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NGSS Resources
Page Location: Disciplinary Literacy --> Content Area Standards --> Next Generation Science Standards --> NGSS Resources 

General Resources
Next Generation Science Standards - Home site for NGSS Standards 

Resources for Review of NGSS
-- CSSS recommendations

NGSS Practices
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices in NGSS 'I Can' Statements -- poster

Sense-Making in Science -- NGSS Practices Arthur Beauchamp  Scramento Area Science Project

Asking Questions

Modeling

Argument from Evidence
Ideas, Evidence, and Argument in Science (IDEAS) article pdf
IDEAS Resource Pack


Lesson/Unit Template Models
Lesson/Unit Blank Template  5E Model  VAI QPOE2 Model
K-SPM Example   Template      Steps/Questions Format

Bundling NGSS for Lesson Development
Planning Instruction to Meet the Intent of the Next Generation Science Standards
J Sci Teacher Educ DOI 10.1007/s10972-014-9383-2
Self-Archived


Instructional Unit Planning Template Comparison  -- 2013 to 2014 Comparison
Ten steps for Planning Instruction to Meet the Intent of NGSS included below table.

Concord Consortium Science/STEM Resources

K-5 Science Scoop.It Page developed by Kathy Renfrew, VT Science Consultant


Crosscutting Concepts Resources
Weber State Presentation - Brett Moulding  Handout
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