Grade 4 NGSS

Transition Session
 March 22nd Supervisor Led Day
Session 1: NGSS 101

What are your hopes and fears

about transitioning to new science
standards?
GOALS
How will science instruction change?
How are the Next Generation Science
Standards organized?
What resources should I use to understand
the Next Generation Science Standards,
pedagogy, and content?
What resources will be available for
designing assessment and instruction for
science?
 How will science
instruction change?
Conceptual Shifts

1. Reflect how science is practiced in the real world

2. Student performance expectations NOT curriculum
3. Science concepts build coherently from K 12
4. Focus in on deeper understanding and application
5. Science and engineering integrated
6. Prepare students for college, career, citizenship
7. Align with CCSS ELA and Math
A Vision for K-12 Science Education
 How are the Next
Generation Science
Standards organized?
Three-Dimensions of the Next Generation Science Standards

Science and Disciplinary Crosscutting

Engineering Core Ideas Concepts
Practices
 Module 1: Energy
TOP SECTION:
Performance Expectations
(Desired Results)

MIDDLE SECTION:
Practices (students do)
Disciplinary Core Ideas
(students understand)
Crosscutting Concepts
(students understand and use)

BOTTOM SECTION:
INTEGRATION
(Common Core ELA and Math)
 What resources should I use to
understand the Next Generation
Science Standards, pedagogy,
and content?
Resources for Understanding the
Next Generation Science Standards

Official Website for the Next Generation

Science Standards
http://www.nextgenscience.org

National Science Teachers Association

NGSS@NSTA
http://ngss.nsta.org/
 Resources for Understanding the
Next Generation Science Standards

Videos
NGSS: A Vision for K-12 Science Education
NGSS: Science and Engineering Practices
NGSS: Crosscutting Concepts
NGSS: Disciplinary Core Ideas
Pedagogy
Infographics and Articles
A New Vision for Science Education
Beyond the Textbook ~ But Not Just Hands-
On
Science in Sync
Explicitly Speaking
How About Teaching Literacy With Science?
Whats the Big Idea?
Making and Recording Observations
5E Instructional Model
 Pedagogy

Teaching Channel Videos

First Steps Towards Transitioning to the NGSS
Three-Dimensional Learning
Using Phenomena
Using Engineering Design in the Classroom
Making Claims from Evidence
Working as a Team
 Content

Bozeman Science Videos ~ Background and Progressions

Science and Engineering Disciplinary Core Ideas Crosscutting
Practices Concepts

Asking Questions and PS3.A: Definitions of Energy Cause and Effect

PS3.B: Conservation of Energy
Defining Problems and Energy Transfer Energy and
Planning and Carrying PS3.C: Relationship Between Matter
Energy and Forces
Out Investigations PS3.D: Energy in Chemical
Constructing Processes and Everyday Life
ESS3.A: Natural Resources
Explanations and ETS1.A: Defining Engineering
Problems
Designing Solutions
Obtaining, Evaluating
and Communicating
Information
Other Face-to-Face Professional Learning Opportunities

Grade 4 Science Seminar Series (MSDE Course)

12 hours in content (3 hours per MP)
12 hours in pedagogy ( 3 hours per MP)
4 hours online reflection (1 hour per MP)
2 hours end of the year reflection
Content Collaboration Sessions
First session in July
Continuing in the middle of each MP
 What resources will be
available for designing
assessment and instruction for
science?
WCPS Essential Curriculum
 WCPS Essential Curriculum
Science Modules
Stage 1
Desired Results by Marking Period
(Performance Expectations from the NGSS Topic Arrangement)
Acquisition, Meaning, & Transfer (AMT)
Discipline Transfer Goals (Transfer)
Understandings and Essential Questions (Meaning)
Skills and Knowledge (Acquisition)
 WCPS Essential Curriculum

Stage 2
1 Science Cornerstone Task (assess a
Discipline Transfer Goal from Science and Performance
Expectation(s) from NGSS)
Sample Performance Assessments
Sample Formative Assessments
 WCPS Essential Curriculum

Stage 3
To support teacher planning:
Sample 5 E Lessons
Sample Lesson Seeds
Resources identified and/or purchased for planning
science investigations (teacher resources)
Materials for science instruction (equipment, live
materials, trade books, non-fiction text)
NEW RESOURCES

Science Resource Library (1 copy for each school)

Paige Keeley ~ Formative Assessment and
Understanding Student Thinking books
AIMS: Electric Connections, Primarily
Physics, and Earth Rocks!
Leveled Text for Physical Science
Everyday Physical Science Mysteries
Picture Perfect Science Lessons
NEW RESOURCES
Trade Books (1 copy per teacher used to engage and explain)
Wind Energy ~ Blown Away!
Light is All Around Us
Electricity ~ Bulbs, Batteries, and Sparks
The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the
Power of the Oceans
Oil Spill!
Prince Williams
Rosie Revere Engineer
NEW MATERIALS
By request in August:
Batteries
Lightbulbs
Wire
Engineering Design Materials (masking tape, craft sticks, clay,
pipe insulation, twine, etc.)
Autoship for each teacher:
Buzzer
Electrical tape
Marbles
Matchbox Cars
RESOURCES AND MATERIALS TO TRANSITION

FOSS: Matter and Energy (Investigations 1-2)

FOSS: Sound
FOSS: Solar Energy
FOSS: Magnetism and Electricity (ElectricityMaterials)
NGSS@NSTA
GOALS
How will science instruction change?
How are the Next Generation Science
Standards organized?
What resources should I use to understand
the Next Generation Science Standards,
pedagogy, and content?
What resources will be available for
designing assessment and instruction for
science?