Next Generation Science Standards

 

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 have been developed that are rich in content and practice and arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally-benchmarked science education.
(www.nextgenscience.org)

This is a 3 day PD package:

a)  Day 1: Setting common ground

This session is about the structure and dimension of NGSS. In this session, the trainer will go through each dimension of NGSS and explain its aspects. This will be done in an interactive way where teachers are involved most of the time in activities that will make them discover and conclude as is required by NGSS, rather than being lectured. The trainer will provide supporting documents that can be used as a reliable reference for teachers after the training is over.

Who should attend:
•     Schools that are planning to adopt the NGSS.
•     K-12 teachers with no experience with the NGSS.
•     K-12 teachers with minimum experience with the NGSS.
•     K-12 teachers who still find it difficult to understand the basics of the NGSS.

b)  Day 2: Planning:

This session aims to help teachers in the planning process showing them how to think about NGSS from different perspectives, whilst leaving each teacher the opportunity to decide which approach is most suitable for the context. It will also introduce a method where the old planning could be used to save a need to completely re-plan the course.  It will also involve interactive group work, planning a lesson and delivering it in a practical way. The session will highlight different teaching strategies to be considered while delivering the NGSS.

Who should attend:
•     Schools that are planning to adopt the NGSS.
•     Grade 3-12 teachers with no experience with the NGSS.
•     Grade 3-12 teachers with minimum experience with the NGSS.
•      Grade 3-12 teachers who find it difficult to utilize their old planning to ease the one for the NGSS.
•     Grade 3-12 teachers who find it difficult to make connections between the NGSS’s three dimensions, planning and resources available.

c)  Day 3: Implementation activity

The session will engage teachers in different activities, using ideas they can carry back to their classrooms. It will highlight the teaching of NGSS in a way that can bring about positive responses from students and extend their curiosity and deductive power. It will also include creativity, inquiry based learning and 21st Century skills.

Who should attend:
•     Schools that are planning to adopt the NGSS.
•     Grade 3-12 teachers with no experience with the NGSS.
•     Grade 3-12 teachers with minimum experience with the NGSS.
•     Grade 3-12 teachers who find it difficult to make connections between the NGSS’s three dimensions, planning and resources available.
•    Grade 3-12 teachers who find it difficult to implement inquiry based learning and 21st century skills into their lessons.