When the Kansas board of education voted to trade its science standards for a national model, board member Ken Willard predicted doing so would spark a lawsuit. Three months later, his prediction came ...

A monthly inquiry into making meaning and generating curriculum for teaching and learning for Science in middle schools throughout Ventura County. 30 middle school teachers from Ventura Unified School ...

The students in Mr. Hubings 6th grade science class definitely have a favorite part. “I like doing experiments and trying different things,” said Tyler Lommen, Onalaska Middle School 6th grader.

Although the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were released more than a decade ago, adoption of them varies widely in California. I have been to districts that have taken the standards and run ...

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) represent a paradigm shift in teaching and learning. Build your NGSS toolkit with online Mi-STAR professional learning courses. This short two-hour course ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify the nature of the organization WestEd. Using an elementary curriculum aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards improved students’ science ...

Adrian Public Schools is recognizing special education teacher Natasha Wetzel for her contributions to educational research ...

The Framework for K-12 Science Education is, in my opinion, one of the most important documents ever written about the field. Written by the National Research Council, the framework established a ...

This paper connects the technological practice of activity monitor gaming to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) science and engineering practice of “analyzing and interpreting data,” and to ...

The NGSS focuses on three main areas or dimensions that students need to understand and be able to do. They are Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI), Science and Engineering Practices (SEP), and Crosscutting ...