This resource has 11 correlations with the National Standards.  
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• Process Standards for Professional Development
  • Research-Based
    • Prepares educators to apply research to decision making. (NSDC)
    • Connect and integrate all pertinent aspects of science and science education. (NSES)
  • Learning
    • Build on the teacher's current science understanding, ability, and attitudes. (NSES)
    • Incorporate ongoing reflection on the process and outcomes of understanding science through inquiry. (NSES)

• Teaching Standards
  • Teachers of science plan an inquiry-based science program for their students.
    • Select teaching and assessment strategies that support the development of student understanding and nurture a community of science learners.
  • Teachers of science guide and facilitate learning. In doing this, teachers
    • Focus and support inquiries while interacting with students.
    • Orchestrate discourse among students about scientific ideas.
    • Challenge students to accept and share responsibility for their own learning.
    • Recognize and respond to student diversity and encourage all students to participate fully in science learning.
  • Teachers provide students with the time, space, and resources needed to learn science.
    • Create a setting for student work that is flexible and supportive of science inquiry.
  • Teachers of science develop communities of science learners that reflect the intellectual rigor of scientific inquiry.
    • Nurture collaboration among students.