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This site is dedicated to supporting AZ Science teachers as they shift to new standards and venture into new instructional practices.
This site is dedicated to supporting AZ Science teachers as they shift to new standards and venture into new instructional practices.
* A majority of the work on this site is the outcome of the West-side Impact Standards Collaboration 2018-2019. This group consists of teachers and coaches from 12 valley school districts.
* A majority of the work on this site is the outcome of the West-side Impact Standards Collaboration 2018-2019. This group consists of teachers and coaches from 12 valley school districts.
Big Picture Overview
Big Picture Overview
The new AZ Science standards tap into higher levels of learning by requiring students to construct their own knowledge about science through experiences. Engineer standards are woven throughout the learning to promote concrete understandings. Students are challenged to design, model, create, and think!
The new AZ Science standards tap into higher levels of learning by requiring students to construct their own knowledge about science through experiences. Engineer standards are woven throughout the learning to promote concrete understandings. Students are challenged to design, model, create, and think!
The role of the teacher shifts from the "the keeper of the knowledge" to the "question architect" that carefully crafts ways for students to interact with the science and create their own claims based upon evidence.
The role of the teacher shifts from the "the keeper of the knowledge" to the "question architect" that carefully crafts ways for students to interact with the science and create their own claims based upon evidence.
NGSS
NGSS
Our standards are very similar to the national Next Generation Science standards. Review the NGSS site to find correlations. Once you find your standard, click on "Related Evidence Statements." Here is an Example. If you scroll to the bottom half, you will find details on the "what" and "how." This work is not fully developed in AZ so use this resource to for clarity.
Our standards are very similar to the national Next Generation Science standards. Review the NGSS site to find correlations. Once you find your standard, click on "Related Evidence Statements." Here is an Example. If you scroll to the bottom half, you will find details on the "what" and "how." This work is not fully developed in AZ so use this resource to for clarity.
New Distribution of Core Ideas:
New Distribution of Core Ideas:
What am I teaching?
What am I teaching?
Where did my standards go?
Where did my standards go?
ADE Timelines
ADE Timelines
Click here for the latest updates from the Arizona Department of Education.
Check with your district for targeted dates.
TESD 2019-2020 school year, K-3 & 5-7 will work in new standards. 4 and 8 will teach old for AIMs and supplement new standards.
TESD Supplemental Resources
TESD Supplemental Resources
Link to AZ Science Standards Correlation to Mystery Science
Link to AZ Science Standards Correlation to Mystery Science
Grades K-8 Science & HSS
Grades K-8 Science & HSS
Quick Start Up Presentation
Quick Start Up Presentation
Step 1: Click this registration link
Step 1: Click this registration link
Step 2: Register a new account
Step 2: Register a new account
Step 3: Click the purple button to access lessons
Step 3: Click the purple button to access lessons
Step 4: Start using Rozzy Career Adventures. Click on Getting Started to view teacher planning materials or Programs to start checking out our lessons.
Step 4: Start using Rozzy Career Adventures. Click on Getting Started to view teacher planning materials or Programs to start checking out our lessons.
Grades 6-8
Grades 6-8
Complete Curriculum aligned to NGSS Standards
Complete Curriculum aligned to NGSS Standards
See your STEM Coach for login details.
See your STEM Coach for login details.
Storylines
Storylines
Where is the Science Classroom Headed? Storylines
Where is the Science Classroom Headed? Storylines
A storyline is a coherent sequence of lessons, in which each step is driven by students' questions that arise from their interactions with phenomena. A student's goal should always be to explain a phenomenon or solve a problem. At each step, students make progress on the classroom's questions through science and engineering practices, to figure out a piece of a science idea. Each piece they figure out adds to the developing explanation, model, or designed solution. Each step may also generate questions that lead to the next step in the storyline. Together, what students figure out helps explain the unit's phenomena or solve the problems they have identified. A storyline provides a coherent path toward building disciplinary core idea and crosscutting concepts, piece by piece, anchored in students' own questions.
Storylines do not happen overnight. In fact, the stories on NGSS took over 5 years of teacher development and "trial and error". Give yourself grace and be brave with storylines. Review some examples here.
Teacher Tip: Need Direction?
Teacher Tip: Need Direction?
Check out NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) for great resources and to see what the rest of the country is doing in Science. Even if you are not a member, this site has great resources and blogs for Science teachers.
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