Next Generation Science Standards:
Science and Engineering Practices
Disciplinary Core IDeas
​Crosscutting Concepts

http://www.nextgenscience.org/three-dimensions

"When we learn things, it isn't for memorizing a piece of information.  Just reciting science facts or principles is not what we want children to be able to do....we want them to be able to go out in the world and make sense of novel 
​phenomenon. the NGSS ......calls for the student               to actively 
​engage in science.                
​Brett Moulding
                                                                                     Director - Partnership for Effective
​                                                                                      Science Teaching and Learning
                                                                                     NGSS Writer
​“The Framework is designed to help realize a vision for education in the sciences and engineering in which students, over multiple years of school, 
actively engage in scientific and engineering practices and             apply crosscutting concepts to
deepen their understanding of the core ideas in these fields.”
. A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas 


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NGSS - A Vision for K-12 Science Education​

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