x-Curriculum Development-NGSS

http://www.sophia.org/next-generation-science-standards/middle-school-earth-and-space-science

http://www.sausd.us/cms/lib5/CA01000471/Centricity/Domain/5397/2014-2015%206th%20Grade%20YAG%20Earth%20Science.pdf

http://www.hcpss.org/f/academics/science/curr_science_06.pdf

prnciples behind NGSS article

http://epsc.wustl.edu/seismology/michael/web/Wysession_NSTAFINAL.pdf

videos for teachers explaing NGSS:

list http://www.lewiscenter.org/AAE/Departments/Science/Teaching-the-Next-Generations-Science/

weather

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLT1J8je5lo

This is what a national committee has developed for evidence statements... If you scroll past the color, there is a section about evidence from students...these are the equivalent of I can statements

http://www.nextgenscience.org/ngss-high-school-evidence-statements

middle school http://www.nextgenscience.org/middle-school-evidence-statements

Also I googled and found these useful links:

http://www.ck12.org/ngss/middle-school-earth-and-space-sciences/earth%E2%80%99s-place-in-the-universe

http://betterlesson.com/next_gen_science/browse/2254/ngss-ms-ess3-1-construct-a-scientific-explanation-based-on-evidence-for-how-the-uneven-distributions-of-earth-s-mineral-energy-a?from=domain_core