Archive: Evaluating Resources for NGSS: The EQuIP Rubric, July 29, 2014
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 3:50 PM
Evaluating Resources for NGSS: The EQuIP Rubric
The webinar provided good, but brief, background information about the creation and format of the NGSS; this will be useful for folks watching the video who need the background information. The process of evaluating resources for NGSS alignment was given in detail, lesson plan documents and the EQuiP rubic were made available as well as videos showing lab the experiences from the lesson plan resource, and rationales for the evaluation process were given. Although the directions for the lab experience were a bit confusing, the documents had value. When doing the lab with students, simply including pre and post lab weighing of the bags and their contents would allow the lesson to explicitly include all three components for NGSS - practices, DCI, and the cross cutting concept of conservation of matter in a chemical reaction. This would be an easy fix. I plan to use the rubric, process, and lesson when delivering PD. Thank you : )