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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810578403321

Autore

Bybee Rodger W.

Titolo

Translating the NGSS for classroom instruction / / Rodger W. Bybee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Arlington, Virginia : , : NSTA Press, National Science Teachers Association, , [2013]

�2013

ISBN

1-938946-74-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 194 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

507.1

Soggetti

Science - Study and teaching - Standards - United States

Curriculum planning - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; 1 - Introduction; 2 - From A Framework for K-12 Science Education to the Next Generation Science Standards; 3 - NGSS: 10 Frequently Answered Questions; 4 - From NGSS to Classroom Instruction; 5 - From NGSS to Instruction in an Elementary Classroom; 6 - From NGSS to Instruction in a Middle School Classroom; 7 - From NGSS to Instruction in a High School Classroom; 8 - Beginning ASAP; 9 - Taking AIM; 10 - Planning to ADAPT Materials for Classroom Instruction; 11 - NGSS Frequently Stated Concerns: The Yes, Buts; 12 - Conclusion

Appendix A: Grade 5 NGSS Unit,"Is It a New Substance?"Appendix B: Middle School NGSS Unit, Water and Hydrogen Peroxide""; Appendix C: High School NGSS Unit, "The Haber-Bosch Process"; Appendix D: Adapting a Unit of Study for Classroom Instruction; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

With the release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), you need a resource to help you answer pressing questions about how the standards fit with your curriculum, instruction, and assessments. Rodger W. Bybee has written this book to provide essential guidance for everyone from teachers to school administrators to district and state science coordinators. As practical as it is timely, this book includes an introduction to NGSS; examples of the standards translated to classroom instruction in elementary, middle, and high school; and



assistance in adapting current units of instruction