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The Next Generation Science Standards

What are the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and how do they impact science learning in SFUSD?

Design and Implementation
Conceptual Shifts in the NGSS
How to Read a Standard
The Three Dimensions:
Disciplinary Core Ideas
Science and Engineering Practices
Crosscutting ConceptsAll Standards, All Students
Connections to Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
Mathematics
Literacy in Secondary Science
Engineering Design in the NGSS
Science, Technology, Society, and the Environment
More NGSS Resources from SFUSD:
FAQ's about Science, Engineering and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in SFUSD
SFUSD Secondary Science Response and Development Group
External Links to more NGSS Resources:
A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas: The Framework provides a sound, evidence-based foundation for standards by drawing on current scientific research--including research on the ways students learn science effectively—and identifies the science all K–12 students should know. The Framework was used as the foundation for the Next Generation Science Standards.
The national NGSS website
NGSS@NSTA Hub created by National Science Teacher Association teacher curators
The NGSS website hosted by the California Department of Education
California Science Teachers Association's NGSS site
NGSS Videos by a Montana teacher
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)'s Webinar Series about the NGSS
NSTA's NGSS App (for iOS, Android, & Windows)
Send a blank email here to join the CA Department of Education's NGSS listserv