Seminar On NGSS

NEXT RELEASE FOR THE DRAFT NGSS WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER, 2012

NGSS STRAND AND PRESENTATION ON THE K-12 SCIENCE FRAMEWORK WILL BE HELD AT THE STEM-TECH EXPO, OCTOBER 13 IN VISALIA, CALIFORNIA.  SEE PD EVENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Next Generation Science Standards for Today’s Students and Tomorrow’s Workforce:  Through a collaborative, state-led process managed by Achieve, new K–12 science standards are being developed that will be rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education. The NGSS will be based on the Framework for K–12 Science Education developed by the National Research Council.

The first public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) have been released.  During the three-week public comment period, the standards and the survey will be publicly available at http://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards

The National Science Teachers Association provides additional resources at http://www.nsta.org/about/standardsupdate/default.aspx for teachers and leaders. 

The California Science Teachers Association has also compiled a series of Next Generation Science Standards resources and facts at the following website:  http://www.cascience.org/csta/ngss.asp.

We encourage you to participate in the review by taking a close look at these new standards for yourself, which emphasize scientific and engineering practices and cross-cutting concepts applied to rigorous, internationally bench marked content in science, engineering and technology that is aligned to college and career-ready expectations. 

This workshop will introduce the NGSS and the review process and provide time for small group discussion about each of the core ideas.  Options for either group response or individual response to the on-line survey will be discussed.   

Workshop jointly facilitated by the Central Valley Science Project, Fresno County Office of Education, Kremen School of Education and Human Development, and the College of Science and Mathematics