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.

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

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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...

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Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12: Explore-Before-Explain in Physical Science

Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12 is the one-stop resource that will inspire you to reimagine your approach to high school physical scienc...

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Exploring the Zooniverse

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From Local to Global

NSTA Press Book

Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 2, Second Edition: 25 More Formative Assessment Probes

“Leave no alternative science idea unchallenged!” could be the slogan of this second edition of Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 2. Lik...

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Insulating Tiny Homes

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Mud as a Phenomenon to Model Energy Flow and Chemical Processes

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