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Introducing Crosscutting Concepts in the Elementary Grades
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Four years ago, I moved from teaching middle school science to teaching grades 2–5 STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) labs. One of the biggest challenges I faced was limited lab time in our…
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Using the Crosscutting Concepts to Scaffold Student Thinking
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At the recent NSTA National Conference in Los Angeles, three-dimensional learning was, of course, a major topic of discussion. When those discussions focus on classroom instruction, though, the crosscutting concepts are…
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The Three Dimensions of Teaching and Learning: Module 3: Crosscutting Concepts
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Crosscutting Test Prep Strategies
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Strategies for increasing student engagement
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Crosscutting Concepts: A Professional Book Study for Elementary Educators
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Are you an elementary educator working to enhance your knowledge of the crosscutting concepts and how they can be leveraged to strengthen science and engineering learning in K-12 classrooms? Register to…
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How to Read the Next Generation Science Standards
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How to Read the Next Generation Science Standards The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are distinct from prior science standards in three essential ways. 1) Performance. Prior standards documents listed what students should “know” or “understand.” These ideas needed to be translated into performances that could…
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Crosscutting Concepts: A Professional Book Study for K-12 Educators
Professional Book Study |
Are you an educator working to enhance your knowledge of the crosscutting concepts and how they can be leveraged to strengthen science and engineering learning in K-12 classrooms? In this four-seminar series,…
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Scaffolding the Crosscutting Concepts: Graphic Organizers in Action in the Middle School Classroom
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The crosscutting concepts have great potential to help students connect their learning across grade levels and science disciplines, but they can easily become the forgotten “third dimension.” Last May, we wrote about…
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Archive: The Crosscutting Concepts as Lenses to Explore Phenomena, February 8, 2020
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Crosscutting concepts are sometimes the neglected dimension of the NGSS and other standards based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education. But crosscutting concepts can provide students a useful lens for making…
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Transforming Science Learning: Introduction to the Crosscutting Concepts, February 27, 2024
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Attendees will be introduced to ways the Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) are used as powerful lenses and tools for student sensemaking partnered with the Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) and Disciplinary Core Ideas…
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The Development of the Next Generation Science Standards
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The Development of the Next Generation Science Standards An NSTA Background Paper Writers of Science for All Americans (AAAS 1989) were the first to clearly define the “understandings and ways of thinking [that] are essential for all citizens in a world shaped by science and technology.”…
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