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Joe Kracjik article on Physical Science NGSS
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NSTA articles on the Next Gen standards.
[|New York Times - Report Calls for Broad Changes in Science Education]

Special Edition of Science Magazine devoted to Science Education (You might need to register in order to access the full text version) [|Grand Challenges in Science Education] =

= =**WEBSITE:**= =**Christine Anderson-Morehouse "NGSS Toolkit"**= Wealth of resources including videos, articles from NSTA, NGSS, Ready Set Science ,etc, progressions, vignettes and discussion outlines. Specific links to resources for each Practice, Cross-Cutting Concept and Disciplinary Core Idea

//Note #1: Still very much under construction--more to be added!// =[|tinyurl.com/ngsstoolkit]=

Here is the latest article on the Next Gen standards from NSTA's magazines. It is the same article for Elementary, Middle, and High School.



Next Generation Science Standards are released
[|Link to the Standards]

**Color Diagram:[[file:PracticesVennDiagramColor.pdf]] **
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 * Black & White Diagram with explanation: ** [[file:ExplanationOfVennDiagram.pdf]]

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PPTS. from NSTA's 8 hour NGSS VIRTUAL CONFERENCE 3/8/14
opening remarks explanation and argumentation modeling modeling for engineering engineering elementary science middle & high school physical science middle & high school life science

[[file:NGSS_Conf_Mar14_LifeSci.pdf]]
middle & high school earth & space science

WORKING WITH DATA
Powerpoint from a webinar on working with data

Articles to Share
What research scientists think about STEM __The Journal__ 12/7/11 [|here]

Interesting article on teachers using their knowledge of science misconceptions to better teach students how to overcome those misconceptions. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/04/understanding-student-weaknesses/#.UZLJ6OBpqQI.gmail

Curriculum
Elementary Science and Literacy This free middle school chemistry website, set up by the ACS, ia a "Webby" finalist: [|here]

Interesting TED Talk on science instruction: here
 * Instruction **

http://www.nevadangse.net/professional-development/mel-workshop-promoting-critical-evaluation-connections-between-evidence-and-models/
 * MEL: Models/Evidence/Link (Nevada NGSS Website) **
 * [|Models Evidence Link Presentation] **


 * Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) **

**Examples of Student Work** at Grades 2, 5, 8, 10
Different Templates for Different Grade Levels

[|Templates for Gr 2,5,8,10 CLAIMS EVIDENCE REASONING]


 * Sue Klemmer's chem lab rubric (a specific example) [[file:Melting_lab_Rubric.pdf]]
 * the NGSS Draft 2 progression for argumentation[[file:NGSS_Draft2_Argumentation_Progression.pdf]]
 * a middle school CER " <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 24px;">organizer"



**PRODUCTIVE TALK**
//**TALK SCIENCE PRIMER**// //Includes "9 Talk Moves / Goals for Productive Conversations" on p. 11// [|Talk Science Primer (TERC)]

//**TOOLS OF CLASSROOM TALK**// //Includes "Four Steps Toward Productive Discussions" on p. 13// //Includes "Productive Talk: 3-Part Cycle" on p. 45// [|TOOLS of Classroom Talk]


 * ENGAGING IN ARGUMENT FROM EVIDENCE**
 * [|Progression for K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12]**
 * Appendix F in NGSS (p. 13-14)**

http://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/ngss/files/Appendix%20F%20%20Science%20and%20Engineering%20Practices%20in%20the%20NGSS%20-%20FINAL%20060513.pdf