Scientists and engineers have tried and true crosscutting concepts that they use to make sense of the natural world and the problems faced by humanity.
Dig into variable rates and causes of biological decomposition and the physics of momentum using crosscutting concepts as tools to make sense of phenomena and data sets. Go beyond learning what is meant by each crosscutting concept into being able to use crosscutting concepts in your own learning effectively and supporting students doing the same.
The activities in this course were so well-designed, with just the littlest tweaks they went straight into my high school physics classroom. For the first time in
High School Physics Teacher
13 years, my students were not only intrigued by momentum, but eagerly worked their way through understanding it. And along the way I learned a lot about the difference between teaching science content and giving multidimensional learning opportunities.
- Audience: For teachers of K–12 next generation science
- Time: In-person | 2 full days
- Learn more about this course by downloading the course overview.
Wondering how sites like yours have implemented this course?
Next Generation at High School project
- High school administrators participated in the NGSI: Supporting Science Instruction course
- All math, science, literacy, and technology teachers at a single high school participated in the NGSI: Multidimensional Science Education course
- All teachers used the Making Sense of Student Work protocol to support their department PLC meetings
- Science teachers participated in the NGSI: Science & Engineering Practices course and the NGSI: Crosscutting Concepts course
- Science teachers used the High School Supplemental Student Units
Shifting to Next Generation Science across New Mexico
- MSS Prepared NM professional learning providers (PLPs) to facilitate the NGSI: Multidimensional Science Education course
- NM PLPs led the NGSI: Multidimensional Science Education course statewide to K–12 teachers on weekends during the school year
- Teachers then attended the NGSI: Science & Engineering Practices course and the NGSI: Crosscutting Concepts course in the summer
- All NM teachers were provided access to the NGSI: Classroom Innovations PLC protocol and all three Innovation Packs
- MSS Teacher Surveys & Assessments were administered, and reports for each course were created
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