Where Fermilabyrinth Fits in the Curriculum:

Fermilabyrinth is an interdisciplinary project for grades 6-9 that includes science, math, and language arts. The focus of the project is physical science and the culture, or human element of science. Internet access is required.
Fermilabyrinth fits in well with study of the scientific method or process, and also with study of the atomic model. It can stand alone, or be used as part of a larger unit.

Alignment with National Science Education Standards: Fermilabyrinth demonstrates elements of the following:

• Teaching Standards:
  • A: Plan an inquiry-based science program
  • B: Guide and facilitate learning
  • C: Engage in ongoing assessment of teaching and student learning
  • E: Develop communities of science learners
• Assessment Standards:
  • A: Consistent with the decisions they are designed to inform
  • C: Quality of data matched to decisions and actions taken
  • D: Assessments fair
• Content Standards: (broken down by subpoints, with a list of which games demonstrate which subpoints)
  • A: Science as Inquiry - All the games address this standard.
  • B: Physical Science
    • Properties and changes of properties in matter
      • Particle Families
      • Particle Graffiti
      • Nature's Scale
      • Particle Countin'
      • Detector Detail
      • Baryon Bonanza
      • Four Forces
    • Motions and Forces
      • Push, Push, Push the Particle
      • Race for Energy
      • Detector Detail
      • Particle Pool
      • Particle Pinball
      • Four Forces
    • Transfer of Energy
      • Push, Push, Push the Particle
      • Race for Energy
      • Detector Detail
      • Particle Trappin'
      • Particle Pool
  • E: Science and Technology
    • Push, Push, Push the Particle
    • Particle Trappin'
    • Detector Detail
  • G: History and Nature of Science
    • Particle Graffiti
    • Detector Detail
    • Diggin' Deeper

Fermilabyrinth addresses the following unifying concepts for grades 5-8 in the National Standards. These concepts are inherent in particle theory and prominently addressed throughout Fermilabyrinth via models (games).

• Systems, order, and organization
• Evidence, models, and explanation
• Change, constancy, and measurement
• Evolution and equilibrium
• Form and function

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