All Performance Expectations resources

Since its release in 2014, the NSTA Quick-Reference Guide has become an essential tool for educators across the country to explore the complex structure of three-dimensional standards, including the performance expectations (PEs) that integrate parti...

Early Childhood Elementary High School Middle School General Science Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Learning Progression NGSS Performance Expectations Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation Administrators

Lesson Plan

How Can Technology Help Reduce Our Waste?

Elementary Climate Change Earth & Space Science Engineering NGSS Performance Expectations Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Science and Language Shifts in a Diverse Fourth-Grade Classroom

By Alison Haas, Jennifer Whitten, and Carol Biskupic Knight

Elementary Computer Science Disciplinary Core Ideas Multilingual Learners Environmental Science Interdisciplinary NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

A Thrilling Roller-coaster Ride

By Dena Harshbarger and Joseph Wiechman

Elementary 5E Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Engineering NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Learning the Temperature Dependency of Matter by Making Ice Cream

By Patrick Brown

Elementary 5E Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Let's Give Them Something to Talk About

By Anne Craddock

5E Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Interdisciplinary NGSS Performance Expectations Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

5E and the PEs

By William Thornburgh, Justin McFadden, and Brian Robinson

Pre-service Teachers 5E Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials NGSS Performance Expectations

Journal Article

Engaging and Empowering Students Through Choice

By Katie Coppens

Middle School Pre-service Teachers Assessment Earth & Space Science Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Learning Progression Performance Expectations Teaching Strategies

NSTA Press Book

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 science. The book discusses the 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate) as a specific pathw...

By Patrick Brown

High School Physical Science 5E Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials Inquiry Learning Progression Lesson Plans NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Research Teacher Preparation