1. Tackling the New Generation Science
Standards and the Common Core Standards
Julie Dietz & Denise Aiani
March 9, 2017

2. Shifts (Check out...“NGSS Overview for Principals”)
What are the shifts? 3-D learning -Scientific and Engineering Practices (SEP’s), Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI’s) and Crosscutting Concepts (CCC’s)
How will this look different in the classroom? An interrelated world of inquiry that offers teachers a potential way to connect to a real-world phenomenon.
How can teachers increase engagement? Systems thinking modeling; investigations, debates, discussions with guidance , open- ended questions, evidence- based answers; multiple sources , student journals and media presentations

3. What qualities does a 21st Century Educator need to achieve?
Anticipates the future
Lifelong Learner
Fosters peer relationships between students
Teaches and assesses all different types of learners
Identifies effective vs. noneffective technology

4. NGSS Questions Guide the Instruction
Did the root system grow this way because of the environment or genetic reasons?
What do you know about the ground trees sit on?
Might the roots grow differently on different ground?
What design changes could you make to this sidewalk so the tree roots could access water more effectively?
How do trees in urban settings differ from trees in rural settings?

5. Stay with the NGSS Questions
HUMAN ACTIVITY
How do we affect the environment?
How does the environment affect our daily lives?

6. How are humans affecting the environment?
Close Reading, Cause and Effect, Reading Strategies
How are humans affecting the environment?

7. Text Complexity Activity
1st Read: Confusion
2nd Read: Key Details
3rd Read: Text Dependent Questions

8. The NGSS Questions guides evidence searches
Cause and Effect Essays
True and False Activities that Require Evidence
How are humans affecting the environment?
Research Essays requiring three sources.
Text Dependent Questions
Mini-Debates exploring issues of the environment

9. How is the land changing the environment?
The NGSS Questions Determine Exploration
How is the land changing the environment?
Wind Erosion
ROCK CYCLE
3-D Drought Graphs
STREAM TABLES

10. What are some ways that your school site has learned to build community and foster leadership among the students?

11. NGSS Questions facilitate cooperation and communication
Kindergarten Teams Repeating Investigations Improve Behavior
Cross-Curricular Studies deepen conversations and knowledge
Project-Based Learning requires initiative, problem-solving, and collaboration.

12. Where do we start?

13. What is a realistic time frame to teach so many standards?

14. Practically Speaking E.L.L. Remedial Readers Behavior Issues
CHAMPS
DOJO
Kindergarten Teams
Leveled Recess
Specific Checklist/Goals
Project-Based Classwork
Project-Based Homework
Leadership Teams
Open-Ended Investigations
Read Live
Conferences
Many Exposures to Content
Moby Max
Individualized Routes
Speaking Frames; Academic Journals; Debates
Kindergarten Teams; Investigations
E.L.L.
Remedial Readers
Behavior Issues
Passive Learner

15. Why do Teachers Need Protected Time?
Creating Science Investigations
Facilitator of Technology for Students
Formulating Questions
More adaptations for learners with special needs
Sharing links and offering digital discussions
Collaboration and connectivity across classrooms, schools, communities and the world.
Learner-Centered classroom supporting all learning styles.

16. How do we simplify Project-Based learning & STEM investigations?
Use the same rubric for every project.
Offer choices on projects so students become experts.
Develop a set of school-wide STEM projects to develop rapport & routines.
Integrate grade levels in STEM to accomplish investigations.