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Achieving Success with Common Core Through Community

As we take on the new school year and think about the shifts we are committing to make towards the Next Generation Science Standards, I have found it beneficial to read about the work that various teachers, schools, and districts are engaging in.
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Using the NGSS to Teach the Nature of Science

Do you know what misconceptions about science your students have?
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Taking “Risks” with NGSS: A Growth Model for the Classroom

As we entered the classroom to face a room full of 7th graders at Challenger Middle School in San Diego Unified School District, it was hard to tell who was more nervous, us or the students
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Phenomena Are Jawsome!

This past August, I worked as part of the Content Cadre for the K-12 Alliance @ WestEd’s California K-8 Next Generation Science Standards Early Implementation Initiative.
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Introducing the California K-8 Next Generation Science Standards Early Implementation Initiative Monthly Series

Each month, dedicated educators from the California K-8 Next Generation Science Standards Early Implementation Initiative will share stories of their experiences as they dig deeper into the CA NGSS as an effort to help support high-quality science…
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What Is the Role of Lecture in NGSS?

Is there a role for lecture in NGSS classrooms?
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Engaging Your Students with the NGSS This Summer

Many of us will use this summer to engage with the NGSS so we can bring new experiences and examples into our classrooms in the fall.
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State Superintendent Torlakson Visits CSTA President Elect Lisa Hegdahl's Classroom to Shine a Spotlight on NGSS

On April 21, 2015 State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson visited McCaffrey Middle School in Galt, CA.
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NGSS - Next Generation Science Students

For the past 10 years, students have entered my 5th and 6th grade classrooms with little science experience.
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A Teacher’s Journey: NGSS Is NOT an Add On

My students were looking at a mole of iron (602,200,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms more or less) and concluding that they were probably looking at one atom of iron.
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