by Emily Starr | Sep 19, 2021 | Crosscutting Concepts, New Text Discovery
Picture books are a great way to get students to examine the crosscutting concepts of the Next Generation Science Standards. New to the crosscutting concepts? Here’s a quick summary! The crosscutting concepts are one of the three dimensions of the NGSS. The...
by Emily Starr | Sep 14, 2021 | New Text Discovery
Imagine what your life would be like without a TV. What about a vacuum cleaner? Your refrigerator? Toilet paper? Soap? Most of these common household items would be hard to live without, and we have inventors to thank for them! Every year on February 11th, National...
by Emily Starr | Sep 11, 2021 | New Text Discovery
Every year on April 22, we celebrate Earth Day. The first Earth Day movement started in 1970 as a response to growing concern over air pollution and public health. Today, Earth Day is widely recognized as the largest secular observance in the world!* Each year, more...
by Emily Starr | Feb 16, 2021 | Phenomenon Examples
4-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment. If you are teaching the Next Generation Science Standards and are looking for phenomena ideas, you’ve come to the right...
by Emily Starr | Dec 8, 2020 | Phenomenon Examples
3-LS4-4 Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change. If you are teaching the Next Generation Science Standards and are looking for phenomena ideas,...
