NGSS Teacher Resources at A Glance

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    Welcome to Your Resource Library!

    • How to access your resources
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    Upcoming PD & Other Opportunities!

    • Globale Oneness Project - Student Photography Contest (Due 11/19)

    • CA Coastal Commission Student Art & Poetry Contest

    • 2020 Green STEM Summit - Youth Competition Opportunities!

    • CA Coastal Commission Student Video Challenge (3/31/2020)!

    • UCI Joint Math & Science PD Series - Remote Instruction Using Climate Change Investigations
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    Unpacking NGSS

    • NSTA - Helping Students Make Sense of the World Through the SEPs

    • Critical Questions

    • How To Read the Standards

    • 3D Expectations - Matrices By Grade Level

    • Practice Activity
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    Finding Phenomena Resources

    • Why Phenomenon-Based Lessons?

    • NGSS Phenomena

    • GSTA

    • Wonder of Science

    • Using Phenomenon

    • What Makes a Good Phenomenon?
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    NGSS Aligned Resources

    • NSTA - Search Standards by Topic

    • Next Gen Storylines - Reiser

    • STEM Teaching Tools

    • NASA Vetted Educator Resources

    • NOAA CLEAN Climate Change Resources

    • The Nature of Science in the NGSS
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    Interactive Teaching Tools

    • Concord - Molecular Workbench

    • PhET Simulations

    • HHMI Using Data in Class

    • UC Berkeley's Interactive Mapping Tool for Students

    • Teacher Ed. Tech Tutorials
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    Facilitating Conversations

    • Pro-Talk Guide & Templates

    • Facilitating Conversations (Student to Student)

    • ELL Tool - Carousel Activity

    • STEM Teaching Sentence Frames
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    Teaching as Equity Based Educators

    • Culturally Responsive Teaching: A 50-State Survey of Teaching Standards

    • Social and Emotional Learning Resources

    • Appendix D - "All Standards, All Students”

    • "The Opportunity Myth" Research Findings to Inform Discussions
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    Ensuring NGSS-aligned Assessments

    • Designing 3D Assessments
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    Additional Teacher-Friendly PDF Resources

    • Resources for Writing Storylines

    • Resources for CER

    • Evaluating Science Assessment Tasks
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    CA Science Test Resources

    • CAST Reference Sheets

    • CA Science Test Results by School/District/State
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    Accessing School Data Resources

    • EdData

    • CA Dashboard

    • (NSF) State and National Data on STEM
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    Environmental Justice Interactive Tools

    • CalEnviroScreen, by the CalEPA

    • EJSCREEN: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool

    • EnviroAtlas by the EA

    • Regional Opportunity Index, by the Center for Regional Change

    • American Community Survey, by the US Census Bureau