New Review: Apex Learning’s Texas Biology

Learning List has reviewed Apex Learning’s Texas Biology—a comprehensive online course for Texas high school students. Resources support instruction in self-paced, remediation, and credit recovery programs. Instruction focuses on building students’ understanding of biology concepts and developing scientific process and communication skills. …[read more]

New AP Curriculum Review: WileyPLUS’s The Molecular Nature of Matter

Learning List recently reviewed WileyPLUS’s The Molecular Nature of Matter, which is a comprehensive, advanced high school chemistry course. Resources include online and print materials. Instruction focuses on developing students’ conceptual understanding, problem solving skills, and knowledge of the real-world application of chemistry concepts. Content supports instruction in Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry courses. A first-year chemistry course is recommended as a prerequisite. …[read more]

Learning List Reviews Advanced Placement (AP) Materials to Fuel Student Success

With a shared goal of helping publishers produce materials that will prepare students for success in AP courses, Learning List worked with College Board to develop alignment templates based on the recently released course frameworks. Learning List now reviews AP materials for alignment to the Learning Objectives (LO) (i.e., what students must be able to do) and separately to the Skills and Practices (i.e., larger transferable skills) contained in the newly revised AP course frameworks.

New Reviews: Compass Learning Science Courses

Compass Learning provides supplemental, online middle school science courses that support instruction in remediation, self-paced, and supplemental programs: The Nature of Science, Physical Science, Earth & Space Science.

Mobile Apps Gain Momentum: DynaStudy’s DynaNotes Science

DynaStudy’s DynaNotes Science Course Notes are app-based supplemental learning aids that support instruction in high school biology and chemistry courses and science courses at grades 5 and 8. Students can create easy, password-protected journals on individual or shared iPads or Android tablets. The apps are grounded in TEKS, personal to each student and connected to the outside world.

Perfection Learning: Earth Science and Marine Science

Two of the most recent instructional materials reviews published on Learning List are science subjects. Perfection Learning provides comprehensive textbooks for introductory high school courses in earth science and marine science. Earth Science: The Physical Setting is a full-year course that explores topics in astronomy, meteorology, geology, and oceanography.  The course introduces fundamental concepts while developing students’ problem-solving and critical-thinking …

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Texas State Board of Education Releases State-Adopted List with 405 Science, Math and Technical Applications Products

The State Board of Education today adopted a list of 405 science, math and technical application instructional materials, 303 of which state review panels determined to be 100 percent aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The remaining 102 state-adopted products are aligned to between 50 and 100 percent of the TEKS. How are you going to review all of the available products to determine which are best for your students? Learning List can help!

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