Bellingham Public Schools

Curriculum Department

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE

Minutes from Meeting Held on April 8, 2004

Attendees: Jane Blume, Gordon Grissom, Carolyn O'Donnell, Susan Sullivan, Sherrie Brown, Nancy Messmer

The following text/material has been reviewed by the IMC and recommended for use in the Bellingham Public Schools

Economics

AP Economics – Bellingham High School

• Economics: Private and Public Choice, 10th Edition, Thomson/South-Western 2003

Recommended

Personal Finance

Personal Finance – Squalicum High School

• Managing Your Personal Finances , 4th Edition, Joan S. Ryan, South-Western/Thomson Learning

Recommended

High School Science Program

High School members of the Secondary Science Curriculum Committee recommend the below science instructional materials for use in Grade 9 Environmental Science.

• Biology: A Community Context, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2003
• Environmental Science, Scott Foresman – Addison Wesley, 2003
• Active Physics – Sports, It's About TIME, Inc., 2000
• EarthComm – Earth's Fluid Spheres, It's About TIME, Inc., 2001
• Over Our Heads, A Local Look at Global Climate, John C. Ryan / Northwest Environment Watch Publications
• State of the Northwest, Revised 2000 Edition, John C. Ryan / Northwest Environment Watch Publications

All of the above - Recommended

The next meeting of the Instructional Materials Committee is scheduled for Tuesday, May 25 at 4:00 p.m. in Conference Room 212.