Phase I

A Framework for K-12 Science Education

                K-12 Framework for Science Education  

 

 
                    
 A Framework K-12 for Science Education--Download the free pdf and read away. This document lays out the vision and expectations for NGSS--you wouldn't let your students do their homework without reading the directions, would you? This sounds simple enough, but at 400+ pages, you'll want to make sure you set aside a few minutes.                        
   
  • Not a big reader? At a minimum, make sure you read the Framework executive summary (6 pages) or you will be lost when you get to the standards.
  • OK, now that you've got the big picture, dig deeper and engage the complete Framework--need more motivation and support to bite off the full Framework? use this NSTA Study Guide (free download) and read the Framework with a group.
  • Framework for K-12 Science Education resources: 
           
    --Fall 2012 Webinar Series: K-12 Framework to NGSS
    this webinar series was offers sessions on:
       
      --The National Research Council's Board on Science Education--for those interested in more of the details of how the Framework was developed
       
       --More Framework Resources
      • Framework Wordles--zip file of "word cloud" images (3.4 MB) give a visual snapshot of sections of the framework document as conversation starters for learning about the Framework.
      • Framework Webinars
        • National Academies Webinars
        • NSTA webinar on the Framework
        • NSTA webinar series on the practices in the Framework--

          A series of free web seminars and archived webinars (Sep-Dec 2012)on the practices described in the Framework. Each web seminar focuses on a particular practice outlined in the Framework and will provide information on the key elements of the practice; how the practice is part of the broader set of practices that work together (and how no practice is taught in isolation); how the practice can be used in combination with disciplinary core ideas and crosscutting concepts to form performance expectations; and what the use of the practice really looks like in the classroom.


                             
                 
                 
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