Climate justice is an important way to engage students in locally and globally relevant learning.

This STEM Teaching Tools provides a framework that identifies 12 considerations for incorporating climate justice education in instruction:
stemteachingtools.org/brief/97

Happy #EarthDay2024 !

Did you know there are several #NGSS related to conservation and sustainability on Earth?

Which standards are you focusing on today?

Science classrooms are a key place to examine the human and natural systems related to food, energy, and water.

This STEM Teaching Tools describes considerations and recommended actions to connect instruction to how students interact with these systems:

stemteachingtools.org/brief/96

I am confident that my career trajectory would have been totally different if it weren't for the NGSS. I never knew science could be this engaging for students. It changed my mindset about science alongside my students and I'm grateful to still be learning more everyday! #ElemSci

11 years ago today, the NGSS were released.

How have the NGSS impacted students in your community? #HappyBirthdayNGSS

To prepare for the solar eclipse on April 8, the AstroSociety Pacific added an “Eclipses Around the World” resource section to their solar eclipse website.

Check out the resources here: astrosociety.org/education-outr…

Check out this month's #NGSSNow newsletter: nextgenscience.org/news/april-202…

It features six resources related to high-quality science education from: @openscied AstroSociety Pacific STEM Teaching Tools Education Week @TheNASEM Journal of Research in Science Teaching

New High-Quality Unit Posted!

In this OpenSciEd high school life science unit, students investigate the implications of rare bear sightings in Wapusk National Park as the Arctic warms.

It was awarded the #NGSSDesignBadge by the #SciencePRP :
nextgenscience.org/resources/high…'

In Institute for School Partnership at WashU's 2nd grade unit, students investigate the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes. They examine why the dunes are important, how wind and water changes them, and consequences of that change.

It was awarded the #NGSSDesignBadge . See it here: nextgenscience.org/resources/grad…

Happy pi day! What kinds of problems can pi help students solve in the science classroom?

#STEMintegration

📰Check out this month's #NGSSNow newsletter: nextgenscience.org/news/march-202…

It includes 8 resources related to high-quality science education from:
Institute for School Partnership at WashU
OpenSciEd
NextGenScience
National Science Teaching Association
Instruction Partners
Education Week
Global Vegetation Project
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
The DRK-12 Network

New High-Quality Unit Posted!

This OpenSciEd high school chemistry unit focuses on what we would need to find, make, and recycle in order to successfully live and work beyond Earth, or in space.

It was awarded the #NGSSDesignBadge by the #SciencePRP : nextgenscience.org/resources/high…

How can we confront and dismantle systemic racism through science learning?

This STEM Teaching Tools brief provides context and suggestions for science educators to dismantle institutional and systemtic racism: stemteachingtools.org/brief/79

When students are making sense of phenomena or designing solutions to problems, students actually learn better!

It leads to stronger conceptual understandings of science content than what is demonstrated through more traditional, memorization-intensive approaches.
#NGSS

'State policies, practices, and legislation can move the needle toward increased access to and use of high-quality instructional materials in science, just as it has for other content areas.'

See more from Eric Hirsch and Sam Shaw via NASBE here: nasbe.org/the-state-of-k…

Who gets cancer and why?

In this #NGSSDesignBadge high school unit from OpenSciEd, students investigate the genetic basis of cancer — what it is and what affects incidence, mortality, and access to treatment across the country.

See it here: nextgenscience.org/resources/high…

📰Check out this month's #NGSSNow newsletter: nextgenscience.org/news/february-…

It includes five resources related to high-quality science education from:
OpenSciEd
NASBE
STEM Teaching Tools
NextGenScience
U of North Dakota

Using problems to drive learning can be a powerful approach to teaching both science and engineering.

However, it’s important this learning is grounded in problems (situations people want to change) rather than a task just for design's sake.

See more: nextgenscience.org/sites/default/…