Below are a variety of resources to support educators and administrators in the implementation of the NM STEM Ready! science standards.
Foundations of NM STEM READY!
- Next Generation Science Standards + New Mexico 6 Specific Standards
- NGSS Organized by topic or by disciplinary core ideas
- Next Generation Science Standards [PDF, 19.3MB]
- A Framework for K—12 Science Education [PDF, 6.4MB]
- Commonly Used Abbreviations
- NGSS Introduction and Overview
- Relationships and Convergences of the Science and Engineering Practices, the Standards for Math Practices, and ELA Capacities; and Explanatory Note (Understanding Language at Standford University)
NGSS Appendices
- A. Conceptual Shifts
- B. Responses to Public Feedback
- C. College and Career Readiness
- D. All Standards, All Students Case Studies
- E. Disciplinary Core Idea Progression in the NGSS
- F. Science and Engineering Practices – Practices Matrix
- G. Crosscutting Concepts in the NGSS –Crosscutting Concepts Matrix
- H. Nature of Science in the NGSS – Nature of Science Matrix
- I. Engineering Design in the NGSS
- J. Science, Technology, Society, and the Environment
- K. Model Course Mapping in Middle and High School
- L. Connections to Common Core State Standards – Mathematics
- M. Connections to Common Core State Standards – Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects
Supporting Publications/Articles
- Ready, Set, Science summarizes findings from the learning sciences and builds detailed cases of science educators at work to make the implications of research clear, accessible, and stimulating for a broad range of science educators
- Taking Science to School provides a comprehensive picture of what we know about teaching and learning science from kindergarten through eighth grade
- The Second Dimension Crosscutting Concepts
- Understanding the Three Dimensions of the NGSS
- Three-Dimensional Instruction
- Three Common Myths About NGSS (NSTA)
Websites
- NextGenScience
- Achieve
- NGSS@NSTA
- STEM Teaching Tools
- National Association for Research in Science Teaching NGSS Papers
- National Academies Press
- Next Gen Navigator Newsletters–a monthly e-newsletter delivering information, insights, resources, and professional learning opportunities for science educators by science educators on the Next Generation Science Standards and three-dimensional instruction.
Videos
- Bozeman Science videos on NGSS
- Teaching Channel NGSS Videos
- Video: An Introduction to the NGSS (animated drawing)
- Video: Why NGSS?
- Video: Importance of the Next Generation Science Standards
- Video: A Vision for K-12 Science Education
- Video: Bozeman Video Intro to NGSS
- NGSS Vision
- Crosscutting Concepts
- Science and Engineering Practices
- Disciplinary Core Ideas
- Science in Action Videos (Cal Academy of Sciences)
Advocacy
- NRC Review of the NGSS
- Why Standards Matter
- Why it’s Time for New Education Standards
- NSTA Position Statement: The Next Generation Science Standards
- Public Attitudes Toward Science Standards
Communication
- NGSS Fact Sheet
- A New Vision for Science Education
- Infographic: Science Education Needs an Update
- Video: Why NGSS?
- Commonly Used Abbreviations
- Venn Diagram of SEPs, ELA and Mathematical Practices
- An NGSS Overview for Principals – Targets principals and provides an overview of the shifts of the NGSS and key questions and action steps principals should consider during implementation. A modifiable word document version is available for download here.
NM STEM CONNECT Newsletter
- NM STEM CONNECT #1 – NM STEM Ready! Science Standards
- NM STEM CONNECT #2 – Recommended Course Maps
- NM STEM CONNECT #3 – Assessments
- NM STEM CONNECT #4 – Reading and Architecture of a NM STEM Ready! Science Standard
- NM STEM CONNECT #5 – Phenomena
- NM STEM CONNECT #6 – Scientific Discourse
- NM STEM CONNECT #7 – Assessments Update
- NM STEM CONNECT #8 – Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Language Arts
- NM STEM CONNECT #9 – Student Engagement
- NM STEM CONNECT #10 – Science and Engineering Practices – Asking Questions
- NM STEM CONNECT #11 – Science and Engineering Practices – Developing and Using Models
Parent Resources
- NGSS Parent Q and A Abbreviated Version (NSTA)
- NGSS Parent Q and A (NSTA)
- NSTA Position Statement: Parent Involvement in Science Learning
- Helping Your Child Learn Science
- NSTA Position Statement: Early Childhood Science Education
- English & Spanish-language NGSS Parent Guides – NGSS Parent Guides for Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12, new versions are available for Spanish-speaking parents. See the Spanish-language parent guides here: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
- Five Tools and Process for Translating the NGSS into instruction and Classroom Assessment—Set of tools with facilitator guides developed by the American Museum of Natural History in collaboration with BSCS and WestEd. These tools help professional development leaders work with teachers on translating science concepts, practices and performance expectations into instructional sequences and assessment tasks. See NGSS: From Theory to Practice for a blog on an ongoing field test of NGSS-Design instructional materials for middle school on ecosystems. Getting to Know the NGSS Open resource training materials for a series of PD modules developed by Michigan State University. Workshops 1-5 cover NGSS basics very well. Workshops 6 to 8 are on curriculum planning and instructional.
