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What are my favorite science teacher reads? If it exists at all, July has got to be the Teacher’s Month of Rest. With it being (for many of you) smack-dab in the middle of the summer .

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How To Use The NGSS Evidence Statements

June 26, 2019

How can I use the Evidence Statements to develop NGSS-aligned lessons? Have you ever wondered, “What the heck am I supposed to teach!?” I’ve totally been there. The NGSS is simply HARD .

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Next Generation Science Standards As Performance Expectations

June 19, 2019

What exactly ARE the Next Generation Science Standards? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard teachers express their confusion about the Next Generation Science Standards as they .

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Simplifying The NGSS Science and Engineering Practices

June 12, 2019

How can I get a grip on these Science and Engineering Practices? If you’ve been at the NGSS for awhile, the term “Science and Engineering Practices” should be pretty .

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Understanding The Three Dimensions Of The NGSS

June 5, 2019

What exactly ARE the “three dimensions” of the Next Generation Science Standards? If you’ve been around the NGSS long enough, you’ve heard of its three dimensional nature. .

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Science Content In Middle and High School NGSS Classrooms

May 8, 2019

What does adopting the NGSS mean for the content you teach? When it comes to the NGSS and content, I hear time and again — “where is all the content?” Teachers either feel limited by .

Life Science, Teaching Strategies

Using Photosynthesis To Understand Systems: Exploring Processes, Inputs, and Outputs

May 1, 2019

One of the NGSS Crosscutting Concepts that has so many ties across the disciplines is the idea of Systems and System Models. At the middle and high school levels, one of our goals is .

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Summer Science Teacher Reads: What You Need To Read Before School Starts

How To Use The NGSS Evidence Statements

Next Generation Science Standards As Performance Expectations

Simplifying The NGSS Science and Engineering Practices

Understanding The Three Dimensions Of The NGSS

Science Content In Middle and High School NGSS Classrooms

Using Photosynthesis To Understand Systems: Exploring Processes, Inputs, and Outputs