NGSS Resources for Science Teachers
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| | March 2018 | | Revisiting the Most Popular Articles of the Year | | | This issue of the Next Gen Navigator celebrates our first full year delivering information, insights, resources, and professional learning opportunities on the Next Generation Science Standards and three-dimensional instruction. We certainly hope you have enjoyed it. For March, we decided to revisit our past issues and select the articles that resonated most with our readers. Want more? You can browse all of the issues and catch anything you might have missed. Enjoy this issue, and let us know if any of these ideas work for you; drop us a note at [email protected]
Kathy Renfrew
Field Editor, Next Gen Navigator | | How I Came to Understand the Three Dimensions | | Three-dimensional teaching is very different from the way most educators learned to teach science. The transition requires us to make significant shifts in our understanding, as well as in our teaching. As teacher Patrick Goff says, it's like being a first-year teacher again. Hear about how he came to better understand the dimensions and the two things he did that made a difference. Read More |
| | How to Choose Good Phenomena | | High school teacher Alison Hapka did her own sensemaking about anchoring phenomena. She did what we want students to do: She grappled with the idea until it became clear to her. Hapka then used anchoring phenomena to elicit student questions and let those questions drive learning. She shares the connection between student questions and anchoring phenomena, as well as strategies for choosing meaningful anchoring phenomena. Read More |
| | The Engineering Design Process: A Middle School Approach | | Middle school students have many opportunities to engage in the practices of designers and engineers in this innovative classroom. Teachers Catherine Boland and Sean Gormley provide students with engineering work that reflects what happens in the community and the real world around them. Students collaborate to problem-solve and find solutions, test ideas, and revise when necessary. This article will be especially powerful for middle school teachers looking for inspiration or validation. Read More |
| | Wonder, Walls, and Waves: A Student-Led, Inquiry-Based Approach to Engineering Design in Elementary Classrooms | | In Susan Koch's first-grade classroom, engineering is integrated into the everyday learning experiences that often begin with questions from students. Her piece provides a close look at how we can enhance children's natural capabilities and the curiosity in a student-centered classroom. Read More |
| | Q&A With Achieve's Jim Short on Instructional Materials | | Why do instructional materials for science need to change? Do three-dimensional materials exist? What can teachers do on their own to adapt lessons? Jim Short, program director, Leadership and Teaching to Advance Learning, at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, answers these and other questions about the changing landscape of instructional materials for science teaching and learning. Read More |
| | How Teachers Are Retooling Lessons Using the EQuIP Rubric | | Revisit journal articles written by three teachers—Betsy O'Day, Carolyn Higgins, and Mike Fumagalli—and read how they adapted their elementary, middle, and high school lessons to make them more three-dimensional. Read More |
| | Choosing Instructional Materials: Lessons Learned | | Achieve Inc's Director of Science (and former science teacher) Matt Krehbiel reflects on the process he undertook as an educator to select instructional materials and recommends tools teachers can use to choose NGSS-aligned materials. Learn about his steps and the ideas that he thinks are important for locating the best materials. Read More |
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| | | | | | | | Tools for Ambitious Science Teaching | | This website provides a vision of ambitious science instruction for elementary, middle school, and high school classrooms. Ambitious teaching deliberately aims to help students of all backgrounds deeply understand science ideas, participate in the activities of the discipline, and solve authentic problems. |
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| | | | Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 1, Second Edition: 25 Formative Assessment Probes | | This is the newest book in the bestselling Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. It helps pinpoint what your students know (or think they know) so you can monitor their learning and adjust your teaching accordingly. Loaded with classroom-friendly features you can use immediately, the book includes 25 "probes"—brief, easily administered formative assessments designed to understand your students' thinking about 60 core science concepts. | |
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