In this session, science teachers used the DRAFT of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) to build awareness and gain familiarity with the NGSS through recognizing the structure of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and identifying the shifts represented in the NGSS.
1. …to the CORE!
Next Generation Science Standards
Grades 6-12
Dr. Marci Shepard
Teacher University
May 25, 2012
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2. A Picture of Our Day of Learning
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3. Learning Target
We are building awareness and gaining
familiarity with the Next Generation Science
Standards.
• Recognize the structure of the Next Generation
Science Standards (NGSS)
• Identify the shifts represented in the NGSS
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5. Next Generation Science Standards
• Identify content and science and engineering
practices that all students should learn from
kindergarten to high school graduation
• Completed fall or winter 2012
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6. Video: “The Case for the Next
Generation Science Standards”
http://www.nextgenscience.org/case-next-generation-science-standards
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7. The Framework has a new vision of
science learning that leads to a new
vision of teaching
On OSD’s
website
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9. Conceptual Shifts in the
Next Generation Science Standards
1. K–12 Science Education Should Reflect the Real World
Interconnections in Science.
2. Science and Engineering Practices and Crosscutting
Concepts should not be taught in a vacuum; they
should always be integrated with multiple core
concepts throughout the year.
3. Science Concepts Build Coherently Across K–12.
4. The NGSS Focus on Deeper Understanding and
Application of Content.
5. Science and Engineering are Integrated in Science
Education from K–12.
6. Science Standards Coordinate with English Language
Arts and Mathematics Common Core State Standards.
Handout and on website
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14. Development Considerations for
Next Generation Science Standards
▫ Organization
Grade levels (K-5) and grade bands (middle and high
school)
High school standards versus courses
Middle school content
Scientific and Engineering Practice
Cross-cutting concepts
▫ Inclusion of examples for content and performance
expectations
▫ NGSS-Common Core State Standards in ELA and math
connection
▫ Vocabulary and accessibility
▫ Learning progressions
▫ Exemplary features identified in int’l benchmarking study
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15. Standards
3 pillars
hold up the
standards
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16. Pillar 1
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17. Pillar 2
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18. Pillar 3
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19. Standards
3 pillars Standards
3 pillars
hold up the hold up the
have the 3
standards standards
pillars in
them
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20. 2 Views of Standards: By PE… Black and
White
Practices
and Core
Ideas
Practices and
Crosscutting
Concepts
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21. 2 Views of Standards: By Topic…
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22. Component
Assessable
Lettered Performance
Expectations (PEs)
How to read the standards
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23. Component
Assessable
Lettered Performance
Expectations (PEs)
How to read the standards
Foundation Boxes
Lowercase
Lowercase Lowercase
letters
letters letters
designate
designate designate
which of the
which of which of the
PEs
the PEs PEs use this
incorporate
use this crosscutting
this
practice concept
disciplinary
core idea
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24. Component
Assessable
Lettered Performance
Expectations (PEs)
How to read the standards
Foundation Boxes
Lowercase
Lowercase Lowercase
letters
letters letters
designate
designate designate
which of the
which of which of the
PEs
the PEs PEs use this
incorporate
use this crosscutting
this
practice concept
disciplinary
Connections
core idea
Boxes
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25. PEs by Topic - Overview
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26. DRAFT!
• The NGSS are in draft form!
• We are not going to begin activities such as
aligning curriculum or identifying Power
Standards with them yet.
• We are building awareness for the release of the
standards in fall/winter 2012/2013
(anticipated).
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29. Resources on OSD Website
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31. Wrap up:
Go-around and share one word…
I’m feeling _________________ to the CORE!
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Organization-Grade bands and/or grade levels for K-8? By domains or by courses for high school?Inquiry & Design Practices- NRC draft framework compares and contrasts target proficiencies in Science and Engineering. Canada has developed continua for proficiencies for both inquiry and design. ---Should the NGSS include analogous continua? ---Is there a role for confirmatory investigations? If so, how do we build a progression that moves students over time to independent inquiry and design work?---Does the term “science practices” convey the same meaning as “scientific inquiry?”Examples-NRC draft framework notes: “each standard should be defined as the intersection of scientific knowledge and practices. NGSS will need to specify performance expectationsalong with content. ---Which examples from international, national or state standards are promising models ?---Should we include multiple examples to make content expectations concrete and help real-world connections to the natural and designed worlds?MathConnection-Recent research has underscored the relationship of mathematics to postsecondary success in science courses. How can we effectively address the quantitative nature of science K-8? Are there some guiding principles that we need to formulate and apply?Connection to CCSS in Ela and math-How do we show concrete connections? Contemporary topics How could topics such as bio-medical engineering, forensics and nanotechnology be included? Do we need selection criteria?Ethics & habits of mind Should ethics and habits of mind be addressed? If so, how?Scientific vocabulary AAAS Science for All Americans 1990 notes (…the technical vocabulary is limited to what would be desirable for all students to command, as a minimum, by the time they finish school. This vocabulary should be viewed as a product of a sound education in science, mathematics, and technology, but not its main purpose. Should we adhere to this guiding principle for K-8? Learning progressions - clearly a concern of the NRC but the research base is nascent. NSF is funding CPRE to develop an empirical base and plans to hold a workshop in summer 2011. How can we use the findings of the NSF workshop to refine the draft of the standards that will be in play at that time?Exemplary features-in its international benchmarking study, Achieve identified characteristics of countries’ standards worthy of consideration for inclusion in the NGSS. Which, if any, of the exemplary features should be adapted for the NGSS?