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While it can be a touchy subject in some schools, I truly believe climate change is an important issue we should be teaching our students. It’s pretty much the biggest environmental .

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Crosscutting Concepts: Do’s and Don’ts

February 6, 2019

Last week, we discussed why we should all be explicitly teaching the Crosscutting Concepts in our NGSS science classrooms. If you missed that post, head over here! But what do we .

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Why Do We Need To Teach The Crosscutting Concepts?

January 30, 2019

The crosscutting concepts are probably the hardest of the three dimensions to incorporate, because they are the least tangible element of the three strands of science instruction. That .

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Formative Assessments For NGSS Science Classrooms

January 23, 2019

Formative assessments are a vital part of any instructional model, and the 5E Model is no different. Formative Assessment is… … any sort of activity in which the intent is .

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Providing Opportunities For Practice: Elaborating On Student Learning

January 16, 2019

If you’ve been following along, we are diving into designing instructional sequences (aka lesson plans) using the 5E Model. Engage, Explore, Explain, and now ELABORATE! Another .

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What Does Direct Instruction Look Like With The NGSS?

January 9, 2019

If you’ve been following along, we are diving into designing instructional sequences (aka lesson plans) using the 5E Model. Engage, Explore, and now EXPLAIN. And let me say, if you are .

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Tangible Explore Experiences for the NGSS Classroom

September 24, 2018

Over the last few weeks, we have looked at the 5E Model and how to use it to design your NGSS-aligned instructional sequences. We first took a bird’s view of the model and how to use .

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Teaching Climate Change With Web Resources

Crosscutting Concepts: Do’s and Don’ts

Why Do We Need To Teach The Crosscutting Concepts?

Formative Assessments For NGSS Science Classrooms

Providing Opportunities For Practice: Elaborating On Student Learning

What Does Direct Instruction Look Like With The NGSS?

Tangible Explore Experiences for the NGSS Classroom