Professional Learning Units and Courses Science and Engineering Practices

Page | February 2023

Professional Learning Units and Courses Science and Engineering Practices

Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices

NSTA Press Book | January 2017

When it’s time for a game change, you need a guide to the new rules. Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices provides a play-by-play understanding of the…

The Use of Storytelling to Model NGSS Science and Engineering Practices

Journal Article | November 2023

An important strand of three-dimensional learning in the Next Generation Science Standards is science and engineering practices (SEPs; NGSS Lead States 2013). The SEPs also are one of four critical attributes of…

Enhancing Science Lessons to Support Multilingual Students’ Engagement in Science and Engineering Practices

Journal Article | January 2021

Generating opportunities: Strategies to elevate Science and Engineering Practices using ChatGPT

Journal Article | March 2024

Within this Idea Bank, we offer practical strategies to integrate ChatGPT across three science and engineering practices (i.e., asking questions and defining problems, planning and carrying out investigations, and…

Science and Engineering Practices for Equity: Creating Opportunities for Diverse Students to Learn Science and Develop Foundational Capacities

Book Chapter | February 2015

This chapter serves two purposes. First, it provides a context for the work presented in A Framework for K–12 Science Education and the guiding document that underlies the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).…

Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices (Book Sample)

Book Chapter | December 2016

When it’s time for a game change, you need a guide to the new rules. Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices provides a play-by-play understanding of the…

Engaging Students in Disciplinary Core Ideas Through the Integration of Science and Engineering Practices While Making Connections to the Crosscutting Concepts

Book Chapter | April 2018

This chapter, by Mary Colson, explores changes to instructional planning that support three-dimensional learning, including specific techniques for helping students figure out possible explanations for observable…

A Metacognitive Approach to the Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices

Journal Article | July 2019

Modifying and executing practice trackers in the classroom using metacognitive exercises

Engineering Encounters: Engineer It, Learn It: Science and Engineering Practices in Action

Journal Article | October 2013

Step into an elementary classroom to see what Next Generation Science Standards practices look like.

Designing Earthquake-Resistant Structures: Integrating Science and Engineering Practices

Journal Article | October 2014

Research how earthquakes affect structures and then design your own buildings that will withstand a tectonic event.