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Cross Cutting to the Concepts (Or How My Own Use and Understanding of CCC’s Evolved)
Many of you have jumped into turning at least some of your lessons into NGSS three-dimensional (3D) lessons, or you may be using an NGSS lesson/unit from a training or workshop.
Taking It to the Field—Where Students Become the Experts
Most teachers would agree that field experiences are invaluable teaching tools.
San Diego Early Implementers Take the Lead in Strengthening Support for Science in Their District LCAP
For the past couple weeks, the *Core Leadership Team and Teacher Leaders of the CA NGSS (K-8) Early Implementation Initiative in San Diego have rallied together to positively impact San Diego Unified School District’s Local Control Accountability…
Hands-On Performance Assessment – An Effective Formative Assessment Strategy
Are you looking for ways to assess 3D learning? Tools that assess the NGSS practices? Have you considered hands-on performance assessment? Do you know that California once implemented hands-on tasks in statewide testing?
Practical Tools to Begin Implementing the NGSS in a First Grade Classroom
Across the state, during the summer of 2016, hundreds of teachers of NGSS “Early Implementers” schools participated in professional development institutes designed to help teachers better understand NGSS and science pedagogy.
Activity Mania, This Is Not!
In preparation for the summer 2015 Southern California K-8 NGSS Early Implementation Institute in Vista, our grade 2 cadre of science educators from elementary, secondary, and the university, planned a week of science investigations around matter and…
Is NGSS the End of Science Fair?
It’s science fair season again and time for my annual love/hate relationship with the science fair.
From Hot Asphalt to Solar Radiation
Imagine a group of sixth graders, challenging one another to see who can sit on the asphalt the longest, on a hot August day at a middle school in the Palm Springs Unified School District, where temperatures can reach 115° F.