Our Next Generation Science Instruction (NGSI) courses and resources are designed specifically for educators making the shift to next generation science teaching and learning. This comprehensive set of materials supports the professional learning in our 2-day NGSI: Systems course.
The complete NGSI: Systems Facilitator Guide bundle contains the Teacher Book, a Facilitator Guide, as well as digital access to course handouts and a course materials guide. The Teacher Book is designed to support learning during the course and provides background content notes and teaching cases to support science learning and building connections to the classroom. The Facilitator Guide includes extensive support materials and detailed procedures that allow science educators and staff developers to successfully lead a Making Sense of SCIENCE course for teacher learning.
Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing ‘patterns of change’ rather than static ‘snapshots.’
Peter Senge
- Type: PDF
- Audience: For PL providers
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NGSI: Crosscutting Concepts
Go beyond learning what is meant by each crosscutting concept into being able to effectively use crosscutting concepts in your own learning and supporting students doing the same.
Facilitation Academy
Prepare staff developers to facilitate a specific MSS Course. Attendees experience the course as learners and delve into the techniques needed to facilitate it for participants.
Dimensions of Science Education
By engaging in learning this way, students develop skills in the practices of science and engineering, adopt the habits of thinking of scientists and engineers, and gain science and engineering knowledge.
Properties of Next Generation Science Education
This resource highlights just three properties of Next Generation Science Education — multidimensional, phenomenon-based, and equitable.