Next Generation Science
Standards
Educator Leadership Institute, 2015
Introductions
Carol Baker - carolkeenebaker@gmail.com
Jennifer Smith - smije@sages.us
Mary Wirth - mwirth@sparta.k12.il.us
Your Turn
● Name
● How NGSS impacts you
● Where you are in
understanding/implementing NGSS
● A question/comment/concern about NGSS
NGSS - Background
● Based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education
developed by the National Research Council
● Developed by a 40 member writing team from 26 lead
state partners
● Two public draft comment periods
● Fidelity review by NRC
● Completed April 2013
o Illinois adopted February 2014 - Now called New
Illinois Learning Standards - Science (NILS-Science)
Conceptual Shifts in the NGSS
1. K-12 Science Education Should Reflect the Interconnected Nature of Science as it is
Practiced and Experienced in the Real World.
2. The Next Generation Science Standards are student performance expectations – NOT
curriculum.
3. The Science Concepts in the NGSS Build Coherently from K-12.
4. The NGSS Focus on Deeper Understanding of Content as well as Application of
Content.
5. Science and Engineering are Integrated in the NGSS from K–12.
6. The NGSS are designed to prepare students for college, career, and citizenship.
7. The NGSS and Common Core State Standards (English Language Arts and
Mathematics) are aligned
Three-Dimensional Learning
What are Science and Engineering
Practices?
Practices are the behaviors that scientists
engage in as they investigate and build models
and theories about the natural world and the
key set of engineering practices that engineers
use as they design and build models and
systems.
Science and Engineering Practices
1. Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
2. Developing and using models
3. Planning and carrying out investigations
4. Analyzing and interpreting data
5. Using mathematics and computational thinking
6. Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for
engineering)
7. Engaging in argument from evidence
8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
What are Crosscutting Concepts?
Crosscutting concepts are concepts that have
application across all disciplines of science. As
such, they provide a way of linking the different
disciplines of science.
Crosscutting Concepts
1. Patterns
2. Cause and effect: Mechanism and explanation
3. Scale, proportion, and quantity
4. Systems and system models
5. Energy and matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation
6. Structure and function
7. Stability and change
What are Disciplinary Core Ideas?
Disciplinary core ideas are the big ideas of
science that provide scientists and engineers
with the concepts and foundations to make
sense of phenomena and/or design solutions to
problems.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
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Physical Sciences
Life Sciences
Earth and Space Sciences
Engineering, Technology, and Applications
of Science
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Embedded in the other DCIs
What are the core ideas in…?
● Matter and Its Interaction
Physical Science
● Motion and Stability: Forces
and Interactions
● Energy
● Waves and Their
Applications in Technologies
for Information Transfer
What are the Core Ideas in…?
● From Molecules to Organisms:
Structures and Processes
Life Sciences
● Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy,
and Dynamics
● Heredity: Inheritance and Variation
of Traits
● Biological Evolution: Unity and
Diversity
What are the Core Ideas in…?
● Earth’s Place in the Universe
Earth and Space
Sciences
● Earth’s Systems
● Earth and Human Activity
What are the Core Ideas in…?
Engineering,
Technology, and
Applications of
Science
● Engineering Design
● Links Among Engineering,
Technology, Science, and Society
An Analogy
Three-Dimensional Learning is like making a
really great meal.
● The cooking techniques are the practices.
● The main ingredients are the core ideas.
● The herbs and spices are the crosscutting
concepts.
Create Your Own Analogy
Three-Dimensional Learning is like _________.
● Where ________ are the Practices;
● ________ are the Core Ideas; and
● ________ are the Crosscutting Concepts.
Navigating the Standards
Scavenger Hunt
How many performance expectations are there?
How many performance expectations also meet the
Engineering DCI (have an engineering connection)?
Which crosscutting concepts are associated with this
standard?
Which scientific practices are associated with this
standard?
Find one CCSS connection in ELA and one in math.
Life Science Progression
Model Course Mapping
Conceptual Progressions Model (6-8 and 9-12) — the 6-8 and 9-12 grade band PEs are
organized so that student understanding of concepts is built progressively throughout the
course sequence. This model maps PEs into courses based on what concepts are needed
for support without focusing on keeping disciplines separate.
Science Domains Model (6-8 and 9-12) — the 6-8 and 9-12 grade band PEs are organized
into content-specific courses that match the three science domains of the Framework:
Physical Science, Life Science, and Earth Science. Since the Engineering domain is
integrated into the other three in the NGSS, it was not separated out.
Modified Science Domains Model (9-12) — the 9-12 grade band performance
expectations are organized into content-specific courses that do not match the domains
of the Framework, but rather match a common high school course sequence of biology,
chemistry, and physics.
New! Evidence Statements
K-5
6-8
Highschool
Questions?
After looking at some of the standards, what
questions do you have?
Group Discussion
Rotate through different stations in a group of
your choice
Answer questions on post-it notes to place on
chart paper
Place new questions on the Question Board
We will come back together as a group to share
our thoughts
Resources
NGSS Resource List - http://www.nextgenscience.org/resources
This website includes EQuIP rubrics, evidence statements, and classroom sample
tasks.
The Concord Consortium - http://concord.org/
This website includes a pathfinder tool allowing users to select the core idea,
scientific practice, and crosscutting concepts to cover and the pathfinder tool
provides a list of online interactives that can be used to address the standards.
Colleagues
Others?