Utah SEEd Resources

Utah SEEd CORE GUIDES 

Utah Science Open Educational Resources (OER) textbooks -  K-12 2020-2021 versions  Website access. 

Mystery Science - Alpine District membership

Wonders, Mystery Science, & SEEd Standards Alignment Document

K-5 Materials for new SEEd Standards

UEN K-6 Science Content Courses

SEEd Standards Crosswalk - Old Core to New SEEd Standards and NGSS

K-12 SEEd DCI Science Concept Progressions - The essential "big idea" progressions through K-12

Bozeman Science NGSS Videos - short videos providing overview of 3 dimensions

The Wonder of Science - NGSS teacher support resources

SEEd Utah Website (from San Juan School District)

SEEd Storylines Website (from Utah Science Curriculum Consortium)

• Phenomena Websites (Links to an external site.)

• Generating Phenomena for a Standard (Graphic Organizer) (Links to an external site.)

• Evaluating Phenomena Checklist

Lesson Plan Template

GRC Instructional Sequence Model

DCI SEEd K-12 Standards Progression

• Grade Level DCI Content pages:

  • Kindergarten

  • 1st Grade

  • 2nd Grade

  • 3rd Grade

  • 4th Grade

  • 5th Grade

  • 6th Grade

• Disciplinary Core Ideas of the K-12 Framework for Science Education (Links to an external site.)

• DCI SEEd K-12 Standards Progression (Links to an external site.)

• DCI (NGSS)-Progression Matrix (Links to an external site.)

• Bozeman Science NGSS Videos (Links to an external site.) - short videos providing an overview of 3 dimensions

•        Crosscutting Concepts: Content Videos & Readings

• CCC Progression Matrix  (Links to an external site.)- elements that clarify what each crosscutting concept looks like within the developmental bands

• CCC Question Prompts (Links to an external site.): more elementary based

• Crosscutting Concept Prompts (Links to an external site.): K-12, choose what is right for you

• Bozeman Science NGSS Videos (Links to an external site.) - short videos providing an overview of 3 Dimensions

• Poster

•        Science and Engineering Practices: Content Videos & Readings

• SEP Progression Matrix  (Links to an external site.)- elements that clarify what each practice looks like within the developmental bands

• GRC Instructional Sequence Model (Links to an external site.)

• Bozeman Science NGSS Videos (Links to an external site.) - short videos providing an overview of 3 Dimensions

• Poster

Engineering Education

• Bozeman Science NGSS Videos (Links to an external site.) - short videos providing an overview of 3 dimensions

• K-12 Learning by Engineering Design (Links to an external site.):  insightful article with resources

Resources

Discourse for learning

• Doing and Talking Science: A teachers guide (Links to an external site.)

• Student Prompt Tools - Doing and Talking Science and Math - WIDA site (Links to an external site.) (excellent Math discourse tools here too!)

• Student & Teacher Discourse Moves - all links below are PDFs that can be printed and handed out to students!

  • Teacher Discourse Moves (Links to an external site.)

  • Student Discourse Moves:

    • Upper grade - Student Moves (Links to an external site.)

    • Upper grade - Conversation Support Cards (Links to an external site.): Responding to ideas,  Modeling & Explaining

    • 3rd/4th - Posters and student ipad (Links to an external site.), 

    • Primary Grades - Posters & student ipad (Links to an external site.)

    • Primary Grades - Discourse moves (Links to an external site.)

• Discourse Strategies for Inquiry Science - Videos (Links to an external site.)

  • There are eight videos in this playlist that highlight these 8 discourse strategies:  Fan-N-Pick, Gallery Walk, Prompts as Discourse Tools, Rotating Review,  White Boarding, Group Synthesis, Visual Processing, and Four Corners.

3-Dimensional Assessment Resources

• Assessment Rubric (Links to an external site.)

• Utah SEEd Standards Core Guides: Being created this year by the USBE (estimated release May 15th, 2020)

• District Proficiency Scales: being created (estimated release September 2020)

• Designing a 3 Dimensional Assessment - STEM Teaching Tool #29 (Links to an external site.)

• Integrating Science Practices into Assessment tasks - STEM Teaching Tool #30 (Links to an external site.)

• Unobtrusive Assessment: Quick checks for understanding

Preparing Students for a Lifetime of Success: Understanding the New Science Standards for K-12 (Links to an external site.) - State created a document for parents (an explanation of SEEd standards)