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Agenda History NGSS OSTA 2

Three-Dimensions: Scientific and Engineering Practices Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas A Framework for K-12 Science Education

Next Generation Science Standards Less Memorizing, More sense making Making Connections to Common Core Grounding Practice in Research Applying Knowledge in Context

Practice s Core Ideas Cross-cutting concepts Three-Dimensional Learning Three Dimensions Cross-cutting concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Science and Engineering Practices Explore, explain, and use science ideas to explain how and why phenomena occur and/or design solutions to problems

Conceptual Shifts in NGSS 1.K-12 Science Education Should Reflect the Interconnected Nature of Science as it is Practiced and Experienced in the Real World. 2.The Next Generation Science Standards are student performance expectations – NOT curriculum. 3.The science concepts in the NGSS build coherently from K The NGSS Focus on Deeper Understanding of Content as well as Application of Content. 5.Science and Engineering are Integrated in the NGSS from K–12. 6.The NGSS are designed to prepare students for college, career, and citizenship. 7.The NGSS and Common Core State Standards (Mathematics and English Language Arts) are Aligned.

Scientific and Engineering Practices 1.Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering) 2.Developing and using models 3.Planning and carrying out investigations 4.Analyzing and interpreting data 5.Using mathematics and computational thinking 6.Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering) 7.Engaging in argument from evidence 8.Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

1.Patterns 2.Cause and effect: Mechanism and explanation 3.Scale, proportion, and quantity 4.Systems and system models 5.Energy and matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation 6.Structure and function 7.Stability and change 8 Crosscutting Concepts

Life SciencePhysical Science LS1:From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics LS3:Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity PS1: Matter and Its Interactions PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions PS3: Energy PS4: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer Earth & Space Science Engineering & Technology ESS1: Earth’s Place in the Universe ESS2: Earth’s Systems ESS3: Earth and Human Activity ETS1: Engineering Design ETS2: Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science, and Society 9 Disciplinary Core Ideas

Closer Look at a NGSS (Grade 2) 2.PS1 Matter and Its Interactions Students who demonstrate understanding can: 2-PS1-1.Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties. [Clarification Statement: Observations could include color, texture, hardness, and flexibility. Patterns could include the similar properties that different materials share.] The performance expectations above were developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Science and Engineering PracticesDisciplinary Core IdeasCrosscutting Concepts Planning and Carrying Out Investigations Planning and carrying out investigations to answer questions or test solutions to problems in K–2 builds on prior experiences and progresses to simple investigations, based on fair tests, which provide data to support explanations or design solutions. Plan and conduct an investigation collaboratively to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence to answer a question. (2-PS1-1) PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter Different kinds of matter exist and many of them can be either solid or liquid, depending on temperature. Matter can be described and classified by its observable properties. (2-PS1-1) Patterns Patterns in the natural and human designed world can be observed. (2-PS1-1)

Kitchen Tools & Techniques (Practices) An Analogy between 3-Dimensional Learning and Cooking Basic Ingredients (Core Ideas) Vegetables, Herbs, Spices, & Seasonings (Crosscutting Concepts) Preparing a Meal (Three dimensional Learning)

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Selection Guidelines – Outstanding Science Tradebooks K-12 Students Eligibility Content: The book is about science Genre-specific Illustrations (drawings, paintings, pictures, photos, charts, graphs) Format/Layout Design 14

15 All titles will be listed primarily by the prevailing Disciplinary Core Idea (DCI). This will allow teachers to quickly identify books that may be used with specific concepts.

LS2: ECOSYSTEMS: INTERACTIONS, ENERGY, AND ESS3, CCC4, CCC7 16

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