5-PS1-1 focuses on Structure and Properties of Matter, specifically emphasizing that there are particles that make up everything, but they are often to small to be seen. In this post, we’ll pull apart the standard to better understand the specifics of what we’re asking for students to do and give examples for instruction and assessment …
MS-LS2-1 focuses on Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems, specifically emphasizing the analysis of data to determine the impacts of resource availability. In this post, we’ll break down the standard to better understand this performance expectation, and we’ll also look at how to make sense of it with students by scaffolding up with different phenomena and NGSS …
HS-PS1-2 focuses on Structure and Properties of Matter and Chemical Reactions, specifically emphasizing explaining the outcomes of chemical reactions of main group elements. In this post, we’ll look at the standard to clarify and break down the performance expectation, and we’ll also look at how to make sense of it with students by scaffolding up …
HS-PS1-1 focuses on Structure and Properties of Matter, specifically emphasizing that models of the outer electron shell can be helpful in explaining the relative properties of elements. In this post, we’ll break apart the standard and to better understand the performance expectation, and we’ll also look at how to make sense of this topic with …
HS-LS1-2 focuses on Structure and Function, specifically emphasizing the ways that hierarchical systems work together in organisms. In this post, we’ll dissect the standard to better understand the performance expectation, and we’ll also look at how to make sense of it with students by connecting the dots and scaffolding up with different tasks. Standards Breakdown Phenomena …
HS-LS1-1 focuses on Structure and Function, specifically emphasizing the specialized cells in living systems and the relationship between DNA and proteins. In this post, we’ll look at the standard and expand some of our thinking to help you better understand the performance expectation, and we’ll also look at how to make sense of these phenomena with …
Science is all about making sense of the world around us. NGSS calls for students to engage in sensemaking as they explore scientific phenomena. This can be scaffolded in various ways, but students are ultimately responsible for applying what they’ve learned to explain “how” or “why” something is happening in a novel phenomena. In this …