| Getting started with JASON is easy! We offer a number of classroom, school and district solutions, designed to get you and your students exploring and learning in as little time as possible. Please review our suggested "Steps to Getting Started" below: | Steps to Getting Started with JASON |  | Step 1: Explore our curriculum topics
JASON offers several award-winning, standards-based curriculum units, in print and online, each with 5-9 weeks of content. Learn more about them here: |  | Step 2: Register for a free account and try a new resource
The online JASON Mission Center contains student text, videos, games, teacher tools and more. Registration is completely free, for educators and students.
Further explorations: - Inside the JMC, click on the curriculum unit that interests you and read a few pages of the student text - filled with highlighted vocabulary and graphics that come to life on your screen. Watch a demo now!
- Visit the Digital Labs & Games page to explore our award-winning educational games that are embedded in the curriculum.
- Browse by standard in JASON's Digital Library to find resources that align to your state's standards.
|  | Step 3: Attend a JASON Awareness Webinar
Sit back and let our dedicated staff give you a personal tour through one of our free one-hour Webinars. We'll cover the curricula, Web site, resources, professional development program and the philosophy behind what sets JASON apart. View our JASON Awareness Webinar schedule. If none of the currently scheduled Webinars are convenient - or you'd like to request a special Webinar for your group, please email info@jason.org.
|  | Step 4: Choose your Missions!
How will your classroom use JASON? Review the Operation Overview sheets to plan how you'll implement JASON's curriculum chapters (Missions) into your classroom planning. Further explorations: - Download a curriculum sampler to try out a Misison's arcticles and hands-on lab activities with your students.
- Visit the JASON Mission Center with your free account and review any Mission in-depth, and even use them with your students.
|  | Step 5: Get training!
The JASON Project offers numerous training opportunities for educators. Our Lead Trainers come to your district to conduct one-day or two-day sessions designed to increase teachers' expertise in implementing inquiry-based science curricula, such as JASON, in the classroom. Learn more about JASON's professional development offerings.
|  | Step 6: Set up your online classrooms
Now that you're ready to begin teaching JASON, be sure to create JMC accounts for all your students. You can also create virtual online classrooms where you can give students online assignments and review their work. Learn about classroom setup in this video. |  | Step 7: Time to get started: Get your materials!
JASON curricula is available free online. However most JASON teachers prefer to have at least one print copy of the Student and Teacher Editions, along with our videos on DVD; preferably a classroom set of Student Editions, which can be used year after year. To order curriculum for yourself, your class, or your school, visit our online store.If you are interested in a custom JASON curriculum package for your school or district, we offer a number of different solutions, including all-in-one curriculum activity kits. Please contact info@jason.org and we'll help you get started! | What next? Spread the word!
If you're interested in hosting a JASON demo or information session for other teachers and administrators in your school or district interested in JASON, e-mail info@jason.org or call us at 888-527-6600. | |
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