Supporting the CCSS in the Science Classroom through the Science and Engineering Practices of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

John Spiegel San Diego County Office of Education

Why are we here?

• • • • California adopted NGSS in Fall 2013 Dramatic shift in the way science will look NGSS and CCSS Connection Assessment implications

Science is made up of facts as a house is made up of stone But a collection of facts in no more science as a pile of rocks is a home

Developing the Standards 2011 2011-13

Step 1: Vision for Science Step 2: Develop NGSS

Fall 2013

September State Adoption of NGSS

2016???

Science Framework Assessments Curricula Instruction Teacher Development Stay Tuned…

NGSS Timeline: From Awareness to Implementation Understanding the nature of the NGSS Beginning awareness around NGSS

Awareness

---NSTA Readers Guide to the Next Generation Science Standards, 2013, page xi

Thinking about moving from standards to instruction

Transition

Beginning to plan for implementation

Implementation

California is adopting NGSS with the goal of transforming science teaching and learning by providing all students with the rigorous and relevant education they need for success in college as well as careers and daily lives

Conceptual Shifts in the NGSS

1. Science education should reflect the interconnected nature of science 2. Standards are written as performance expectations 3. Science concepts build coherently from K-12 4. Deeper understanding of content as well as application of content.

5. Science and engineering are integrated 6. Prepare students for college, career, and citizenship 7. Alignment to CCSS

These new standards shift the focus from memorization of facts to having students develop deeper conceptual understanding of core scientific ideas and be able to apply the practices of science and engineering into real world problems

A Shift in Our Thinking

What do we want students to

know

and what do they need

to do to know

it.

What do we want students to

do

and what do they need

to know to do it.

The Three Dimensions of NGSS

 Disciplinary Core Ideas  Crosscutting Concepts  Science and Engineering Practices

Science and Engineering Practices

• • • • • • • • Asking Questions and Defining Problems Developing and Using Models Planning and Carrying Out Investigations Analyzing and Interpreting Data Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Engaging in Argument from Evidence Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

The Crosscutting Concepts

• • • • • • • Patterns Cause and Effect: Mechanism and Explanation Scale, Proportion, and Quantity Systems and System Models Energy and Matter: Flows, Cycles, and Conservation Structure and Function Stability and Change

Disciplinary Core Ideas

44 Core Ideas in

• • • •

Physical Sciences Life Sciences Earth and Space Sciences Engineering, Technology, and the Applications of Science

Integration of the Three Dimensions

 Disciplinary Core Ideas  Crosscutting Concepts  Science and Engineering Practices

Purposes for Assessment

• Formative assessment for use in the classroom and to assist learning • Summative assessment for use at the classroom, school, or district level to determine student attainment levels.

• Assessment for program evaluation, used in making comparisons across classrooms, schools, districts, states, or nations Source: Framework for K-12 Science Education, NRC, 2011

Designing Assessments

• • • Assessments must Test students’ understanding of science as a content domain and their understanding of science as an approach Provide evidence that students can apply their knowledge appropriately and are building on their existing knowledge and skill in ways that lead to deeper understanding of the scientific and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas Address all of these pedagogical goals while also meeting professional educators’ standards for reliability, validity, and fairness Source: Framework for K-12 Science Education, NRC, 2011

How can science teachers implement the CCSS in their classrooms?

Understand and implement the Science and Engineering Practices of NGSS

The NGSS Online

www.nextgenscience.org

Contact Information

John Spiegel, Science Coordinator San Diego County Office of Education [email protected]

(858) 292-3854