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New York City Department of Education
Cluster 6
Networks 609 – Debra Van Nostrand, Network Leader
WELCOME!
CFN Network 609
Science Workshop
Richard Tudda, Achievement Instructional Specialist
Anniversary Day ~Thursday, June, 2011
CFN 609
SCIENCE
Thursday, June 7th, 2012
Public School 69K ~ Science Lab
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Middle School Agenda
Presenters: Richard Tudda, Achievement Instructional Specialist &
Amanda McBrien, Assistant Director for Instruction DNA Learning Center
 Breakfast: 8:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.
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Welcome / Introductions / Thank You to: PS 69K Ms. Capetanakis, Principal; Ms. Jo Ann Yenzer & Ms. Raquel Powers, Asst.
Principals, Ms. Anne Marie Enge and Ms. Janine Giammarino, Science Specialists
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Welcome: Amanda McBrien , Assistant Director for Instruction DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory &
John De Angelis, Regional Vice President Triumph Learning
 Introduction to The Next Generation Science Standards
-Research
-Timeline
-Framework Design
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Hands-On Lab Activity ~ Amanda McBrien, Assistant Director for Instruction DNA Learning Center
-DNA Learning Centers – trips, school visits and borrowing lab kits
 Feedback Forms
 Raffle Drawing ~ Good Luck!
 Lunch with John De Angelis, Regional Vice President Triumph Learning
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Current Coach Science supplementary materials print & online
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Common Core offerings in ELA & Math print & digital
Thank you for your active participation!
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SCIENCE
Thursday, June 7th, 2012
Public School 69K ~ Science Lab
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Elementary School Agenda
Presenters: Richard Tudda, Achievement Instructional Specialist &
Amanda McBrien, Assistant Director for Instruction DNA Learning Center
 Lunch 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. with John De Angelis, Regional Vice President Triumph Learning
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Current Coach Science supplementary materials print & online
Common Core offerings in ELA & Math print & digital

Welcome / Introductions / Thank You to: PS 69K Ms. Capetanakis, Principal; Ms. Jo Ann Yenzer & Ms. Raquel Powers, Asst.
Principals, Ms. Anne Marie Enge and Ms. Janine Giammarino, Science Specialists

Welcome: Amanda McBrien , Assistant Director for Instruction DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory &
John De Angelis, Regional Vice President Triumph Learning
 Introduction to The Next Generation Science Standards
-Research
-Timeline
-Framework Design

