Disciplinary Core Ideas Resources

Disciplinary core ideas are fundamental ideas for understanding a given science discipline. DCIs provide tools for investigating complex ideas and solving problems, and are taught throughout grade levels to progress levels of depth and complexity.

View the Disciplinary Core Ideas

Featured Resources

What's so Special about Disciplinary Core Ideas? (Part 1)

 ...

Blog Post

Disciplinary Core Ideas: Reshaping Teaching and Learning (e-book)

Like all enthusiastic teachers, you want your students to see the connections between important science concepts so they can grasp how the world works...

eBook

Core Idea PS4: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

Like all enthusiastic teachers, you want your students to see the connections between important science concepts so they can grasp how the world works...

Book Chapter

A Framework for K-12 Science Education – Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas

Science, engineering, and technology permeate nearly every facet of modern life and hold the key to meeting many of humanity's most pressing challenge...

Acquired Book