Science

K-5

A Google folder of integrated NGSS-aligned unit lessons for your consideration.

Thank you Rio Lindo and Ms. Ann Ransom from University Preparation Charter School in Camarillo.


6-8

NGSS "model-based inquiry" units and lesson design templates from The Model-based Inquiry website, an open-source repository:

  • how to choose phenomena
  • ways to foreground disciplinary knowledge prior to inquiry
  • activities to increase productive talk
  • openers and closers

For your consideration

DOING AND TALKING MATH AND SCIENCE — Change the way you teach STEM classes. This website provides quick access to educator resources to support all students’ simultaneous doing and talking science and mathematics.

Tobacco Prevention Curriculum

This module provides a broad understanding of the Tobacco industry and the many tobacco products currently available, from cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, little cigars, smokeless tobacco, hookah and many others. It is composed of 2 units, each of which explores various tobacco concerns in-depth.

National Geographic Certification

National Geographic Educator Certification is a free professional development program that recognizes pre-K through 12 formal and informal educators committed to inspiring the next generation of explorers, conservationists, and changemakers.

If you have teaching science resources or tools (not copyrighted materials) that should be shared, please let us know by emailing Melissa Wantz: mwantz@rioschools.org