- Professional Development and NGSS—A collection of tools to help teachers, schools, districts and states to identify professional development resources for the implementation and understanding of the Next Generation Science Standards.
- STEMTeachingTools
- Discover the NGSS: Primer and Unit Planner (NSTA)
- Bozeman Science Videos on NGSS
- Teaching Channel NGSS Videos
- Ambitious Science Teaching
- NSTA NGSS Web Seminar Series
- Academy of Academic Excellence
- NGSS Demystified
- Science Teachers’ Learning
- NGSS Starter Activity
- A Professional Development Facilitator’s Guide
- What Professional Development Strategies are Needed for Successful Implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards
- Seeing Students Learn Science—A tool meant to help educators improve their understanding of how students learn science and guide the adaptation of their instruction and approach to assessment.
Webinars
Planning Instruction through Curriculum Adaptation, Transcript, and PowerPoint Slides.
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Presented by Shafiq Chaudhary, Patricia Carden, and Marcia Barton
Planning Instruction Using Phenomena, Transcript, and PowerPoint Slides.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Presented by Shafiq Chaudhary and Patricia Carden
The Five Innovations of the NM STEM Ready! science standards for administrators, Transcript, and PowerPoint Slides.
Monday, April 30, 2018
Presented by Shafiq Chaudhary and Patricia Carden
The Five Innovations of the NM STEM Ready! science standards for teachers, Transcript, and PowerPoint Slides.
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Presented by Patricia Carden and Shafiq Chaudhary
Exploring the 3-Dimensionality of the NM STEM Ready! science standards for teachers, Transcript, and PowerPoint Slides.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Presented by Shafiq Chaudhary and Patricia Carden
Exploring the 3-Dimensionality of the NM STEM Ready! science standards for administrators, Transcript, and PowerPoint Slides.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Presented by Shafiq Chaudhary and Patricia Carden
Discovering the NM STEM Ready! Science Standards, Transcript, PowerPoint Slides, and facilitator notes.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Presented By Shafiq Chaudhary and Patricia Carden
- Guide to Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards
- How to Engage with Next Generation Science Standards & Implement A New Vision for K-12 Science Education
- NGSS Overview for Principals
- Hallmarks of an NGSS School and District
- Supporting the Implementation of the NGSS through Research-Series of research articles by National Association for Research in Science Teaching on a range of topics related to the implementation of the NGSS
- District Implementation Workbook
- District Implementation Indicators
- What Professional Development Strategies Are Needed for Successful Implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards?
- Framework for Leading NGSS Implementation-Framework designed to provide a comprehensive vision of the leadership knowledge and the critical actions that need to be taken to plan for and implement the NGSS.
- Design, Selection, and Implementation of Instructional Materials
- STEM Teaching Tools
- Lessons Learned from Early Implementers
Curriculum Development
- Opportunities for New Mexico Connections to the NGSS — Opportunities for New Mexico connections to the NM STEM Ready! science standards.
- Planning Instruction to Meet the Intent of the NGSS
- Bundling the NGSS — Achieve developed sample bundles of PEs for all levels as well as great tools like the Example Bundle Guide for learning about the bundling process in curriculum development.
- Teachers Try Science — Sample environmental science lessons, some evaluated and revised using the EQuIP rubric
- Ambitious Science Teaching While not explicitly designed around the NGSS, the site presents a vision of ambitious science instruction that “aims to support students of all backgrounds to deeply understand science ideas, participate in the activities of the discipline, and solve authentic problems.”
