Fall 2016 Issue
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Bundling the NGSS
Are you considering organizing units of instruction aligned to the NGSS?
Have you seen the new NGSS unit Bundles?
You can now view samples of NGSS courses created through the bundling of NGSS Performance Expectations. These are great examples to help you begin thinking about the transition to the NGSS.
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How will ESSA Change K-12 STEM Education?
What State Leaders and STEM Professionals Need to Know
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NGSS Now October Edition
Get the Latest in NGSS News Here
NGSS Now is a monthly newsletter put out by Achieve to highlight resources to support the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards.
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Learning as Sense-Making
Using Student Ideas to Support Sense-Making
Using students ideas as resources to support ongoing classroom sense-making is a departure from the old view of surfacing and "fixing" student misconceptions. In this March 2016 article in Science Scope, What We Call Misconceptions May Be Necessary Stepping-Stones Towards Making Sense of the World the authors examine this shift in thinking and offer strategies for supporting students classroom sense-making activities.
Read more here....
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NGSS Video: How to Read the Standards
Interested in getting an introduction in to how to read the NGSS?
Given the various stages of NGSS implementation across Washington State, Achieve released an updated version of the How to Read the Standards video.
This video explains how the NGSS are structured and describes the different components of the organizational tables in which the standards are arranged. As a supplement to the video, we have also provided an annotated figure of the standards table arrangement that is used as an example in the video.
Learn more here....
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 Cubes in Space
Launch Experiments Into Space!
idoodledu, inc, in partnership with NASA Langley Research Center and the Colorado Space Grant Consortium is offering Cubes in Space™, a program providing students 11-18 years of age an opportunity to design and compete to launch an experiment into space at no cost!
This Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) based global education program, enables students to learn about space exploration utilizing innovative problem-solving, inquiry-based learning methods. By participating in this program, students and educators are provided with engaging content and activities in preparation for the design and development of an experiment to be integrated into a small cube.
This year, experiments will be launched into space via sounding rocket from NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia in late June 2017 or on a high altitude balloon launched from the NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico in August 2017.
The deadline for program registration is January 6, 2017. For more information, visit http://www.cubesinspace.com. Questions about this program may be directed to info@cubesinspace.com.
Since we first began the Cubes in Space program in 2014, we have had over 5000 participants from 37 countries, and counting! Come and join us!
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STEM TEACH TOOLS PLAYLISTS
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New way to organize and use STEM Teach Tools
The new STEM Teach Tools allows you to consider the use of the various STEM Teach Tool resources for particular contexts. Are you planning for NGSS NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education introduction to a group of teachers? Or a group of principals? Check out these playlists to help you consider the range of STEM Teach Tools and their uses.
Learn more here...
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NGSS Assessment Updates
Recent Updates from OSPI Team
At the end of September the Science Assessment Team at OSPI provided some updates the the WA State NGSS Leadership Team. Here are the slides that were shared with the group
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NGSS for Principals
Want a reason to go chat with your principal?
Use this recently released overview document specifically created for principals to share with your principal and let them know that you care!
To learn more follow this link....
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Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS)
Earn College Credit
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Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) is seeking high school juniors who wish to kickstart their STEM careers and earn college credit!
In WAS, students earn college credit by completing online curriculum that focuses on space travel. By completing the online program, students may earn acceptance into a week-long Summer Residency at The Museum of Flight where they will work with professional mentors to plan a mission to Mars, tour engineering facilities, and compete in hands-on engineering challenges. Teachers are also encouraged to apply as evaluators and summer residency facilitators.
Applications for the 2016-17 session of WAS are available now at museumofflight.org/WAS and due by November 4, 2016.
Click here to learn more.
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