The Next Generation Science Standards are designed to help realize a vision for education in the science and engineering in which students, over multiple years of school, actively engage in scientific and engineering practices and apply crosscutting concepts to deepen their understanding of the core ideas in these fields. (NRC Framework 2012, p. 10)

Resources

CA Framework

NGSS Front Matter (Introduction to NGSS)

Appendix A - Conceptual Shifts in the Next Generation Science Standards

Los Angeles County Office of Education--Educator Resources