NGSS Adopted Framework for California

Click on the link below to go to the newly adopted California Framework for Science. See Chapter 6 for the Middle School Standards

www.cde.ca.gov/ci/sc/cf/scifwprepubversion.asp

How Are the New Standards Different?

Schools Should Teach Science Like SportsWhy the Next Generation Science Standards will succeed

What to Know About the Next Generation Science StandardsThey are not a curriculum, but a series of goals and best practices that are intended to inform teachers’ science instruction

Who Wrote the NGSS Standards?

"To undertake this effort, the NRC convened a committee of 18 individuals who are nationally and internationally known in their respective fields. The committee was composed of practicing scientists, including two Nobel laureates, cognitive scientists, science education researchers, and science education standards and policy experts. In addition, the NRC used four design teams to develop the Framework. These design teams, in physical science, life science, earth/space science, and engineering, developed the framework for their respective disciplinary area." https://www.nextgenscience.org/development-overview