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From the Framework to the NGSS
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This chapter first reviews essential features of A Framework for K–12 Science Education which provides a foundation for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Second, the chapter describes the important features…
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Introducing Teachers and Administrators to the NGSS: A Professional Development Facilitator's Guide
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REVERE Award Finalist, PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers! If you’re charged with helping educators achieve the vision of the new science standards, this is the professional development…
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Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 6–8: Structuring Lessons With the NGSS in Mind
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Instructional Sequence Matters shows how to make simple shifts in the way you arrange and combine activities to improve student learning. It also makes it easy for you to put the NGSS into practice. After explaining why…
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From NGSS to Classroom Instruction
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This chapter provides a context for translating standards into something understandable, manageable, and usable for those with the real task of teaching science. In the first sections, the chapter progresses from a…
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The Framework, the NGSS, and the Practices of Science
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This chapter explicates the rationale for focusing on science and engineering practices and traces the development of this idea from earlier notions of inquiry in science. In going from the Framework to the Next…
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Learning to Read the Earth and Sky: Explorations Supporting the NGSS, Grades 6–12
NSTA Press Book |
Is it time to refresh the way you think about teaching Earth science? Learning to Read the Earth and Sky is the multifaceted resource you need to bring authentic science—and enthusiasm—into your classroom. It offers…
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Moving From the <i>NGSS</i> to Instruction
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This chapter outlines a dynamic, active process for understanding how each component of a standard interacts with the other components by developing an instructional sequence starting with one or possibly two…
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NGSS: Giving Every Student a Choice
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The process for developing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) was not a simple one. There were many decisions made that while necessary did not make the process simpler. However, one decision was never in…
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Charges of the NGSS Diversity and Equity Team
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This chapter summarizes the four tasks of the team. By understanding the far-reaching charges to address diversity and equity across many related topics and products, readers will appreciate how the interests of diverse…
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NGSS: 10 Frequently Answered Questions
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This chapter provides answers to frequently asked and answered questions. It comes as no surprise that the questions science teachers ask have to do with the changes implied by NGSS and the changes required in…
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From NGSS to Instruction in an Elementary Classroom
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Implementing the standards does present significant challenges—the obvious and immediate challenge of classroom instruction. There also is the long-term challenge of contributing to students’ progressive understanding…
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Assessment That Reflects the Three Dimensions of the NGSS
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This chapter, by Susan German, addresses the importance of explicitly teaching crosscutting concepts, adding scientific argumentation to assessment, and redesigning assessments to move students toward attaining the…
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