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Students
take ownership and responsibility in their learning when they have a role in making decisions and
reflecting on their learning.

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I appreciate the focus on providing relevant experiences for students.  This is very motivating for people -to understand how this impacts ME.

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I appreciate the focus on providing relevant experiences for students.  This is very motivating for people -to understand how this impacts ME.

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Understand the 🌎 around us

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Knowledge alone is not enough: students need to be able to act on that knowledge.

This encourages students to be active learners and not passive consumers of information.

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All students, regardless of their
future education plan and career path, must have an engaging, relevant, rigorous, and coherent pre-K–12
STE education to be prepared for citizenship, continuing education, and careers.

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Curriculum and instruction should instill wonder in students about the world
around them through engaging and exciting learning experiences.

Students should develop a passion about the natural and designed world and model the inquisitive, analytical, and skeptical nature of
science.

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All students, regardless of their
future education plan and career path, must have an engaging, relevant, rigorous, and coherent pre-K–12
STE education to be prepared for citizenship, continuing education, and careers.

Reminds me that science is important for everyone to be an engaged citizen, not just the kids who want to be doctors when they grow up!

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Scroll down to find the  Student- and Family-Friendly Resources for Better Understanding the Science and Engineering Practices

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Boston Public Schools Science, Technology & Engineering Department

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We have a web-based PD series that was designed for you and your colleagues to use to deepen your understanding of the Science and Engineering Practices. There are ten 45-minute modules that include all of the information and resources to explore each practice -- there's even an annotated facilitators guide so that you can have insider tips to help you lead the session! We encourage you to use these modules in CPT/Department meetings, and do let us know how it goes!

Our collaboration with Kate McNeill from Boston College has afforded us opportunities for teachers and school leaders to participate in and contribute to the development of resources to strengthen the effective integration of science practices into classroom instruction. The Instructional Leadership for Science Practices website has supervision and instructional resources that enable principals, teachers, and other school and district leaders to collaboratively implement the science practices and the MA STE Framework.

​We worked with a great team of teachers and others to develop this set of guiding questions for each practice, based on Appendix F of NGSS and the NGSS@NSTA Practices Progression Matrix.

It is not intended that you ask students to focus on every practice or each question all at once. These questions can be shared with students as needed to have them pay particular attention to certain practices and specific elements as you work through your science lessons. There will be more to come on how to use these resources, but for now, take a look at these documents and let us know what you think. We plan to have them translated so that you can share them with families. How might you use them with your students?

We have completed the following so far...

This is the K-12 Progression All Practices by Grade Band document. You can download it at the link above.

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Science & Engineering Practices PD & Resources

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We have a web-based PD series that was designed for you and your colleagues to use to deepen your understanding of the Science and Engineering Practices. There are ten 45-minute modules that include all of the information and resources to explore each practice -- there's even an annotated facilitators guide so that you can have insider tips to help you lead the session!

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Read the vision of the 2016 MA STE. Choose 1 sentence that resonates with you and 1 word that describes how you feel.