Well it feels like it’s been a long time coming, but the elementary and middle school NGSS evidence statements are finally available (after months of Coming Soon! listed on the site.). Now it’s quite possible that I’m one of the only people excited about this…but I hope not! The evidence…

The state of Arkansas has adopted the K-8 Next Generation Science Standards. It’s nice to see more friends coming to play in the sandbox together… and ultimately it’s going to be good for the students. A couple of interesting notes are that Arkansas made some modifications to the clarification statements…

NSTA recently posted a series of videos of high school science teachers and students engaged in the type of science instruction outlines in the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards. The videos are connected with the FREE Interactions high school NGSS curriculum I mentioned in…

Interactions is a set of NGSS-aligned high school instructional materials targeting physical science concepts, science and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts. The materials are part of an NSF-funded project involving Michigan State University, University of Michigan and The Concord Consortium. You can find the materials on the Concord Consortium site…

Did you know that Nextgenscience.org offers a monthly NGSS Newsletter? Well, they do. Click HERE to read the March issue of NGSS Now and click HERE to sign up via email.

HERE is a short video from the New York Times that is part science and part art- enjoy The Physics of Water Drops.

Perhaps you are like me and for the past several months you’ve been checking the Next Generation Science Standards on the NSTA site. You click on a standard and then scroll to the bottom of the page to a section titled Resources & Lesson Plans and you see… Coming Soon!…