Resources

Click on the links below to view different STEM activities and resources.

http://tinyurl.com/IU29STEELSResources 

General Resources

• NGSS Parent Guides

• The Wonders of Science K-12 Phenomena

• Next Generation Science Standards 

• STEM Teaching Tools 

• Ambitious Science Teaching

• Student Discourse: Talk Moves

• IU29 STEM Webpage

• Science Simulations Platform

• Inquiry Based Learning Guidance

• PDE SAS STEELS Hub

  1. Standards Progressions

  2. Foundation Boxes

• SAS Website

  1. Search “Science Community”

  2. Join and click on the community

  3. Scroll down and to Shared Content. Click on the words “Shared Content” on the right hand side. 

• Standard Phenomena

• Phenomena Finder

Curricula, Lesson, and Activity Resources 

Free resources

• K-5th Grade

  1. IMSA Model Lessons

  2. MySci K-5 Curriculum

  3. Next Gen Storylines

  4. Little Bins for Little Hands 1st Grade NGSS Science Activities

  5. Arcadia School District 2nd Grade NGSS Science Activities

  6. Little Bins for Little Hands 2nd Grade NGSS Science Activities

  7. Ambitious Science Teaching Elementary Units

  8. NYU Sail 5th Grade Curriculum

  9. Ambitious Science Teaching 5th Grade Bundle 

  10. 3D Lessons

• 6th-8th Grade

  1. Open Sci Ed Middle School Curricula

  2. MySci 6-8 Curriculum

  3. Ambitious Science Teaching Middle School Bundles 

• 9th-12th Grade

  1. Open Sci Ed High School Units

  2. Inquiry Hub Curricula

  3. Ambitious Science Teaching High School Bundles

  4. Biology Storylines Curricular Units

  5. 3D Lessons 

• Technology & Engineering

  1. Intro to Engineering 6-12 Curriculum 

  2. Engineering by Design K-12 Curriculum

  3. Youth Engineering Solutions (YES)

• Environmental Literacy & Sustainability

  1. Phenomena for EL&S

  2. Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) Educator’s Guide

  3. Stroud Water Research Center WATERS Middle School Curriculum 

  4. Shared Waters Upper Elementary Curriculum 

Curricular Materials

I am not recommending that science is taught form a textbook, but these updated, NGSS textbooks can help to provide phenomena, lesson progressions, and activity/lab ideas for teachers

• Ed Reports: Program Evaluation Reports

• Publishers NGSS Alignment Claims Guidance Article

• Cereal City Science K-5

• Mystery Science K-5

• Smithsonian Science for the Classroom K-5

• HMH Into Science K-5

• Carolina K-5 Building Blocks of Science

• Amplify Science K-8

• Imagine Learning Twig Science K-8

• HMH Science Dimensions 6-8

• Discovery Education Science 6-8

• SEPUP/Lab-Aids Issues and Science 6-8

• OpenSciEd 6-12

• BSCS Biology 9-12

• New Visions High School Biology 9-12

Planning Resources

• NGSS High School Conceptual Progression: Model 1, Model 2, Model 3

• Course Mapping Resources: Elementary, Middle, High

• NGSS Lesson Plan Template

• NGSS 5E Lesson Plan Template

• The Wonders of Science: Planning an NGSS Unit 

• Exemplar NGSS Lessons

• 3D Learning Implementation Tool

• Unit Planning/Lesson Progression Graphics 

• Learning Progressions

Assessments

• General Creation Resources

  • Article: 3D Science Assessment in K-5 Classrooms 

  • Assessment Planning Information 

  • Changing the Way We Assess Science Learning 

  • Equity in Assessments 

• Classroom Examples

  • Assessment Tasks by Grade Level 

  • Performance Assessments by Grade Level

  • Example 5th Grade NGSS Performance Assessment

  • After Investigation "Check In Assessment" Example

  • Unit Summative Assessment Example

  • Draft Assessments by DCI

  • Assessment Probes Books*(Requires purchase)

  • Phenomena-Based Assessments*(Requires paid subscription)

• State Assessment Examples

  • Washington, D.C. Standardized Test Practice Questions

  • Massachusetts Standardized Practice Test

Rubrics/Screeners

• Curriculum Review Tool

• NGSS Lesson Screener

• 3 Dimensional Lesson Screener

• Task Assessment Screener 

• Performance Assessment Screener

• STEM Lesson Rubric 

Supporting Research:

• The Relationships Between Elementary Students' Knowledge-in-Use Performance and Their Science Achievement

• Guidance for Administrators 

Video Examples:

• Student Discourse Video Cases

• Exploring Phenomenon 

• Scientist Circles

• Developing and Using Models

• Ambitious Science Teaching Professional Learning Videos

• OpenSciEd Professional Learning Videos