NEW GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS via SW FINAL
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Transcript of NEW GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS via SW FINAL
and the Next Generation Science Standards
About the Next Generation Science Standards Next Generation Science Standards for Today’s Students and Tomorrow’s Workforce: Through a collaborative, state-led process managed by Achieve, new K–12 science standards are
being developed that will be rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education. The NGSS will be based on the Framework for K–12 Science Education developed by the National
Research Council.
What is in the Framework?
The framework consists of a limited number of elements in three dimensions: (1) scientific and engineering practices, (2) crosscutting concepts, and (3) disciplinary core ideas in science. It describes how they should be developed across grades K-12, and it is designed so that students continually build on and revise their knowledge and abilities throughout their school years. To support learning, all three dimensions need to be integrated into standards, curricula, instruction, and assessment.
I. Dimension One: Science and Engineering Practices
Asking questions and defining the problem
Planning and carrying out investigations
Analyzing and interpreting data
Using mathematics and computational thinking
Engaging in Argument from evidence
Obtaining, evaluation, and communicating information
Developing and using models
Constructing explanations and designing solutions
II. Dimension Two: Crosscutting Concepts
Similarities and differences in patterns
Sort, classify, and analyze simple rate of change
Measurement to better describe differences and likeness
Scales to assist in comparison : hot/cold, slow/fast
Defining objects in terms of characteristics
Objects may break up into smaller pieces---changes in shape
Tests to gather evidence (data) to support or refute students ideas about cause and effect
Patterns of change related to time to make predictions
III. Dimension Three: Disciplinary core ideas in science
Physical Sciences
Life Sciences
Earth and Space Sciences
Engineering, Technology, and the Applications of Science
http://www.nextgenscience.org/