Crosscutting concepts are the lens through which students can find connections across content.

In the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD), we are working to prepare students to be critical thinkers, creative problem-solvers, and strong communicators—the leaders of tomorrow. Science is a core part of that.

Last month I had the opportunity to represent CSTA at the Governor’s Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. It was at an education satellite event that I met a college student, Max Jimenez. Her message to the adult educators and education…

Since the California State Board of Education’s adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in Fall of 2013, science educators across California have sought out curriculum to address the shifts they demand.

NGSS is about three-dimensional learning intended to have students work as scientists and engineers do: to explain phenomena and solve problems.

The time is finally here, that moment you have all been waiting for: the State of California is moving forward with the K-8 science instructional materials adoption process

As teachers dig deeper into the NGSS and move past the newness of the dimensions, engineering, phenomena, etc., there’s a beautiful segment in them that begins to illuminate. It becomes immediately apparent there are strong connections between the…

Science had traditionally been seen as the domain of the hyper-intelligent student.

I was recently having a conversation with a friend who is about to start a new job. A big job for a big company where she will now be a team lead. Working for her will be a number of really young, super-talented engineers. You know who I’m talking…