Comparison of 2013 Science Education Curriculum with the 2005 Science and Technology Curriculum in Terms of Environmental Topics

In this research, science education curriculum that will put into practice in the education year of 2013-2014 is evaluated and contrasted with the 2005 science and technology curriculum, which is currently applied, in terms of arrangement of environmental subjects, objectives and allocated time for teaching. according to results of research that practiced by document analysis method even there is no specific changes about the environmental subjects, there are great changes both in distribution of the subjects according to the classes and allocated time for teaching in 2013 curriculum that is started in the 3rd grade. among the duration for all subjects, the rate of duration for the environmental subjects is 15,56 % (122 course hours) in 2005 science and technology curriculum but the rate is 14,89 % (104 course hours) in new curriculum. the dominant volute structure in 2005 curriculum is minded less and drifted from this character. objectives about the crustal structure, habitat, ecosystem, sustainable energy resources reduced; objectives about paedogenesis, transformation of rocks, adaptation and evolution, removed from 2013 curriculum. objectives as using resources economically and recycling increased but samples of teaching and evaluation activities related with the objectives are removed.