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Disciplinary Core IDeas

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"The Disciplinary Core IDeas are the Content (tools) to be used to construct explanations and can be used in the form of evidence to support ARGUMENTS....in the context of practices and crosscutting concepts" 
                                                                                                      
        BRETT MOULDING
                                                                                                                                 


NGSS: Disciplinary Core Ideas
Experienced by students in a K–12 learning progression and taught at increasing levels of depth and complexity over time.

​​Physical Sciences
  •  PS 1: Matter and its interactions
  •  PS 2: Motion and stability: Forces and interactions
  •  PS 3: Energy
  •  PS 4: Waves and their applications in technologies for information transfer
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Life Sciences
  •  LS 1: From molecules to organisms: Structures and processes
  •  LS 2: Ecosystems: Interactions, energy, and dynamics
  •  LS 3: Heredity: Inheritance and variation of traits
  •    LS 4: Biological evolution: Unity and diversity 

Earth and Space Sciences
  •  ESS 1: Earth’s place in the universe
  •  ESS 2: Earth’s systems
  •  ESS 3: Earth and human activity

Engineering, Technology, and the Applications of Science 
  • ETS 1: Engineering design 
  • ETS 2: Links among engineering, technology, science, and society ​
Learning Progressions for Disciplinary Core Ideas
Topic Arrangement and Storylines K-12
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  • Scientific and Engineering Practices
  • Crosscutting Concepts
  • Disciplinary Core Ideas
  • Science Learning Progressions
  • The Instructional Shifts
  • The Anatomy of a Performance Expectation
  • Creating a Vision
  • 5 Es of Science Instruction
  • The Inquiry in Science Instruction
  • Assessment
  • Creating Instructional Units
  • Instructional Resources
  • Instructional Strategies to Support Science Instruction
  • STEM and NGSS
  • Literacy and Math Integration
  • Check In
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