Next Generation
Science Standards
Taking Time to Get It Right
“Have the courage to be patient!”
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Planning for Transition: NGSS
• Teachers should get to know the NGSS well enough
to analyze current practices in light of the NGSS.
• Teachers are encouraged to participate in
professional development as a way to support
transition.
• First year goals should focus on implementing the
NGSS Practices and Crosscutting Concepts.
NGSS Introduction
Introduction to Next Generation
Science Standards
Video
Three Dimensions
Dimension 1: Science and Engineering Practices
Dimension 2: Crosscutting Concepts
Dimension 3: Disciplinary Core Ideas (Topics)
Science and Engineering Practices
Guiding Principles – Appendix F
• Students in grades K-12
should engage in all eight
practices over each grade
band.
• Practices grow in complexity
and sophistication across the
grades.
• Practices represent what
students are expected to do,
and are not teaching
methods or curriculum.
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
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Asking
Questions…
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… Defining Problems
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Developing and Using Models
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Planning and
Carrying Out
Investigations…
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Analyzing and
Interpreting Data
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Using mathematics
and Computational
Thinking
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Constructing
Explanations
(Science)
and…
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Designing Solutions.
Engaging in
Argument
from
Evidence
.
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Obtaining, Evaluating,
and Communicating
Information
Crosscutting Concepts
Guiding Principles – Appendix G
• Repetition in different contexts
will be necessary to build
familiarity.
• Crosscutting concepts should
grow in complexity and
sophistication across the grades.
• Crosscutting concepts can
provide a common vocabulary
for science and engineering.
• Crosscutting concepts should
not be assessed separately from
practices or core ideas.
1. Patterns
2. Cause and Effect
3. Scale, Proportion, and
Quantity
4. Systems and System
Models
5. Energy and Matter
6. Structure and Function
7. Stability and Change
NGSS Matrix Organized by Topics
Professional Development
Opportunities for NGSS
• EUPISD – NGSS Rollout (Introduction) 9/11
• EUPISD – Using Scientific Models in K-8 (4 day series) 10/29
• EUPISD – Collecting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Data in K-8
(4 day series) 12/3
• Brief Focus Presentations at Future Staff Meetings
• Folder: Reference Handouts and Practices Poster
• Survey about Practices
To Find Out More…
Key Message for NGSS
Transition Planning
AFTER we explore…
• The standards (scope, intent, opportunities)
• How well current practices/curriculum align with NGSS
• The impact of the NGSS on instruction and student achievement
• Plans and supports for NGSS assessment
We will have time to…
• Begin grade level curriculum design
• Acquire resources and redistribute
• Develop common local assessments (EUPISD ScCRT)
• Identify Rollout Topics/Performance Expectations for 2014-15
How to Read the
Standards
Watch the video!
Shift Activity
Optional Activity to reflect upon science shifts.
Michigan Department of Education
Revised Timeline for Transition to NGSS
•
Summer-Fall 2013: Begin to develop transition plans; focus on BGSS Science and
Engineering practices and cross-cutting concepts as they fit within current curriculum plans;
build capacity for understanding how the dimensions work together.
•
2013-14: Formalize transition plans, curriculum alignment plans, provide Professional
Development to support transition.
•
2014-15: Continue planned implementation (adjusting for changes in grade level focus and
proposed plans for assessment).
•
2015-16: Continue planned implementation. Some plans may call for full implementation
at some (or all) grade levels depending on the scope of transition at the local level.
Assessment grades have yet to be determined, and testing will take place in the spring of
each year.
•
2016-17: First realistic opportunity (pending funding) for full state-level assessment of new
standards; could begin to focus on portions of NGSS on earlier assessments based on
transition plan and available funds to support assessment development.
Source: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/Rev_Timeline_for_posting_2-8-13_410943_7.pdf