MII's On-Going Core Programs

1) National Education Project
Through the National Education Project (NEP), MII develops and distributes a series of Teacher Helper packets to supplement existing science and science-related classroom curricula. Each packet contains color posters, lesson plans, information, and student activity pages.

NEP materials also are used as a resource in teacher education programs at some of the 400 colleges and universities who have requested MII materials.

Subjects Where Teachers Use MII Materials

Teachers Use MII In All Grades

2) Global Science: Energy, Resources, Environment
The Global Science: Energy, Resources, Environment textbook is a high school environmental curriculum that is ahead of its time, providing truly integrated science studies in a single text. MII is involved with the Global Science curriculum because it is an honest attempt to present material to high school students in an accurate and balanced manner. Global Science combines the intelligent use of technology and the knowledge of natural and economic forces that allow us to be productive and still protect our environment.

As a secondary level laboratory curriculum, Global Science meets more of the National Science Standards because as an integrated science program it draws from traditional biology, chemistry, physics and earth science disciplines. The strong integration of math enables teachers to provide meaningful hands-on projects and the means to process that data.

The role of MII is to supplement the resources of the publisher and author so that the content of the text can be more thoroughly researched, accurate and balanced. Now moving into the 5th Edition, Global Science is one of the largest-selling integrated environmental science high school textbooks in the nation.

The George C. Marshall Institute in Washington, DC recently sponsored a national study conducted by the Independent Commission on Environmental Education to evaluate 71 different environmental science textbooks and programs. Project director Kathleen deBettencourt said:

"One of the most troubling aspects of this study is the discovery of how superficial the science is in high school environmental science textbooks. These texts are often little more than catalogs of environmental facts and issues. They simply do not teach environmental science ... Global Science is an exception; it pays reasonable attention to the actual science in environmental science."

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STAFF and DIRECTORS

Currently MII has four part-time staff and numerous volunteers active in its programs, including its Board of Directors. The Board meets twice a year, in January and July. Board members are not paid. MII's fiscal year is July 1 - June 30.

Office Staff