Click here for the pdf file of the Science and Engineering Practices from NGSS
Click here for an article focusing on the shift from The Scientific Method to the Science and Engineering Practices.
Click here for a visual of the practices placed into the Gather/Reason/Communicate framework.
Practice 2: Developing and Using Models
This practice appears a lot in the performance expectations in the NGSS. It fits in all three sections of the Gather/Reason/Communicate framework.
Here is a link to an article that helps redefine how we think about models. This article is written by one of the lead authors of The Framework and the NGSS.
Here's a link to my blog post focusing on models.
Here's an NSTA webinar on using models in the classroom.
Here's Paul Anderson's youtube video on what modeling looks like in the NGSS.
Link to a SlideShare on how modeling and the other practices impact chemistry
Here is a link to an article that helps redefine how we think about models. This article is written by one of the lead authors of The Framework and the NGSS.
Here's a link to my blog post focusing on models.
Here's an NSTA webinar on using models in the classroom.
Here's Paul Anderson's youtube video on what modeling looks like in the NGSS.
Link to a SlideShare on how modeling and the other practices impact chemistry
Practice 6: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
This practice appears more often than any other practice except for developing and using models. It fits in the reasoning section of the Gather/Reason/Communicate framework.
Here's Paul Anderson's youtube video on what this practice looks like in the NGSS.
Here's an NSTA webinar on constructing explanations and designing solutions.
An article on Explanation and Argumentation from some of the NGSS authors.
Here are the details for constructing an explanation using the claim-evidence-reasoning method.
(This resource was provided by Jeremy Peacock, President of Georgia Science Teachers' Association.)
Here's great PiktoChart of the C-E-R process that can be used across all content areas.
Here's Paul Anderson's youtube video on what this practice looks like in the NGSS.
Here's an NSTA webinar on constructing explanations and designing solutions.
An article on Explanation and Argumentation from some of the NGSS authors.
Here are the details for constructing an explanation using the claim-evidence-reasoning method.
(This resource was provided by Jeremy Peacock, President of Georgia Science Teachers' Association.)
Here's great PiktoChart of the C-E-R process that can be used across all content areas.
Practice 7: Engaging in Argument from Evidence
This video from The Smithsonian highlights a process that teachers can use to have students argue from evidence based on a search of scientific literature. There are also resources provided in the information section.
Engineering--Integrated across NGSS
Engineering appears in the DCI at each grade level and also uses all of the science and engineering practices. Engineering should exist as an integrated component of science instruction, not an additional, separate piece.
Here's a link to an engineering webinar from NSTA.
NSTA article on how engineering is defined in the Framework.
Here's a link to an engineering webinar from NSTA.
NSTA article on how engineering is defined in the Framework.