NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill today announced a new
collaboration that will integrate StudySync®'s SyncBlasts™ into
McGraw-Hill's acclaimed core
science curriculum, Inspire Science. The addition of SyncBlasts to
the Inspire Science curriculum will allow students to connect what
they are learning in the classroom to their lives outside of
school, encouraging curiosity and deep, relevant discussion.
Similar to SyncBlasts for other subjects, SyncBlasts in Inspire
Science will draw upon recent news about topics students are
studying in the classroom, such as the reported decline of the
honeybee population and the publication of the first-ever images of
a black hole.
SyncBlasts lessons—which have been integrated into McGraw-Hill's Networks Social Studies and
IMPACT Social Studies programs since 2018—are designed to make
common classroom subjects more relevant to students' daily lives,
drawing clear connections between core content standards and the
world that students experience. Through the latest integration,
teachers using Inspire Science in grades 6-12 will now have the
option to select weekly SyncBlasts reading and writing assignments
that help students think critically about high-interest science
topics. Students will explore a robust library of multimedia
content to learn about each topic and then complete assignments
within SyncBlasts' engaging, social media-like platform.
"McGraw-Hill's Inspire Science
has always been focused on sparking curiosity and empowering
students to think more critically, and our expanded partnership
with StudySync helps us achieve those objectives more effectively
than ever before," said Kelly
McGrath, Chief Academic Officer at McGraw-Hill. "Through this collaboration,
we've taken the strongest core science curricula that McGraw-Hill has developed to date and made it
even more relevant for students."
Built based on the Next Generation Science Standards, Inspire
Science provides an in-depth, collaborative and project-based
learning experience designed to help spark students' interest in
science and the world around them. Through inquiry-based, hands-on
investigations of real-world phenomena, students can construct
explanations for scientific phenomena and design solutions for real
problems. Inspire Science is also built with the proven "5E"
instructional framework, an inquiry-based method helping students
to engage, explore, explain, elaborate and evaluate like real-world
scientists and engineers, and to apply and transfer their knowledge
to new situations along their individual pathways to career and
college success.
"For today's students, it's absolutely crucial that classroom
lessons make connections to students' daily lives," said McGrath.
"By adding SyncBlasts to Inspire Science, students will have more
options for sustained engagement with the most pertinent
issues in the world today, while reinforcing and practicing their
reading, writing and research skills on a platform managed by
teachers."
Providing a variety of rich multimedia, including Preview
Videos, links to Case Studies, Explainer Videos, and The Point News
Show, SyncBlasts challenges students to:
- Build vital research, writing, and critical thinking skills
while providing an easy entry point for peer review.
- Develop informed opinions on high-interest topics of cultural
significance.
- Express their opinions succinctly, in a familiar format.
SyncBlasts also saves teachers time, offering hundreds of
curated articles and videos that are aligned to science content
standards, with content channels that are updated and expanded
regularly with new articles and media. Teachers control the
deployment of SyncBlasts, and the platform allows teachers to
leverage the power of social learning in a safe, mediated
environment. Every SyncBlasts assignment is available in multiple
Lexile® levels and scaffolds to ensure English Learners and
approaching-grade-level learners can access every lesson. A
selection of SyncBlasts assignments is available in Spanish as
well.
About McGraw-Hill
McGraw-Hill is a learning science
company that delivers personalized learning experiences that drive
results for students, parents, educators and professionals. We
focus on educational equity, affordability and learning success to
help learners build better lives. Headquartered in New York City, McGraw-Hill has offices across North America, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle
East and South America, and
makes its learning solutions for PreK-12, higher education,
professionals and others available in more than 75
languages. Visit us at mheducation.com or find us
on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter.
About StudySync
StudySync is a leading developer of the most engaging, socially
connected, and rigorous academic learning products for grades 6-12.
StudySync, its hallmark offering of the same name, is an
award-winning, comprehensive English language arts curriculum. The
company's most recently released product, SyncBlasts, expands the
company's scope to include an engaging, supplemental digital
inquiry solution for social studies and science classrooms. For
more information about technology-relevant educational products
from StudySync, visit http://www.studysync.com.
Contact:
Tyler Reed
McGraw-Hill
(646) 766-2951
tyler.reed@mheducation.com
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