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Continue reading →: Everybody’s Got Questions (Yup)
It’s been too long since I posted a good science music video… enjoy.
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Continue reading →: SAIC NGSS Prototype Cluster Minimized Versions
OVERVIEW: As most of you know, the Science Assessment Item Collaborative has released two NGSS Item Cluster Prototypes… one for Grade 5 and one for HS. These prototypes are great models to be analyzed, however, the documents are large and unwieldy for use in professional development. Tom Hathorn in the…
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Continue reading →: Science Educator Survey (WA Only)
The Washington State Regional Science Coordinators are conducting a survey to collect data about the state’s knowledge, perceptions and concerns of the Next Generation Science Standards (Washington State Science Standards 2013) so that professional development can better meet the needs of teachers in the region. The information collected in this survey…
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Continue reading →: Incorporating Student Talk into Modeling Activities
OVERVIEW: The Institute for Science + Math Education at UW has a flowchart that provides strategies for scaffolding student talk based on where students are in the unit and in their modeling revisions. This tools suggests that student talk might have a different focus depending on the intellectual work the…
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Continue reading →: Teachers Try Science: NGSS Lessons
OVERVIEW: Teachers Try Science is a website with free science instructional resources for teachers of science. The site also has a page of NGSS EQuIP rubric reviewed lessons. These lessons (unlike lessons found on some sites) appear to be good examples of instructional chunks that meet the expectations of A Framework…
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Continue reading →: Equity & Diversity in NGSS: Framework Ch. 11
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are explicitly designed with equity and diversity in mind. I fear, however, that in places where NGSS implementation is being rushed (Let’s just “plug in” our new standards) that the critical focus on equity and diversity might get lost. A Framework for K-12 Science Education…
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Continue reading →: Next Generation Science Assessment
OVERVIEW: Next Generation Science Assessment is a collaboration among Michigan State University, SRI International, University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Concord Consortium. The goal of the project is to develop assessment tasks that are technology-enhanced that support physical science and life science disciplinary core ideas in middle school. There…
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Continue reading →: NSTA Article: Addressing Student Diversity & Equity
OVERVIEW: In the April 2016 issues of all of the NSTA journals there is a FREE article titled: Addressing Student Diversity and Equity. The article describes 4 aspects of NGSS that are particularly relevant to diversity and equity issues: 3Dimensional performance expectations that focus on explaining phenomena and solving problems-…
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Continue reading →: Steps to Designing a 3-Dimensional Assessment
OVERVIEW: The Research + Practice Collaboratory continues to provide short, powerful, and easy-to-use tools for the field. The latest resource from this group is PD Tool: Steps to Designing a 3-Dimensional Assessment. The 5 steps in the process are: Step 1: Define what you will assess by analyzing relevant sections…
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Continue reading →: Puget Sound Renewable Educator Leadership Institute: WA ONLY
Hi all, Here is an opportunity for teacher leaders in selected Pierce, King, and Snohomish County school districts to receive: Weeklong summer institute on energy (purported to be NGSS aligned) $3500 in curriculum materials FREE clock hours Location and Date July 18 – 22, 2016 University of Washington – Bothell…
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