_research_brief.pdf>
  (This is the evaluation report showing that more than 80% of Bay
  Area elementary teachers
  spend an average of one hour per week teaching science).