Next Generation Science Standards Update

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Oregon State Board of EducationMarch 2013

• Next Generation Science Standards Update
• Cheryl Kleckner
• Education Specialist

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NGSS Background

• Achieve NGSS Website
• Development Process and Timeline
• Online Standards Survey
• Support Documents
• www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-sta
  ndards
• ODE NGSS Website
• Timeline of Oregon Lead State Work
• Oregon Lead State Review Team
• Resources
• www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id3508

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K-12 Science Education Goal for All Students

• appreciation of the beauty and wonder of science
  
• possess sufficient knowledge of science and
  engineering to engage in public discussions on
  related issues
• careful consumers of scientific and technological
  information related to their everyday lives
• able to continue to learn about science outside
  school
• have the skills to enter careers of their choice
• A Framework for K-12 Science Education p. ES 2

Released in July 2011 free PDF
online www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/Standards_F
ramework_Homepage.html
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NGSS Vision

• Learning as a developmental progression
• Engaging students in scientific investigations
  and argumentation to achieve deeper understanding
  of core science ideas
• Integrating the knowledge of scientific
  explanations and the practices needed to engage
  in scientific inquiry and engineering design
• KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE MUST BE INTERTWINED IN
  LEARNING EXPERIENCES

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Interconnected Dimensions

• Scientific and Engineering Practices
• Crosscutting Concepts
• Core Ideas in Science

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Scientific and Engineering Practices

• Asking questions and defining problems
• Developing and using models
• Planning and carrying out investigations
• Analyzing and interpreting data
• Using mathematics and computational thinking
• Developing explanations and designing solutions
• Engaging in argument
• Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating
  information

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Crosscutting Concepts

• Patterns
• Cause and effect
• Scale, proportion, and quantity
• Systems and system models
• Energy and matter
• Structure and function
• Stability and change

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Oregon Science Standards Framework
Science Content Knowledge
Science Process Skills
Structure and Function Interaction and Change Scientific Inquiry Engineering Design
Properties of Matter Forms of Energy Changes in Matter Energy Transfer and Conservation Forces and Motion
Organization of Living Systems Matter and Energy Transformations in Living Systems Interdependence Evolution and Diversity
Properties of Earth Materials Objects in the Universe Matter and Energy Transformations in Earth Systems History of Earth
Abilities to do Scientific Inquiry Nature,
History, and Interaction of Science and Technology
Abilities to do Engineering Design Nature,
History, and Interaction of Technology and Science
Physical
Life
Earth and Space
The Science Process Skills align with the
Oregon Essential Skills
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NGSS Architecture

• Integration of 3 Dimensions
• Practices
• Crosscutting Concepts
• Core Ideas

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NGSS Architecture
Performance Expectations
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NGSS Architecture
Performance Expectations
Foundation Boxes
Based on NRC Framework and expanded into
Matrices
Based on NRC Framework and expanded into
Matrices
NRC Framework language from Grade Band Endpoints
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NGSS Architecture
Performance Expectations
Foundation Boxes
Connection Boxes
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Summary Shifts in the Teaching and Learning of
Science

• Organize around limited number of core ideas.
  Favor depth and coherence over breadth of
  coverage.
• Core ideas need to be revisited in increasing
  depth, and sophistication across years. Focus
  needs to be on connections
• Careful construction of a storyline helping
  learners build sophisticated ideas from simpler
  explanations, using evidence.
• Connections between scientific disciplines, using
  powerful ideas (nature of matter, energy) across
  life, physical, and environmental sciences

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NGSS Current Work

• January 2013 Last Public Draft
• Online Survey
• 2,643 Oregon Responses
• More than 177,000 Responses
• Writers are Currently Revising NGSS
• Final NGSS by April 2013

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Lots of work underway and ahead

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NGSS Support Documents

• Conceptual Shifts
• Responses to May Public Feedback
• College and Career Readiness
• All Standards, All Students
• Disciplinary Core Idea Progressions
• Science and Engineering Practices / Matrix
• Crosscutting Concepts / Matrix
• Nature of Science
• Engineering, Technology, and Applications of
  Science
• Model Course Mapping in Middle and High School
• Connections to CCSS-Mathematics

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Building Capacity for State Science Education

• Multi-year National Project to Support NGSS
• Organized by the Council of State Science
  Supervisors
• Funded by Scientific Foundations and Corporations
• 5 Member Team from Each State
• Interaction with National Science Education
  Experts
• Collaborative Time to Develop Resources to
  Support Instruction and Models for Professional
  Development
• Team Time to Plan
• Next Workshop in June 2013

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Achieve and EDI Support

• State Collaborative Institute
• Twenty States Participated
• Organized by Achieve
• Funded by Scientific Foundations and Corporations
• 5 Member Team from Each State
• Collaborative and Team Time with Planning Process

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NGSS Exemplar PD System

• National Science Foundation Funded Grant
• Clark University, Northwestern University,
• and Tidemark Institute
• Oregon is a Pilot State
• 3 Groups of 15 Teachers
• Rural and Metro School Districts
• Web-based PD
• Library of Tools, Tasks, and Resources

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Student learning targets in Framework NGSS
Cluster of performance expectations
Examples of student work
Productive Talk Strategies
Linked resources
Curriculum materials
Progression of student ideas
Classroom video case
Teacher planning/reflection narrative
Scientist and Engineer Essays
Overview of Scientific Practices
Video analysis tools
Learning pathways
Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Professional Learning Goals
How NGSS involves scientific practices supports
coherenceinvolves working with student ideas
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Future Work

• Review the Final NGSS
• Engage Stakeholders
• Identify Issues and Challenges
• Create Timeline and Plan
• Develop Recommendations
• Continue Collaborative Work

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Questions?Thank you!