JASON Project
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The JASON Project is a middle school
science curriculum
program that is designed to motivate and inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The JASON Project's approach to science education immerses students in challenging, real-world situations where they are connected with – and mentored by – top scientists from organizations like NASA
, NOAA, the U.S. Department of Energy and parent company National Geographic Society
. JASON creates these connections using multiple technologies – including educational games, videos, live interactivity and social networking – to embed its partners' cutting-edge research in rigorous curricula.
, the oceanographer who discovered the wreck of the RMS Titanic. The JASON Foundation for Education was founded in 1990 as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization to administer the project. The Foundation became a subsidiary of the National Geographic Society
in 2005.
Since its founding in 1989, JASON completed a top-to-bottom redesign of the program in 2007; since then, JASON's new curriculum line has won multiple national technology awards. The JASON curricula are available in print and free online, aligned to national and state standards. A technology platform - the JASON Mission Center - contains all student and teacher content, communications systems, digital experiences, and tools to manage, assess and track student performance and online usage.
JASON curricula are available free online, free print-on-demand and in print editions for purchase.
Today, JASON is inspiring and motivating diverse students around the world – rural and urban, special needs, mainstream, gifted and talented – to pursue education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
science curriculum
Curriculum
See also Syllabus.In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...
program that is designed to motivate and inspire students to pursue interests and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The JASON Project's approach to science education immerses students in challenging, real-world situations where they are connected with – and mentored by – top scientists from organizations like NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
, NOAA, the U.S. Department of Energy and parent company National Geographic Society
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical...
. JASON creates these connections using multiple technologies – including educational games, videos, live interactivity and social networking – to embed its partners' cutting-edge research in rigorous curricula.
History
The JASON Project was started in 1989 by Dr. Robert BallardRobert Ballard
Robert Duane Ballard is a former United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology. He is most famous for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989,...
, the oceanographer who discovered the wreck of the RMS Titanic. The JASON Foundation for Education was founded in 1990 as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization to administer the project. The Foundation became a subsidiary of the National Geographic Society
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical...
in 2005.
Since its founding in 1989, JASON completed a top-to-bottom redesign of the program in 2007; since then, JASON's new curriculum line has won multiple national technology awards. The JASON curricula are available in print and free online, aligned to national and state standards. A technology platform - the JASON Mission Center - contains all student and teacher content, communications systems, digital experiences, and tools to manage, assess and track student performance and online usage.
JASON curricula are available free online, free print-on-demand and in print editions for purchase.
Today, JASON is inspiring and motivating diverse students around the world – rural and urban, special needs, mainstream, gifted and talented – to pursue education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.