NGSS and FOSS Resources
See the resources below for NGSS and FOSS support.
Not sure where to start with NGSS?
This video (approximately 7 minutes) will give you a high-level overview of NGSS and how the performance expectations are structured.
For more informational videos from this same provider, visit Bozeman Science.
FOSS Webinar Grades 68 200722.mp4Teaching FOSS in Distance and Hybrid Learning
Check out this webinar for tips and tricks on teaching FOSS virtually.
FOSS also is maintaining a distance and hybrid learning updates page on their website.
NGSS Resources
Click the link or watch the video to learn more about how "phenomenon" is defined in the NGSS, and how they are used in effective science instruction.
See these NGSS phenomena videos you can use in your classroom!
Click the link to learn more details about your grade level's NGSS performance expectations.
NGSS Fact Sheet
NGSSFactSheet2016revised.pdfVideo: How to Read the NGSS (6:51)
NGSS Performance Expectations by Grade
NGSS Performance Expectations - K
Kindergarten NGSS Performance ExpectationsNGSS Performance Expectations - 1st
1st Grade NGSS Performance ExpectationsNGSS Performance Expectations - 2nd
2nd Grade NGSS Performance ExpectationsNGSS Performance Expectations - 3rd
3rd Grade NGSS Performance ExpectationsNGSS Performance Expectations - 4th
4th Grade NGSS Performance ExpectationsNGSS Performance Expectations - 5th
5th Grade NGSS Performance ExpectationsNGSS Performance Expectations - 6th (Integrated)
6th Grade NGSS Performance Expectations (Integrated Model)NGSS Performance Expectations - 7th (Integrated)
7th Grade NGSS Performance Expectations (Integrated Model)NGSS Performance Expectations - 8th (Integrated)
8th Grade NGSS Performance Expectations (Integrated Model)3rd Party Curricular Resources
All FOSS NGSS content, available for digital use.
NGSS units and videos, created in the form of "mysteries" to be solved through investigations.
Each NGSS "scope" is broken down into content-specific areas of focus. Each scope includes leveled reading material, investigations and activities, and assessments, all created within the "5Es" model.
Engineering is Elementary provides engineering units for a fee that are fully-integrated with science.
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