Lesson 1

subordinate ideas that relate to (support) Disciplinary Core Ideas in the Framework; include sets of grade band “endpoints.”


• component ideas

• connection boxes

• Crosscutting Concepts

• Disciplinary Core Ideas

part of the layout of Next Generation Science Standards located at the end of each standard; shows connections between Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core State Standards for Language Arts and Mathematics. 

• component ideas

• connection boxes

• Crosscutting Concepts

• Disciplinary Core Ideas

one of the three dimensions of the Next Generation Sciences Standards; Abbreviated as CCCs; Singular is Crosscutting Concept (CCC); there are seven of them in the NGSS. 

• component ideas

• connection boxes

• Crosscutting Concepts

• Disciplinary Core Ideas

one of the three dimensions of the Next Generation Science Standards; abbreviated as DCIs; Singular form is Disciplinary Core Idea (DCI). 

• component ideas

• connection boxes

• Crosscutting Concepts

• Disciplinary Core Ideas

part of the layout of the Next Generation Science Standards located between the performance expectations and the connection boxes; include statements from the three dimensions of the Framework related to the performance expectation. 

• foundation boxes

• Framework

• grade band “endpoints”

• habits of mind

in this book, this term refers to A Framework for K–12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas (NRC, 2012); the document that provided the basis of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). 

• foundation boxes

• Framework

• grade band “endpoints”

• habits of mind

statements that describe what students should understand about a component idea at the end of grades 2, 5, 8, and 12. 

• foundation boxes

• Framework

• grade band “endpoints”

• habits of mind

attitudes and ways of thinking scientists are expected to exhibit; i.e., curiosity, desire for knowledge, reliance on evidence, willingness to modify explanations when they are not supported by evidence, honesty, cooperation in investigating questions, and solving problems. 

• foundation boxes

• Framework

• grade band “endpoints”

• habits of mind

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

the method of teaching and learning science emphasized in the National Science Education Standards; a term that was often misused, resulting in the introduction of Scientific and Engineering Practices in the Next Generation Science Standards. 

• inquiry

• inquiry-based

• learning progressions

• nature of science

Tags

NGSS.3-5-ETS1-1

NGSS.3-PS2-1

a constructivist approach to science teaching and learning advocated by the National Science Education Standards. 

• inquiry

• inquiry-based

• learning progressions

• nature of science

Tags

NGSS.3-5-ETS1-1

NGSS.3-PS2-1

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

NGSS.5-ESS2-1