Conceptual Flows / Concept Maps NGSS

Concept Maps: A concept map or conceptual diagram is a diagram that depicts relationships between concepts. It is a graphical tool used to organize and structure knowledge. A concept map typically represents ideas and information as boxes or circles, which it connects with labeled arrows in a downward-branching hierarchical structure. The relationship between concepts can be articulated in linking phrases such as causes, requires, or contributes to.

• Examples

Conceptual Flow -  A conceptual flow helps teachers array the big ideas that are important for students to know, the standards they are responsible for teaching, and the content presented in the instructional materials into one comprehensive, sequential chart. Conceptual flows address concepts in a unit of instruction and have both a hierarchy of ideas (indicating the relationships between and among the ideas) and a direction (i.e., the sequence for instruction of the unit). 

• • Details the important concepts

• Identifies an instructional sequence

• Identifies important concepts for assessment of student understanding

  • Serves as a tool for evaluation of instructional materials

Tools for creating Mind Maps, Concept Maps, Conceptual Flows.

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California 3-course High School Integrated Models

• Physics in the Universe

• Chemistry in the Earth System

• The Living Earth

California Middle School Integrated Model