Sustainability Education Sustainability Education and the and the

Next Generation Next Generation Science StandardsScience Standards

Pillar 1 - Environmental Impact - Buildings, grounds Pillar 1 - Environmental Impact - Buildings, grounds and operationsand operations Ultimate Pillar Goal: The school has a net zero Ultimate Pillar Goal: The school has a net zero environmental impact.environmental impact.

Pillar 2 - School environment supports healthy, safe Pillar 2 - School environment supports healthy, safe students and staffstudents and staff Ultimate Pillar Goal: The school environment has a "net Ultimate Pillar Goal: The school environment has a "net

positive" impact on health, safety and performance of positive" impact on health, safety and performance of students and staff.students and staff.

Pillar 3 - Education for Sustainability: Environmental Pillar 3 - Education for Sustainability: Environmental and Social Literacyand Social Literacy Ultimate Pillar Goal: 100% of graduates are Ultimate Pillar Goal: 100% of graduates are

environmentally and socially literate.environmentally and socially literate.

Pillar 4 - Social SustainabilityPillar 4 - Social Sustainability Ultimate Pillar Goal: Students and staff are active Ultimate Pillar Goal: Students and staff are active

participants in a healthy, just, sustainable school and participants in a healthy, just, sustainable school and local community.local community.

Element 3 B:Element 3 B:Students develop STEM Students develop STEM

knowledge and thinking skills knowledge and thinking skills through study of environmental through study of environmental

and social sustainabilityand social sustainability

Students are engaged in the study Students are engaged in the study of the environmental and social of the environmental and social

sustainability by:sustainability by:

Asking questionsAsking questions Developing and using modelsDeveloping and using models Planning and carrying out investigationsPlanning and carrying out investigations Analyzing and interpreting dataAnalyzing and interpreting data Using mathematics and computational Using mathematics and computational

thinkingthinking Constructing explanationsConstructing explanations Engaging in argument from evidenceEngaging in argument from evidence

Science FrameworkScience Framework

A joint effort between the National Research Council, the National A joint effort between the National Research Council, the National Science Teachers Association, the American Association for the Science Teachers Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Achieve is underway to create the Advancement of Science, and Achieve is underway to create the foundation for all studentsfoundation for all students to have a solid K-12 science education. to have a solid K-12 science education.

Organizes Science Education Organizes Science Education around around

3 Interconnected Dimensions:3 Interconnected Dimensions: 8 Key Scientific and Engineering 8 Key Scientific and Engineering

PracticesPractices

7 Crosscutting Concepts7 Crosscutting Concepts

Core ideas in 4 Content AreasCore ideas in 4 Content Areas

1. Asking questions (science) and defining problems 1. Asking questions (science) and defining problems (engineering)(engineering)

2. Developing and using models2. Developing and using models

3. Planning and carrying out investigations3. Planning and carrying out investigations

4. Analyzing and interpreting data4. Analyzing and interpreting data

5. Using mathematics and computational thinking5. Using mathematics and computational thinking

6. Developing explanations (science) and designing 6. Developing explanations (science) and designing solutions (engineering)solutions (engineering)

7. Engaging in argument from evidence7. Engaging in argument from evidence

8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

8 Key Scientific and Engineering Practices:

7 Crosscutting Concepts:7 Crosscutting Concepts:

1. Patterns1. Patterns

2. Cause and effect2. Cause and effect

3. Scale, proportion, and quantity3. Scale, proportion, and quantity

4. Systems and system models4. Systems and system models

5. Energy and matter5. Energy and matter

6. Structure and function6. Structure and function

7. Stability and change7. Stability and change

4 Criteria for Core Ideas 4 Criteria for Core Ideas

Broad importance across multiple disciplines or be a key Broad importance across multiple disciplines or be a key organizing principle.organizing principle. (Big Ideas)(Big Ideas)

Provide a key tool for understanding or investigating more Provide a key tool for understanding or investigating more complex ideas and solving problems.complex ideas and solving problems. (Critical Thinking)(Critical Thinking)

Relate to the interests/life experiences of students or Relate to the interests/life experiences of students or connected to societal/personal concerns that require connected to societal/personal concerns that require scientific/technical knowledge. scientific/technical knowledge. (Relevant/Real World)(Relevant/Real World)

Be teachable and learnable over multiple grades at Be teachable and learnable over multiple grades at increasing levels of depth and sophistication. increasing levels of depth and sophistication.

(Learning Progressions)(Learning Progressions)

Disciplinary Core Ideas Disciplinary Core Ideas Physical SciencesPhysical Sciences

– PS 1: Matter and its interactionsPS 1: Matter and its interactions– PS 2: Motion and stability: Forces and interactionsPS 2: Motion and stability: Forces and interactions– PS 3: EnergyPS 3: Energy– PS 4: Waves and their applications in technologies for information transferPS 4: Waves and their applications in technologies for information transfer

Life SciencesLife Sciences– LS 1: From molecules to organisms: Structures and processesLS 1: From molecules to organisms: Structures and processes– LS 2: Ecosystems: Interactions, energy, and dynamicsLS 2: Ecosystems: Interactions, energy, and dynamics– LS 3: Heredity: Inheritance and variation of traitsLS 3: Heredity: Inheritance and variation of traits– LS 4: Biological evolution: Unity and diversityLS 4: Biological evolution: Unity and diversity

Earth and Space SciencesEarth and Space Sciences– ESS 1: Earth’s place in the universeESS 1: Earth’s place in the universe– ESS 2: Earth’s systemsESS 2: Earth’s systems– ESS 3: Earth and human activityESS 3: Earth and human activity

Engineering, Technology, Applications of ScienceEngineering, Technology, Applications of Science– ETS 1: Engineering designETS 1: Engineering design– ETS 2: Links among engineering, technology, science, and societyETS 2: Links among engineering, technology, science, and society

How can you school’s How can you school’s sustainability plan support sustainability plan support

STEM education? STEM education?