Next Generations Science Standards
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.
NGSS - Next Generation Science Students
For the past 10 years, students have entered my 5th and 6th grade classrooms with little science experience.
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.
NGSS March Madness Edition – a Sports Analogy
You sign your daughter up to be on an elementary age basketball team. After several weeks, you ask your kid how they like playing basketball.
California’s NGSS Early Implementers Meet for Mid-Year Training
The last time we were all together was August of 2014. Since then, we have ‘experimented’ with implementing the Next Generation of Science Standards with varying degrees of success.
