Curriculum Topic Study (CTS) is a professional development strategy that links science standards to curriculum, instruction, and assessment. The book was developed to be used by individual teachers, teacher teams, or in workshop settings. The CTS process will help teachers:

Develop pedagogical and content knowledge
Contribute to curriculum planning
Define formative and summative assessment goals and strategies
Learn to recognize and anticipate students’ misconceptions and address them through instructional strategies, resources, and materials.