Overview – A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting...
The National Research Council, the National Science Teachers Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Achieve have embarked on a two-step process to develop the Next...
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Model-Evidence Link (MEL) Diagrams Overview – Supporting the Practices
** The following is a summary of a journal article that is currently undergoing review. ** A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas was released by the...
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Using Systems and Models in Science Education – Supporting CCC #4
When you were a child you played with toy cars, building blocks, baby dolls, etc. You had conversations with the objects. You manipulated them to be successful at whatever the task may have been. Who...
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Models, Models Everywhere, but which are Models? Supporting Practice #2
In A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas (NRC 2012) three dimensions of science education are defined and described as independently essential...
View ArticleCause and Effect: Mechanism and Explanation – Supporting CCC #2
One of the crosscutting concepts presented in the Next Generation Science Standards is Cause and Effect. Have you ever tried something out and sat back just to see what would happen? Doing this is a...
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Project FOCCUS: Supporting the new NVACS for Science with MSP
Project Focusing On Crosscutting Concepts to Understand Science (FOCCUS) is a Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) grant project. In March 2014, the Nevada Department of Education announced the...
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