JASON Project Goals

Research confirms that the JASON Project helps teachers:

Make abstract science concepts concrete for

      students.

 

Engage students who would otherwise not be

      interested in science.

 

Become more involved in using technology.

 

Meet standards-based evaluation needs.

 

Each year the JASON Project staff collaborates with host researchers to create a year-long curriculum that guides teachers and students through a hands-on, inquiry based learning experience. Emphasizing concepts taught in grades 4-9, the inter-disciplinary curriculum is built on national standards for science, math, social studies, language arts and technology and is correlated to each state's standards for each subject, as well. This enables teachers to integrate JASON Project content into their instruction successfully in today’s standards-based education environment.

Research also shows that the JASON Project helps students:

Connect science concepts to real-world

      problems.

Collaborate with peers in group Projects.

Change their stereotypes about scientists and

      the world of work.

The JASON Project is a multi-disciplinary program that sparks the imagination of students and enhances the classroom experience. From oceans to rain forests, from polar regions to volcanoes, the JASON Project explores Planet Earth and exposes students to leading scientists who work with them to examine its biological and geological development.

From the depths of dark oceans to the heights of wet rain forests, from icy Polar Regions to red-hot volcanoes, the JASON Project travels the world, taking students and teachers on an exciting educational adventure. The JASON Project brings adventure and the thrill of discovery into the classroom, exploring the following questions:

1. What are nature's dynamic systems?       

2. How do these systems affect life?       

3. What technologies do we use to study these systems and why?