Crosscutting Concepts

"Crosscutting concepts have value because they provide students with connections and intellectual tools that are related across the differing areas of disciplinary content and can enrich their application of practices and their understanding of core ideas." — A Framework for K-12 Science Education, p. 233

Crosscutting Concepts

1. Patterns
2. Cause and Effect
3. Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
4. System and System Models
5. Energy and Matter
6. Structure and Function
7. Stability and Change

Resources

Appendix G Crosscutting Concepts

K-5 CCC

6-12 CCC

Prompts for Integrating the Crosscutting Concepts into Instruction and Assessment-Tool #41