Resources

Resources for Distance Learning

• Screencastify (https://www.screencastify.com/) Instructional Video
  • Screencastify is a utility that allows video recording.
• Goobric (https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/doctopus/979668934766 ) Instructional Video
• Google Drawings (https://drawings.google.com/) Instructional Video
• Google Classroom (https://classroom.google.com/) Instructional Video
• Socrative (https://www.socrative.com/) Instructional Video
• Educreations (https://www.educreations.com/) Instructional Video
• Google Forms (https://forms.google.com/) Instructional Video
• LATEX Equation Editor

Links for the Next Generation Science Standards

• NGSS Framework for K-12 Science Education (https://www.nap.edu/read/13165/chapter/1)
• Guide to Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards (http://www.nap.edu/read/18802/chapter/1)
• NGSS Evidence Statements for PEs (https://www.nextgenscience.org/evidence-statements)
• NGSS DCI Arrangements (https://www.nextgenscience.org/overview-dci)
• NGSS Science and Engineering Practices (http://www.nap.edu/read/13165/chapter/7)
• NGSS Crosscutting Concepts (http://www.nap.edu/read/13165/chapter/8)
• NGSS Crosscutting Concept Progression from NSTA (https://ngss.nsta.org/CrosscuttingConceptsFull.aspx)

Resources for NGSS Instruction

• Ambitious Science Teaching (https://ambitiousscienceteaching.org/)
  • A model for implementation of the NGSS driven by anchoring phenomena and student discussion
• Next Generation Storylines (http://www.nextgenstorylines.org/)
  • A website with sample units written to model the 3-dimensional learning expectations of the Next Generation Science Standards
• Phenomena for NGSS (https://www.ngssphenomena.com/)
  • A website with a searchable database of phenomena tied to the Next Generation Science Standards
• NSTA NGSS Hub (https://ngss.nsta.org/)
  • A website with resources for NGSS planning and instruction

Resources for Math Instruction

• Illustrative Mathematics Tasks (https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/)
  • A collection of tasks for math instruction that align to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
• Mathematical Language Routines (https://sites.google.com/danbury.k12.ct.us/mathematical-language-routines/home)
  • A website explaining the Mathematical Language Routines created by Rachel Saunders, Middle School STEM Department Head in Danbury, CT, for the ATOMIC Math Conference 2019
• Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Content Explorer (https://contentexplorer.smarterbalanced.org/)
  • Provides sample tasks and assessment items aligned to the Four Claims and various targets of the Smarter Balanced Assessment