Materials and Resources for Next Generation Science Standards
The National Research Council has issued a report: A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. This report is the basis for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), currently in development, and scheduled for release in 2013. Twenty-six states have already committed to using these new national standards as the basis for their state standards. These new standards will provide both challenges and opportunities for LTER efforts in K-12 education. In particular, they emphasize scientific inquiry and application practices, and they emphasize climate change and other interactions between Earth systems and human activities. In this session we will
- Review key features of NGSS
- Discuss ways in which LTER education can help schools to respond to the expectations of NGSS
- Share teaching resources that could be used for this purpose.
Organizer:
Charles Anderson
Co-organizer(s):
Alan Berkowitz
Co-organizer(s):
John Moore Preferred date(s):
Sept 10
Number of 2 hour sessions requested:
1 Equipment requested:
LCD Projector
Additional Comments:
The materials shared will include materials focusing on carbon cycling, water systems, and biodiversity developed through a Math-Science Partnership grant organized by four LTER sites: SGS, BES, KBS, and SBC (John Moore, PI), and the LTER Network Office. We will also solicit contributions from other LTER sites.
Session:
Room Assignment:
Ruesch Auditorium - Sweet (50)
