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Continue reading →: Next Generation Storylines
OVERVIEW: Nextgenstorylines.org is a site where you can find tools and examples for building coherent “storylines” for teaching K-12 science lessons. Tradition science lessons have lacked a storyline. They have tended to be a wandering encounter of multiple topics where a students question of “Why are we learning this?” might…
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Continue reading →: Successful STEM Education
OVERVIEW: Successful STEM Education is a site that provides resources, information, and events about effective tools and practices for K-12 STEM education. The site also contains links to 2 important STEM education reports: Successful K-12 STEM Education Monitoring Progress Toward Successful K-12 STEM Education My favorite part of the site…
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Continue reading →: Science Professional Learning Standards
OVERVIEW: The Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS) has created a draft document of Science Professional Learning Standards. These standards are divided into three categories Attributes of High Quality Professional Learning Opportunities Implementing and Sustaining a Professional Development Infrastructure Evaluating Professional Learning Opportunities Here is an example of a standard…
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Continue reading →: 5 Tools for Developing NGSS Units: AMNH
OVERVIEW: The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) has developed a set of tools for planning units to address the NGSS. AMNH has created 5 tools that have been developed and tested for supporting groups of teachers in developing quality NGSS units of instruction. Each of the 5 tools is…
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Continue reading →: NSTA Conference 2016
I’m attending the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) conference in Nashville this week. It’s four days of over 1000 total sessions on a variety of science education topics. I’m always on the lookout for tools and strategies on NGSS and best practices that I can use in my professional development…
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Continue reading →: What Makes a Good Anchoring Phenomenon?
The Next Generation Science Standards and best practices in science instruction tell us that science instructional sequences are more meaningful to students and more coherent when based on interesting phenomena. The Research + Practice Collaboratory has released a new tool for helping to define the qualities of an effective anchoring…
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Continue reading →: Provide Feedback on A Framework for K-12 Computer Science Education
Did you know that there is an initiative to start teaching computer science to every K-12 student? This initiative signals a significant shift in our view of computer science and the importance of computer science in our daily lives. Is it possible that we all need to know something about computer…
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Continue reading →: A Guide for Teaching Field Investigations: NGSS Edition
Pacific Education Institute recently revised and updated their “Field Investigation Guide” (not the official title- but I’ve always dubbed it this). The Field Investigation Guide has been a powerful resource for helping K-12 teachers to get students outside in their schoolyard doing science. This newest version makes intentional connections to…
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Continue reading →: Integrating Science and Engineering Practices into Assessments
The Research & Practice Collaboratory (yes, I guess that’s a real word), recently released a tool to help teachers, schools, and districts to develop science assessment tasks that integrate the science & engineering practices. Click HERE to download Integrating Science Practices into Assessment Tasks. In the document you will find:…
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Continue reading →: March 2016 NGSS Newsletter
The Nextgenscience.org site posts a monthly newsletter. You can access the March 2016 NGSS Newsletter HERE. You will find information about the new NGSS website, bundling Performance Expectations, thinking about bee colony collapse as a phenomena, and more.
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