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 resource you need. This book is chock-full of activities and useful advice for guiding teachers and administrators as they put the standards into practice in the classroom.
Written by three experts in professional development for science teachers,
Introducing Teachers and Administrators to the NGSS
• Introduces the vocabulary, structure, and conceptual shifts of the
NGSS
• Explores the three dimensions of the
Framework—science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas—and how they’re integrated in the
NGSS
• Provides classroom case studies of instructional approaches for students challenged by traditional science teaching
• Covers curricular decisions involving course mapping, designing essential questions and performance assessments, and using the
NGSS to plan units of instruction
• Examines the connections between the
NGSS and the
Common Core State Standards
• Offers advice for getting past common professional development sticking points and finding further resources
Given the widespread changes in today’s education landscape, teachers and administrators may feel overwhelmed by the prospect of putting the new standards into practice. If you’re a science specialist, curriculum coordinator, or instructional coach who provides professional development, you will find this collection immensely helpful for heading off “initiative fatigue,” whether in an individual school or throughout a district.
Table of Contents
About the Authors
Contributors
A Letter From David L. Evans, NSTA Executive Director
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Using This Book
Chapter 3: Sticking Points
Chapter 4: Tips for Administrators
Chapter 5: Introducing the NGSS
Activity 1: Examining the Standards
Activity 2: NGSS Vocabulary
Activity 3: The Structure of NGSS
Activity 4: NGSS Conceptual Shifts
With Chad Janowski
Chapter 6: Exploring the Practices and Crosscutting Concepts
Activity 5: Integrating the Three Dimensions
Activity 6: Science Inquiry and the Practices of Science and Engineering
Activity 7: Engineering Design and the Practices of Science and Engineering
With Reynee Kachur
Activity 8: Science and Engineering Practices Self-Assessment
Activity 9: Exploring Crosscutting Concepts
With Emily Miller
Activity 10: Integrating the Nature of Science
Chapter 7: Supporting Science Learning for All Students
Activity 11: All Standards, All Students and Integrating Content, Practices and Crosscutting Concepts
Activity 12: All Standards, All Students and Universal Design for Learning
With Stacey N. Skoning
Activity 13: All Standards, All Students: A Strategy Matrix
With Stacey N. Skoning
Chapter 8: Fostering Discussion About Curricular Decisions
Activity 14: Visioning and Values
Activity 15: Course Mapping at the Elementary Level
Activity 16: Plus, Minus, Delta (6–12)
Activity 17: Course Mapping for Middle and High School
Activity 18: Essential Questions and Crosscutting Concepts
Activity 19: Developing Performance Assessments
Activity 20: From Standards to Units
Chapter 9: Connecting NGSS and the Common Core State Standards
Activity 21: NGSS and the CCSS Mathematics
With Amy Parrott
Activity 22: Connecting NGSS and CCSS ELA
With Mark Bazata
Activity 23: NGSS and CCSS ELA: Connecting Through the Practices
With Mark Bazata
Activity 24: NGSS and CCSS ELA: Disciplinary Literacy
With Mark Bazata
Bibliography
Appendix 1: Resources
Appendix 2: Model Activity (K–5)
Appendix 3: Model Activity (6–12)
Appendix 4: Model Activity for the Nature of Science
Appendix 5: Model Science and Math Activity (K–5)
Appendix 6: Model Science and Math Activity (6–12)