... throughout. The unit’s paper-based and interactive multimedia lessons were designed for the NGSS. They engage students in high-interest phenomena, and they incorporate relevant science practices (arguing from evidence, and analyzing and interpreting data) and crosscutting concepts (patterns, systems...

..., state, and local scales, with the goal of addressing several key teaching and learning challenges identified by national education reports (e.g., Bransford et al., 2000 ; National Research Council, 2012 ) and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS; NGSS Lead States, 2013 ). The highly...

...Lily Apedaile Model-based inquiry , inquiry-based learning , and phenomenon are all popular terms in K–12 science education right now. Science education in our public education system is rapidly changing due to the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). These standards ask...

... trends. The Environmental Ecology Lab studies plant physiological response to drought stress to determine the lethal level of drought for pinyon pine. This drought research inspired this high school biology lesson, which addresses the NGSS Performance Expectation HS-LS4-6. Students engage in a climate...

...-permissions . 2020 National Association of Biology Teachers red blood cells osmosis homeostasis model-based inquiry diabetes blood glucose NGSS high school The high school science classroom is currently undergoing a major transformation in how students learn and interact with scientific...

... NGSS cultural capital © 2020 National Association of Biology Teachers. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, https://www.ucpress.edu/journals...

... sampling wolf spiders NGSS Scientific inquiry is an experience that should go beyond the books and benches of the traditional classroom and laboratory setting. The goals of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS; NGSS Lead States, 2013 ) are to demonstrate scientific proficiency through...

... and Permissions web page, www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2019 Infrared cameras biology education NGSS Thermal imaging technology is based on the fact that all objects emit thermal radiation. The wavelength of the radiation depends on the temperature of the object – for typical...

... or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2019 Next Generation Science Standards NGSS engineering design process overfishing bycatch The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) put...

... diversity index edge effect IB Biology NGSS pitfall trap quantitative reasoning quantitative reasoning within context QR-C Shannon's diversity index Simpson's diversity index species diversity species richness The logic behind Equation 2 is that we know that n i / N equals...

... biology, human physiology, and more. An understanding of the nature of science, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) is implicated. © 2019 National Association of Biology Teachers. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests...

... mechanistic hypothesis experimental design hypothetico-deductivism NGSS Scientific literacy, as a central goal of science education, encompasses an understanding of the nature of science and of the practice of scientific inquiry ( Lawson, 2009 ; Campanile et al., 2015 ; McComas, 2015a ; Johnson...

...Catherine L. Quinlan To create and implement meaningful tasks that go beyond the cognitive processes of understanding and that integrate all three dimensions of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) is challenging for both educators and curriculum makers. This issue is compounded when...

...Mark Lubkowitz; Karen Koch; Cliff Weil; David M. Braun To help high school students develop a deeper understanding of energy and matter flow in biological systems, a key goal of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), we have designed a series of inquiry-driven modules that experimentally...

... Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2016 Biomagnification toxicants environment health interactive game high school biology three-dimensional learning data analysis modeling NGSS Human health and ecosystem health are fundamental...

... . 2016 NGSS three-dimensional learning game-based learning honey bees modeling The current reform in science and engineering education, the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), based on A Framework for K–12 Science Education ( National Research Council [NRC], 2012 ), identifies...

... that influence population dynamics, with a specific focus on population growth. The three modules combined cover the three-dimensionality of NGSS (i.e., Scientific and Engineering Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Disciplinary Core Ideas) using authentic science investigations. Further, the modeling...

.../journals.php?p=reprints . 2016 Nature of science science practices methodological naturalism scientific literacy NGSS With the introduction of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS; NGSS Lead States, 2013 ), the discussion of the goals for science education has largely shifted from...

... species were selected because students have more background knowledge and personal contact with animals. In conjunction with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS; see next section), the proposed activity includes the following learning goals for students: Compose a letter to family...

..., www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2016 Ebola infectious disease outbreak epidemiology inquiry authentic science mapping NGSS Any basic solution can be used as the contaminant solution, and options are provided for the instructor within the lesson to vary the difficulty of the experiment...