Post on 14-Jan-2016
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NEXT GEN SCIENCE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY(NGSS)
3 Components to the Academy
•The standards•Science notebooks•Science “talk”
NGSS Shifts
1. Inquiry-based instruction
2. No more right/wrong answers=SENSE-MAKING
3. Using evidence to justify reasoning
4. Embrace flexbility with instruction, and stickiness in the process of sense-making
5. Provide opportunities for failure so students get comfortable with it
6. Let them struggle!
7. Let them talk it out.
3 dimensions to the NGSS standards
•Disciplinary Core Ideas
•Science/Engineering Practices
•Crosscutting concepts
The 3 dimensions are like a fine recipe…
Tools= Science and Engineering
Practices
Ingredients=Disciplinary Core Ideas
HerbsSpices=Crosscutting
concepts
Grade level essential
questions and big ideas
- NEXTGENSCIENCE.ORG
- VIEW IN DCI ARRANGEMENTS
- STORYLINES
- GRADE BAND
Other resources…• Edmodo: ESA group (when I get the code I will forward it to you)• Inquiryproject.terc.edu ( awesome videos)• http://moodle.tbaisd.org/course/view.php?id=1021 (units already done for Physical Science!)• NGSS website-Framework• Sciencenotebooks.org