Last year I collaborated with the South Sound LASER Alliance- with funding from Washington State LASER– to build a series of easily accessible online professional development modules on the Next Generation Science Standards.
These NGSS 101 modules now live on a page titled NGSS 101, here at the Science for All blog. I’ve also embedded them here in this blog post for convenience in sharing.
There are 4 modules:
- NGSS 101 Part 1- Overview
- NGSS 101 Part 2- Science & Engineering Practices
- NGSS 101 Part 3- Crosscutting Concepts
- NGSS 101 Part 4- Engineering Design
Below you will find the video modules embedded in the page. Each video module asks you to engage with a variety of documents, external video clips and links. You will find the documents and links for each module directly underneath the video module.
NOTE: These modules were originally created in another online platform called Brainshark- so you may hear some references to the original platform that are no longer relevant.
NGSS 101 Part 1- NGSS Overview
NGSS 101 Part 1 Links and Documents
- Online Participant Notebook (Google Form)
- NGSS 101 Part 1 Handbook
- NGSS_Cheat_Sheet
- Intro to NGSS Video clip
- NGSS101_pt_1_Slide_Notes
- Framework for K-12 Science Education
NGSS 101 Part 2- Science & Engineering Practices
NGSS 101 Part 2 Links and Documents
- NGSS 101 Part 2 Online Notebook (Google Form)
- NGSS_101_Part_2 handbook Word Doc
- NGSS 101 Part 2 Handbook pdf
- Video: How Science Works
- Why Focus on Science & Engineering Practices? (Optional Reading)
- Video: Sea Star Wasting Syndrome
- Video: Grade 3 “Do very tiny things have weight?”
- Science and Engineering Practices Appendix F (Optional Reading)
- NGSS 101 Part 2 PPT slides
NGSS 101 Part 3- Crosscutting Concepts
NGSS 101 Part 3 Links and Documents
- NGSS 101 Part 3 Online Notebook (Google Form)
- NGSS 101 Part 3 Handbook word doc
- NGSS 101 Part 3 Handbook pdf
- NGSS Cheat Sheet NSTA Version
- Video: How Wolves Change Rivers Video
- Hand Bubbler video
- Appendix G – Crosscutting Concepts
- Video: Teachers learning about Crosscutting Concepts
- NGSS 101 Part 3 PPT
NGSS 101 Part 4- Engineering Design
NGSS 101 Part 4 Links and Documents