- Next Generation Science Storylines: Excellent site with sample coherent units of instruction based on an anchoring phenomenon and developed around a storyline; all levels; expert team led by Brian Reiser
- Curriculum Materials Make a Difference for Next Generation Science Learning — Research article that identifies the importance of good curriculum materials and professional learning for teachers
- Five Tools and Processes for NGSS—a project of the American Museum of Natural History in collaboration with BSCS and WestEd provides 5 tools along with facilitation guides to help teachers develop instructional sequences and assessment tasks with conceptual coherence
- NGSS Card Decks American Museum of Natural History Five Tools and Processes training materials; middle and high school cards for individual PEs, SEPs, CCCs and DCIs; useful for developing curriculum framework across grade bands
Phenomena
- Qualities of a Good Anchor Phenomenon (Research and Practice)
- Using Phenomena in NGSS-Designed Lessons and Units
- Six Steps to Coming up with an Engaging Phenomenon to Anchor Your Next NGSS Unit
- NGSS Storylining: Using Entry Event Videos (Blog)
- Heuristic for Coming up with Academically Productive Phenomena (TJ McKenna)
- Criteria for Evaluating Phenomena (NSTA)
- Using Phenomena in NGSS-Designed Instruction (Video)
- Phenomena for NGSS (TJ McKenna)
- Biographics
- Rubicon
- Project Phenomena
- Exploratorium Science Snacks
- American Geosciences Institute Phenomena for NGSS
- National Geographic Phenomena A Science Salon
- NGSS Phenomena Resources
- IFL Science!
- Live Science
- How Stuff Works
- NY Times Science
- Science News for Students
Course Mapping
- K–5 Course Map
- Recommended Secondary Course Maps
- Accelerated Model Course Pathways
- Appendix K: Model Course Mapping
NGSS Alignment Tools
- EQuIP Rubric 3.0: Along with Facilitation Tools
- NGSS Lesson Screener: Quicker screening tool with 6 criteria to do an initial evaluation of a lesson for NGSS alignment
- Primary Evaluation Of Essential Criteria For Alignment (PEEC) — Draft of a tool by Achieve that can be used to evaluate a comprehensive science, kit-based instructional materials, textbooks, or textbook series to determine the degree to which they align with the NGSS
Engineering
- Appendix I. Engineering Design in the NGSS
- Taking Design to School
- Teach Engineering Website
- Engineering is Elementary
Integration of Technology
Achieve Website: Quality Examples of Science Lessons and Units—These are lessons and units that have been evaluated by the EQuIP Peer Review Panel for Science and found to be Examples of High Quality NGSS Design, Examples of High Quality NGSS Design if Improved, or Quality Works in Progress. Check the site regularly for added lessons/units.
NGSS Design Badge—Awarded to top-rated science units designed for the NGSS.
STEM Teaching Tools-The STEM Teaching Tools site has tools that can help you teach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). We are currently focused on supporting the teaching of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Each tool is focused on a specific issue and leverages the best knowledge from research and practice.
- STEM Teaching Tools: See #15, 27, and 31
- Appendix D. All Standards, All Students (Diversity and Equity) – Case Studies
- Language Demands and Opportunities in Relation to NGSS
- Framework for English Language Proficiency Development Standards
- Supporting the Implementation of Equity
- NGSS for English Language Learners
- http://ngcproject.org/engaging-girls-stem
- Doing and Talking Math and Science: Strengthening Reasoning, Strengthening Language
- Project EXCELL’s GO TO Strategies—78 strategies helping teachers to scaffold content and language input to children in the process of learning English as a new language.
- Appendix L. Connections to Common Core State Standards – Mathematics
- Appendix M. Connections to Common Core State Standards – Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects
- Newsela–Free site that presents texts on current science topics with the ability to change the lexile level and provide a variety of versions of the same article.
- Literacy for Science–Downloadable publication on National Academies Press that addresses the integration of Common Core ELA standards in science.
- Relationships and Convergences of CCSS and NGSS (Understanding Language at Stanford University)
- Exploring the Science Framework: Making connections in math with the CCSS
- Literacy for Science: Exploring the Intersection of the Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core for ELA Standards – A Workshop Summary— The report summarizes presentations and discussions at a workshop by the Board on Science to discuss possible areas of synergy between the NGSS and the CCSS-ELA and –Math.