NGSS doesn't have to be such a nightmare!

The CROSS-CUTTING CONCEPTS listed in the Next Generation Science Standards aren’t our enemies!  

They make active learning possible because they create a list of basic scientific practice we can lean on to ensure our activities are designed to leverage and develop the skills related to scientific investigations and make thinking visible.  When we include them as a critical part of our instructional design process, students will be able to discover the core ideas of our science lesson content using fundamental scientific principles and practices.

In this episode, I'll compare and contrast the “core ideas” and “cross-cutting concepts" we find in the NGSS, describe the scientific significance of each cross-cutting concept in detail, and provide prompts you can use to thoughtfully design activities as part of your lesson plans for science in your science curriculum.  

Here's what to expect:

00:00  Let's talk NGSS and cross-cutting concepts!
03:03  PATTERNS, a summary
04:30  Prompts to use when planning to include PATTERNS
05:42  CAUSE & EFFECT, a summary
07:07  Prompts to use when planning to include CAUSE & EFFECT
08:27  SIZE, PROPORTION & QUANTITY, a summary
10:00  Prompts to use when planning to include SIZE, PROPORTION & QUANTITY
11:54  SYSTEMS & SYSTEM MODELS, a summary
13:53  Prompts to use when planning to include SYSTEMS & SYSTEM MODELS
15:05  ENERGY & MATTER, a summary
17:30  Prompts to use when planning to include ENERGY & MATTER
18:17  STRUCTURE & FUNCTION, a summary
19:23  Prompts to use when planning to include STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
21:45  STABILITY & CHANGE, a summary
23:53  Prompts to use when planning to include STABILITY & CHANGE

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