NGSS Lesson Resources

3-Dimensional Resources

Phenomena

NGSS Phenomena
Selecting Phenomena to Drive Science
Selecting Phenomena to Drive Engineering

Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs)

NSTA – Science and Engineering Practices Matrix
Science and Engineering Practices Rubric
Constructing Scientific Explanations – CER(R)
Language Frames for Argumentation
Searching Credible Sources for Information – Lesson Presentation
Searching Credible Sources for Information – Individual Worksheet
Online Resource Review and Evaluation – Lesson Presentation
Online Resource Review and Evaluation – Group Worksheet
Is it Credible? – Practice

Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs)

NSTA – Disciplinary Core Ideas Matrix

Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs)

NSTA – Crosscutting Concepts Matrix

Is it Matter? (Not fully aligned to NGSS)

Is it Matter? – Lesson Presentation
Is it Matter? – Group Worksheet
Is it Matter? – Lesson Rubric
Lab Equipment Overview
Identifying the Appropriate Unit
Classifying Units
More Practice Classifying and Identifying Units
Measurement Practice – Volume, Length, Mass
Determining the Values of Graduated Markings
Writing Procedures
Creating Tables

What Happened to the Ice?

Building Molecular Models
What Happened to the Ice? – Self-Assessment and Reflection
What Happened to the Ice? – Lesson Presentation
What Happened to the Ice? – Group Worksheet
Matter
Temperature & Heat
States of Matter – Analogies
Phase Changes
What Happened to the Ice? – Lesson Rubric
What Happened to the Ice? – Assessment Guide
What Happened to the Ice? – Your Phenomenon

Elementary Eruption

Elementary Eruption – Self-Assessment and Reflection
Elementary Eruption – Lesson Presentation
Elementary Eruption – Group Worksheet
Identify and Interpret Strategy.
Physical or Chemical Change?
Chemical bonds and Reactions.
Totaling Atoms Using P.S.E.C.
Understanding Chemical Formulas
Analyzing Chemical Formulas
Analyzing Chemical Equations
Balancing Chemical Equations
Elementary Eruption – Lesson Rubric
Elementary Eruption – Assessment Guide
Elementary Eruption – Your Phenomenon

Best of What's New (Not fully aligned to NGSS)

Best of What’s New – Lesson Presentation
Defining the Problem – Reverse Engineering.
Best of What’s New – Lesson Rubric
Best of What’s New – Assessment Guide

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