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Creating Instructional Units

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​Creating Instructional Units

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  Steps to Create NGSS Instructional Units
1) Create Guiding Questions using the Framework and Performance Expectations


2) Create Unit Overview using examples from Model Curriculum, NGSS Storylines, and other curriculum examples.


3) Identify the 3 Dimensions covered using  NGSS Foundation Boxes in the NGSS and the Framework.

4)  Create Assessments (formative and/or summative) based on Evidence Statements and  Performance Expectations.​

5)  For a learning experience's Student Learning Objective (SLO), weave each of the 3 dimensions to be used into a single statement, focusing on one step of the instructional sequence (using PE and NGSS Foundation Boxes).
    P+CC+DCI=SLO
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6) Layer several SLOs that provide progressive experiences and build deep understanding, incorporating the 3 dimensions - using Performance Expectations as the goal to reach (NGSS Storylines,  and Learning Progressions).
7) Unit Guide should include:
  • Performance Expectations
  • 3 Dimensions
  • SLOs
  • Phenomena to be investigated
  • Suggested Activities
  • Suggested Resources
  • Benchmarks
  • Rubrics 
              from Evidence Statements 
                High school
                Middle grades
                Elementary grades
             
NSTA:  Designing Units and Lessons

Curriculum UNIT Template  

EQuiP Rubric for Units and Lessons

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  • Disciplinary Core Ideas
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  • The Anatomy of a Performance Expectation
  • Creating a Vision
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  • The Inquiry in Science Instruction
  • Assessment
  • Creating Instructional Units
  • Instructional Resources
  • Instructional Strategies to Support Science Instruction
  • STEM and NGSS
  • Literacy and Math Integration
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