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This chapter will help state science supervisors, district science coordinators, and school science teachers with the process of adapting instructional materials to accommodate the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The science education comm...
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Planning to ADAPT Materials for Classroom Instruction
For this chapter, the goals are to identify the degree to which current instructional materials accommodate performance expectations from Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and to adapt these materials into a unit of instruction that is usable...
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NGSS Frequently Stated Concerns: The Yes, Buts
In this chapter, some of the Yes, but concerns are addressed. Some of the referents for the concerns lie beyond the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and are the result of other variables, such as national politics, state budgets, or local pr...
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The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) raise the academic bar for states and still leave them with the freedom to adopt or adapt materials and provide professional development to attain higher levels of achievement—for all students. The NGSS...
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Appendix A: Grade 5 NGSS Unit, “Is It a New Substance?”
In this unit, students conduct an investigation to determine if two substances combine to form a new substance. The students mix Substance W with a solution of Substance X dissolved in water. They need to complete the investigation to gather evidence...
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Appendix B: Middle School NGSS Unit, “Water and Hydrogen Peroxide”
Water molecules and hydrogen peroxide molecules each consist of only hydrogen and oxygen atoms. A water molecule consists of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. A hydrogen peroxide molecule consists of two hydrogen atoms and two oxygen atoms. In ...
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Appendix C: High School NGSS Unit, “The Haber-Bosch Process”
A chemist named Fritz Haber developed a process to produce ammonia directly from hydrogen and nitrogen as shown in the equation. An engineer named Karl Bosch designed the equipment needed for the process, and today the Haber-Bosch process is the prim...
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From NGSS to Classroom Instruction
This chapter provides a context for translating standards into something understandable, manageable, and usable for those with the real task of teaching science. In the first sections, the chapter progresses from a brief discussion of the disciplinar...
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s developing ideas about structure in living systems. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that living things are made up of parts. The sample chapter al...
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about plants. The probe is designed to find out what characteristics children use to decide if something is a plant....
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about needs of living things. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that all animals need air to live, including animals that live under water....
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about sensory responses. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that plants as well as animals can sense information from their environment and...
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about seed germination. The probe is designed to find out if children think the size of a seed determines the time it takes to germinate and grow....
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about floating and sinking. The probe is designed to find out if children think size is the property that determines whether an object floats or sinks....
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about conservation of matter. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that all the individual parts that make up an object taken together weigh the...