Next Generation Science Standards

coming soon to a classroom near you!

• What are the NGSS?

•NGSS = Next Generation Science Standards•Will replace National Science Education Standards and Benchmarks for Science Literacy •Represents a balance of inquiry/investigation and content• Are not Common Core for Science

• Who wrote this?

• Not the federal government• Not legislators• The National Research Council, the National Science Teachers Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Achieve• Writing and review teams consist of K–12 teachers, state science and policy staff, higher education faculty, scientists, engineers, cognitive scientists, and business leaders.

• What does it look like?

• Standards

• Science and Engineering Practices

• Disciplinary Core Ideas

• Crosscutting Concepts

• Common Core Connections

• Comparing SC to NGSS

•You will now compare the Next Generation Science Standards to the current State Curriculum• Pay attention to what you notice regarding the rigor and the concepts (when they are currently taught vs. when they are taught in the NGSS)