NGSS Quality Lessons & Units Plus Science Task Prescreen

Have you visited the #NGSS website to preview their model lessons and units? These are intended to "identify lessons and units that best illustrate the cognitive demands of the NGSS. Maybe you are like many science teachers who design their own lessons, maybe you have a District team writing lessons, or many others exploring possible #Curriculum to purchase.

What do you think of these units? Do they have strong Anchoring Phenomena and Student Wondering of Phenomena? Have you tried implementing any of these units? It would be great to hear adaptations you made!

Any way approached, this is a critical tool to help you make informed decisions as NGSS is implemented with our students.

http://www.nextgenscience.org/resources/examples-quality-ngss-design

Another excellent resource as lessons are implemented is the Science Task Prescreen.

It acts as a quick review of a task you are planning on using. If there are too many red-flags checked off the prescreen, consider modifying the task or starting from scratch. #new, #ngss, #nsta, #msta, #curriculum, #prescreen #followme

https://nextgenscience.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/Achieve%20Task%20PreScreener_Final_9.21.18.pdf