Hands-On Lab Activity ~ Amanda McBrien, Assistant Director for Instruction DNA Learning Center
-DNA Learning Centers – trips, school visits and borrowing lab kits
 Feedback Forms
 Raffle Drawing ~ Good Luck!
Thank you for your active participation!
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Next Generation Science Standards
The Inception & Evolution of the NGSS
Under the charge of Achieve, Inc., a non-profit education reform
organization, 26 states are currently leading the development of
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The standards will
undergo multiple reviews, including two public drafts. The first
public draft was made available on May 11, 2012 – June 1, 2012.
The science education community had the opportunity to review
the document and provide input to Achieve and its writers. A
second public review will take place later this year, with a final
document expected in 2013. National Science Teachers
Association (NSTA ) encourages science educators to actively
participate in the review process by taking the time to review this
important document.
The draft was available online at www.nextgenscience.org, along
with a survey/questionnaire to solicit feedback about the
document. Feedback was due back by June 1, 2012.
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Background:
• The National Research Council of the National Academy of
Science began developing the framework for K-12 Science
Education
• 26 States (including NYS) are working with Achieve in the
development of K-12 Science Standards. Forty-four states
have agreed to adopt the NGSS.
• July 2011 the National Research Council released A
Framework for K-12 Science Education
• Building Capacity for State Science Education (BCSSE)
held two meetings (Nov 2011, March 2012)……..
Projected Timeline
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Dimensions of the Framework
Framework Overview:
 Dimension 1 – CONTENT:
Disciplinary core ideas
 Dimension 2 – PRACTICES:
Scientific & Engineering Practices
 Dimension 3 – CROSSCUTTING
Cross-cutting concepts
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Dimension 1: Disciplinary Core Ideas
 Disciplinary core ideas have the power to focus K–12 science
curriculum, instruction and assessments on the most important aspects
of science. To be considered core, the ideas should meet at least two
of the following criteria and ideally all four:
 Have broad importance across multiple sciences or engineering
disciplines or be a key organizing concept of a single discipline;
 Provide a key tool for understanding or investigating more complex
ideas and solving problems;
 Relate to the interests and life experiences of students or be connected
to societal or personal concerns that require scientific or technological
knowledge;
 Be teachable and learnable over multiple grades at increasing levels of
depth and sophistication.
 Disciplinary ideas are grouped in four domains: the physical sciences;
the life sciences; the earth and space sciences; and engineering,
technology and applications of science.
Dimension 2: Practices
The practices describe behaviors that
scientists engage in as they investigate
and build models and theories about the
natural world and the key set of
engineering practices that engineers use
as they design and build models and
systems.
Dimension 3: Crosscutting Concepts
Crosscutting concepts have application
across all domains of science. As such,
they are a way of linking the different
domains of science. They include:
Patterns, Similarity and diversity; Cause
and effect; Scale, proportion and
quantity; Systems and system models;
Energy and matter; Structure and
function; Stability and change.
How to Read the Next Generation Science
Standards (NGSS)
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are distinct
from prior science standards in that they integrate three
dimensions within each standard and have intentional
connections across standards. To provide guidance and
clarification to all users of the standards, the writers have
created a System Architecture that highlights the NGSS as
well as each of the three integral dimensions and
connections to other grade bands and subjects. The
standards are organized in a table with three main sections:
 1) Performance expectation(s)
 2) The foundation boxes, and
 3) The connection boxes
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1. Performance Expectations
The standards are written as student performance expectations. These
statements each incorporate a practice, a disciplinary core idea, and a
crosscutting concept. The performance expectations are the assessable
components of the NGSS architecture identified with lowercase letters,
and each combines Science and Engineering Practices, Crosscutting
Concepts, and Disciplinary Core Ideas. The performance expectations
were initially written in topical groupings, but can also be viewed
independently. Topical groupings of performance expectations do not
imply a preferred ordering for instruction—nor should all performance
expectations under one topic necessarily be taught in one course. There
are two additional statements associated with the performance
expectations that are meant to render additional support and clarity:
a. Assessment Boundary Statements are included with individual
performance expectations where appropriate, to provide further
guidance or to specify the scope of the expectation at a particular
grade level.
b. Clarification Statements are designed to supply examples or additional
clarification to the performance expectations.
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2. Foundation Boxes
Foundation boxes provide additional information, expanding and explaining the performance
expectations in relation to the three dimensions: Science and Engineering Practices,
Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts. Each statement in any one of the three
foundation boxes is coded to the performance expectation(s) that embody it by a lowercase
letter in parentheses.
 a. Science and Engineering Practice Statements: These statements are derived from and
grouped by the eight categories detailed in the Framework to further explain the science and
engineering practices important to emphasize in each grade band. Most topical groupings of
performance expectations emphasize only a few of the practice categories; however, all
practices are emphasized within a grade band. Teachers should be encouraged to utilize
several practices in any instruction. The purpose is to demonstrate the specific practice for
which students will be held accountable.
 b. Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs): These statements are taken verbatim from the Framework,
and detail the sub supporting ideas necessary for student mastery of the core idea.
 c. Crosscutting Concept Statements: These statements were derived from the Framework to
further explain the crosscutting concepts important to emphasize in each grade band. The
crosscutting concepts are grouped by the categories detailed in the Framework. Most topical
groupings of performance expectations emphasize only a few of the crosscutting concept
categories, however all are emphasized within a grade band. Again, the list is not exhaustive
nor is it intended to limit instruction.
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3. Connection Boxes
 a. Connections to other Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs) in this grade level: This box
will contain the names of science topics in other disciplines that have corresponding
disciplinary core ideas at the same grade level. For example, both Physical Science
and Life Science standards contain core ideas related to Photosynthesis, and could
be taught in relation to one another. As the standards move toward completion, this
box will provide links to specific performance expectations.
 b. Articulation of DCIs across grade levels: This box will contain the names of other
science topics that either 1) provide a foundation for student understanding of the
core ideas in this standard (usually standards at prior grade levels) or 2) build on the
foundation provided by the core ideas in this standard (usually standards at
subsequent grade levels). As the standards move toward completion, this box will
provide links to specific performance expectations.
 c. Connections to the Common Core State Standards: This box will contain the
coding and names of Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts & and
Literacy and Mathematics that align to the performance expectations. For example,
performance expectations that require student use of exponential notation will align to
the corresponding CCSS mathematics standards
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New York State Education Department:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/mst/sci/ngss.html
Next Generation Science Standards:
http://www.nextgenscience.org/
Final Version of the Framework for K-12 Science
Education:
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13165.
Resources:
 Denise McNamara, MSP Grant Director Office of School
Programs and Partnerships, NYC Department of Education
 Next Generation Science Standards, May 7, 2012
 NSTA Guide (updated 5/16/12)—Leading a Study Group
on NGSS
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Introducing…..
Amanda McBrien ,
Assistant Director for
Instruction DNA Learning
Center, Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory
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Introducing…..
John De Angelis,
Regional Vice President
Triumph Learning
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Thank your for
your participation!
RAFFLE DRAWING ~ GOOD LUCK!