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NGSS

NGSS INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCING

Please click on your grade level to find the Instructional Sequencing

NGSS

KINDERGARTEN Instructional Sequence	GRADE 1 Instructional Sequence
GRADE 2 Insructional Sequence	GRADE 3 Year at a Glance Instructional Sequence
GRADE 4 Year at a Glance Instructional Sequence (In Progress)	GRADE 5 Instructional Sequence

Misconceptions as Barriers to Understanding Science

Operation Physics

Link to KDE Science Assessment Page

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NextGeneration Science Standards

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SCIENCE & ENGINEERING PRACTICES in NGSS Understanding Engineering Practices (Click each practice to learn more)
Practice 1	Asking Questions & Defining Problems
Practice 2	Developing & using Models
Practice 3	Planning & Carrying Out Investigations
Practice 4	Analyzing & Interpreting Data
Practice 5	Mathematics & Computational Thinking
Practice 6	Construct Explanations & Design Solutions
Practice 7	Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Practice 8	Obtain, Evaluate, Communicate Information

Link to NGSS
How to Read the Standards - Video
How to Read the Standards -PDF
DCI Arrangement Search Performance Expectations Progressions
Topical Arrangement CrossCutting Concepts Science & Engineering Practices
Ready Set Science
Free Download
Taking Science to School
Free Download
Framework for K-12 Science
Free Download

Carolina-
Classroom Activities

Inquiry
Free Download
Understanding the Framework
Webinar
Deep Dive into Framework
Video
HUBBLE SITE AMAZING SPACE
MOSART Children's Misconceptions about Science Uncovering Student Ideas
The Why Files
Convert Cartesian (rectangular) to Polar Coordinates How Exterior Angles of Polygons work
Hyperboloid made up of straight lines Another Hyperboloid made up of straight lines Earth's ice & vegetation cycle over a year
Flammable Matter in smoke
Flammable Gas on fire in a glass jar
Vortex pinning
View Tension working in relation to falling objects How White Blood Cells keep you safe Natural Phenomena
Know your Scientist Cell Craft

NGSS IMPEMENTATION GUIDE

Click on the Framework to download a free copy

A Vision for K-12 Science Education

Use BOZEMAN Science to strengthen your understanding of the standards:

BOZEMAN Science

EARTH / ENVIRONMENTAL	PHYSICS	CHEMISTRY	BIOLOGY
Kavli Frontiers	Kavli Frontiers	Chem Collective	Kavli Frontiers
		Chemistry Guide
		Chem Game Tutor

Grade level teams began meeting in July 2014 to develop grade level Explorations. Please continue to check back as new Explorations are created and added below.

Interactive Digital Learning: Concord Consortium

Teaching NGSS: Support for Teachers

Asking Questions & Defining Problems

Engineering Design in NGSS

Learning Progressions

Developing & Using Models

Teaching NGSS Engineering Design through Media

RESPONSIVE TEACHING MODEL

What is the Responsive Teaching Model? Click Here to Read More

Grade 2: Force, Motion and Toy Cars

Grade 3: Force, Motion and Toy Cars

Grade 4: Electric Circuits

Grade 5: Water in the Air

Grade 5: Condensation

CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS in NGSS Understanding Crosscutting Concepts (Click each concept to learn more)
1	Patterns
2	Cause & Effect: Mechanism & Explanation
3	Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
4	Systems and System Models
5	Matter & Energy – Flows, Cycles & Conservation
6	Structure & Function
7	Stability & Change

Click on graphic for grade level lessons

STANDARDS & UNITS

Grade level teams began meeting in July 2014 to develop grade level Explorations. Please continue to check back as new Explorations are created and added below.

K-2 ENGINEERING STANDARDS

KINDERGARTEN	GRADE 1	GRADE 2
INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS IN ECOSYSTEMS	SPACE SYSTEMS	INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS IN ECOSYSTEMS
UNIT STANDARDS	UNIT STANDARDS	UNIT STANDARDS


FORCES & INTERACTONS	WAVES
UNIT STANDARDS	UNIT STANDARDS
Pushes & Pulls UNIT	Waves: Light & Sound UNIT
	Sound - UNIT
WEATHER & CLIMATE	STRUCTURE, FUNCTION & INFORMATION PROCESSING	STRUCTURE & PROPERTIES OF MATTER
UNIT STANDARDS	UNIT STANDARDS	UNIT STANDARDS
		Structure & Properties of Matter - UNIT


		EARTH’S SYSTEMS
		UNIT STANDARDS

3-5 ENGINEERING STANDARDS

GRADE 3	GRADE 4	GRADE 5
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems	ENERGY	MATTER & ENERGY IN ORGANISMS & ECOSYSTEMS
UNIT STANDARDS	UNIT STANDARDS	UNIT STANDARDS
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems UNIT

FORCES & INTERACTONS	WAVES	SPACE SYSTEMS
UNIT STANDARDS	UNIT STANDARDS	UNIT STANDARDS
Forces & Interactions UNIT	Waves - UNIT

WEATHER & CLIMATE	STRUCTURE, FUNCTION & INFORMATION PROCESSING	STRUCTURE & PROPERTIES OF MATTER
UNIT STANDARDS	UNIT STANDARDS	UNIT STANDARDS
		Structure & Properties of Matter - UNIT


INHERITANCE & VARIATION TRAITS	EARTH’S SYSTEMS	EARTH’S SYSTEMS
UNIT STANDARDS	UNIT STANDARDS	UNIT STANDARDS

SIMULATIONS

SITES FOR CONTENT READING:

https://newsela.com

http://www.readworks.org

Link to NGSS	How to Read the Standards - Video	How to Read the Standards -PDF
DCI Arrangement	Search Performance Expectations	Progressions
Topical Arrangement	CrossCutting Concepts	Science & Engineering Practices
Ready Set Science Free Download	Taking Science to School Free Download	Framework for K-12 Science Free Download
	Carolina- Classroom Activities
Inquiry Free Download	Understanding the Framework Webinar	Deep Dive into Framework Video
HUBBLE SITE	AMAZING SPACE
MOSART	Children's Misconceptions about Science	Uncovering Student Ideas
	The Why Files
Convert Cartesian (rectangular) to Polar Coordinates		How Exterior Angles of Polygons work
Hyperboloid made up of straight lines	Another Hyperboloid made up of straight lines	Earth's ice & vegetation cycle over a year
Flammable Matter in smoke	Flammable Gas on fire in a glass jar	Vortex pinning
View Tension working in relation to falling objects	How White Blood Cells keep you safe	Natural Phenomena
Know your Scientist	Cell Craft