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State Policies and Regulations for Implementing the NGSS
This chapter, by Stephen L. Pruitt, addresses state policies and regulations that affect the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). It focuses on the new standards, but also considers state and district policies and how they...
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This chapter, by Norman G. Lederman, Judith S. Lederman, and Selina L. Bartels, reviews the Next Generation Science Standards and then offers examples of elementary science methods teachers can use to apply the NGSS in the classroom. In addition to ...
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This chapter, by Julie A. Luft and Robert Idsardi, shares methods for preparing preservice teachers to uphold the vision of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). We begin by discussing bridging practices related to content, adapting lessons,...
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This chapter, by Ann T. S. Taylor and Joseph W. Shane, discusses ideas for embedding aspects of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) within biology courses that prospective teachers commonly complete at the undergraduate level. We begin by ...
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This chapter, by Sarah B. Boesdorfer, discusses how firsthand experience learning chemistry content, while engaged in science and engineering practices or crosscutting concepts, helps preservice teachers experience the type of instruction they will e...
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This chapter, by Michael A. Gibson, discusses an adaptable instruction activity used in undergraduate Earth science courses with preservice teachers to illustrate the gains in conceptual understanding that result from firsthand data collection and an...
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Challenges in Undergraduate Science Teaching for Prospective Teachers
This chapter, by Jay B. Labov, begins with a focus on the ways in which recent K–12 educational initiatives, such as the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are likely to affect teaching and learning of STEM (science, technology, engineering,...
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Harnessing the Business Community and Other Entities to Support the Vision of the NGSS
This chapter is by Chih-Che Tai, Ryan Nivens, Laura Robertson, Karin Keith, Anant Godbole, and Jack Rhoton....
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about reflection. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that all objects we can see reflect some light. The probe is provided in English and Spanish. This book sele...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about sound. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that sound is produced by vibrating matter. The probe is provided in English and Spanish. This book selection ...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter (or mass). The probe is designed to reveal whether students think matter (or mass) is conserved during a change in state. The probe is provided in Englis...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the physical process of melting. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize melting as a change in state from solid to liquid that involves an interaction between ...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about molecules. The probe is designed to uncover whether students recognize that objects, materials, and substances of both a biological and physical nature are made of molecules. T...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about gravity. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that gravity is a universal force that exists everywhere on Earth and in space, regardless of whether air...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about temperature. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that non–heat-producing objects exposed to the same ambient conditions will have the same temperatur...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about animals. The probe is designed to find out what characteristics students use to determine whether an organism is classified as an animal. The probe is provided in English and S...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about living and nonliving. The probe is designed to find out what attributes students consider when determining if something is living or was once living. The probe is provided in E...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about cells. The probe is designed to find out how students think about matter composed of cells. The probe is provided in English and Spanish. This book selection includes the Table...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about levels of organization in the human body. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize cells as the basic unit of both structure and function in living organism...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about life processes. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that plants and animals share several life functions, even though they are seemingly very different orga...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the water cycle. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that water goes into the air around us after it evaporates. The probe is provided in English and Spa...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about beach formation. The probe is designed to reveal whether students use concepts of weathering, erosion, and deposition to explain how a beach made up of tiny rock particles form...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the Earth-Sun-Moon system. The probe is designed to uncover students’ ideas about Moon phases and whether they think the phase of the moon changes with geographic location. T...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how light travels. The probe is designed to find out if students know that light travels outward from its source, regardless of distance, until it interacts with an object that...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether students think weight is conserved when a whole object is broken up into small pieces. The probe is provided in ...
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Preparing Teachers for Three-Dimensional Instruction (Book Sample)
It’s not enough for teachers to read through the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and correlate their content to the established curriculum. Teachers must prepare to make the vision of the NGSS come alive in their classrooms. Editor Jack Rh...
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Lab 19: Differences in Regional Climate
In this lab investigation, students apply the disciplinary core idea of Weather and Climate as they develop a conceptual model that explains the temperature and precipitation patterns in different cities. Included are the Teacher Notes, Lab Handout, ...
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Lab 18: Carbon Dioxide Levels in the Atmosphere
In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core ideas of (a) Human Impacts on Earth Systems and (b) Global Climate Change as they determine whether carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and average global temperature are changing at...
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In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core ideas of (a) The Universe and Its Stars and (b) Earth and the Solar System as they develop a model that explains the underlying cause of the lunar cycle. Included are the Tea...
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In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core ideas of (a) The Universe and Its Stars and (b) Earth and the Solar System as they develop a model that explains seasonal average temperature change. Included are the Teacher...
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In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core ideas of (a) The Universe and Its Stars and (b) Earth and the Solar System as they explore the role that gravity plays in the motion of objects within the solar system. Inclu...
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In this lab investigation, students apply the disciplinary core idea of The Universe and Its Stars to identify exoplanets that may support life. Included are the Teacher Notes, Lab Handout, and Checkout Questions for the lab, in addition to the book�...
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Lab 5: Geologic Time and the Fossil Record
In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core idea of The History of Planet Earth as they identify major extinction and diversification events that happened during the last 650 million years of Earth’s history. Include...
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In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core idea of Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions as they explore plate tectonics and the geologic activity that occurs near different types of plate boundaries. In...
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Lab 7: Formation of Geologic Features
In this lab investigation, students apply the disciplinary core ideas of (a) The History of Planet Earth and (b) Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions as they develop a conceptual model that explains how the Hawaiian archipelago formed ...
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Lab 8: Surface Erosion by Wind
In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core idea of Earth Materials and Systems as they develop a conceptual model that can be used to explain why wind speed, wind duration, and soil moisture affect the amount of soil ...
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Lab 9: Surface Erosion by Wind
In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core ideas of (a) Earth Materials and Systems and (b) The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes as they figure out how stream flow volume affects the size and shape of riv...
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Lab 10: Deposition of Sediments
In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core ideas of (a) Earth Materials and Systems and (b) The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes as they explore the factors that affect the settling velocity of sediments ...
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Lab 11: Soil Texture and Soil Water Permeability
In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core ideas of (a) Earth Materials and Systems and (b) The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes as they determine how soil texture affects soil water permeability. Include...
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Lab 12: Cycling of Water on Earth
In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core idea of Earth Materials and Systems as they determine how temperature and the surface area to volume ratio of water affect the rate of water evaporation. Included are the Tea...