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This is an online course for those who are in charge of facilitating the science adoption process in your school or district organization.

FREE COURSE developed by the County Offices and partners based on the full NGSS TIME Training.

Reach out to your county office or state partner for more assistance.

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This list is developed from the CA Association of Science Educators (CASE) formerly known as CA Science Teachers Association (CSTA)

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Standards Maps for Grades Nine Through Twelve

CDE offers Standards Maps to support review and adoption of high school materials. Standards maps for high school CA NGSS are currently under development.

Standards map templates were developed so that school districts can determine the extent to which instructional materials, or a combination of instructional materials, for students in grades nine through twelve align with the content standards adopted by the State Board of Education (SBE). Publishers are invited to include completed standards maps with materials offered for sale in the four core content areas in grades nine through twelve, citing where their materials align with the content standards. The standards maps are also a tool for local educational agencies to use when evaluating instructional materials for alignment with content standards, as local school boards must certify that materials are aligned with the California content standards. Source: CDE

Explore additional resources on the "Resources for Reviewing" tab.

Instructional Materials for High School Science

California does not review or adopt instructional materials for high school at the state-level. The review and adoption process is entirely local. CASE encourages those participating in the review of materials for high school to access and make use of the information in the " Resources for Reviewing" section of this website.

The following list of programs has been curated to help high schools locate instructional materials from publishers who have produced materials that claim alignment, correlation, or connections to NGSS for high school. CASE has not reviewed these materials in any way and makes no endorsement of the following programs. CASE has not received compensation for the listing of these programs and simply provides this list as a resource for teachers looking for options. If you know of a program that is not listed below, please contact Jana Reyes to have the program added ( jana(at)cascience.org ).

Accelerate Learning - STEMScopes PreK-12

BioZone

BSCS

Carolina Biological Supply Company

Discovery Education - Science Techbook

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Lab-Aids

McGraw-Hill - Glencoe High School Science

Pasco

Pearson

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CDE offers Standards Maps to support review and adoption of high school materials. Standards maps for high school CA NGSS are currently under development. Standards map templates were developed so that school districts can determine the extent to which instructional materials, or a combination of instructional materials, for students in grades nine through twelve align with the content standards adopted by the State Board of Education (SBE).

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Approved list from the California State Board of Education.
Note: Only K-8th Program are listed. There is no High School Approved list from the state.

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Programs adopted and not adopted by the California State Board of Education.

The California State Board of Education adopted the following science programs at its November 2018 public meeting:

The California State Board of Education did not adopt the following science programs submitted for consideration of adoption:

Questions: Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources Division | CFIRD@cde.ca.gov | 916-319-0881

Last Reviewed: Tuesday, November 30, 2021

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Register to attend these quarterly meetings and get the most up to date information about NGSS, including testing information and more.

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One Stop shop for workshop opportunities, student and teacher opportunities, grants, conferences and a whole lot more.

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Professional Learning Series prepared by K12 Alliance, California Science Project, County Offices of Education, CA Association of Science Educators, and other State partners. Supported by CCSESA, CA Dept. of Education, and CA State Board of Education

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Membership Benefits

Join with other teachers who share your passion for science, want to inspire their students, and have realized the benefits of an association advocating their interests at the state level.

Communication Tools
In collaboration with the California Alliance for Next Generation Science Standards ( CA4NGSS), CASE has developed a series of tools designed to help teachers communicate with parents about the California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS).

Equitable Access to Science Education in California
CASE is proud to release the Equitable Access to Science Education of California. This publication details the challenges of bringing high quality science education to all classrooms across California and what we can do to help.

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Join with other teachers who share your passion for science, want to inspire their students, and have realized the benefits of an association advocating their interests at the state level. Communication Tools In collaboration with the California Alliance for Next Generation Science Standards ( CA4NGSS), CASE has developed a series of tools designed to help teachers communicate with parents about the California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS).

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Empowering Educators. Inspiring Students. Real science, real stories, and real data to engage students in exploring the living world.

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Steve Spangler is a best-selling author, educator and Emmy award-winning science communicator who finds the most creative ways to make science fun. Spangler has made more than 1,800 television appearances as an expert on inquiry-based science and strategies for making science fun.

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Get free math and science teaching materials, attend training workshops and get hands-on demonstrations to illustrate classroom activities. Find it all at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Educator Resource Center in Pasadena, California.

What can I expect from the Educator Resource Center?

Each educator has unique needs. The JPL staff works with educators to find out what they need and provide appropriate NASA resources.

Educators may receive single copies of posters, lithograph pictures, educator guides with activities, booklets and information on NASA/JPL missions (subject to supplies on hand).

Educators can call the Educator Resource Center to learn about receiving materials via mail.

Workshops are conducted at JPL in Pasadena, California.

Who Can Utilize the NASA/JPL Educator Resource Center?
All NASA Educator Resource Centers are free, however they are intended for educators. You will be best served if you fit in one of these groups:

Classroom educators teaching pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

Informal educators from museums, planetariums or science centers.

Scout leaders and other group leaders.

Homeschoolers, after-school program educators, colleges, universities and other education-related groups.

Planning Your Visit

The NASA/JPL Educator Resource Center is located at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. It is open Monday through Thursday and alternating Fridays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Note: Visits are by appointment only. Call ahead to make an appointment, (818) 393-5917.

Stay Connected

Sign up to receive NASA/JPL email updates, including education-related announcements, information on workshops and local events

Follow @NASAJPL_EDU on Twitter to get the latest on teacher resources, workshops, tips and more.

Become a fan of NASAJPL Edu on Facebook to find out about student internship opportunities, profiles of JPL interns and other cool NASA happenings.

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The Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Program has played an important role in the continued recovery of the southern sea otter population with our research, rescue, rehabilitation, and surrogacy work.

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With ten live cams to choose from, you can experience the wonder of the ocean no matter where you are. Be delighted by the antics of our sea otters or mellow out to the hypnotic drifting of our jellies. Tune in to one of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's web cams.

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The NSTA Learning Center ( http://learningcenter.nsta.org/) is a state-of-the-art web portal that contains thousands of standards-based learning resources for science teachers. Resources include web seminars, e-book chapters, journal articles, Science Objects, SciGuides, SciPacks, and more. It is customized to allow teachers to assess their content knowledge and design a path specifically for their needs and preferences.

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To identify and shine a spotlight on emerging examples of quality lessons and units designed for the NGSS, Achieve launched the EQuIP Peer Review Panel for Science (PRP). NextGenScience, the former Achieve science team, continues this work, managing reviews that use the EQuIP Rubric for Science (Ver…

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Smarter Tools for Teachers. Discover classroom resources you can use today. Educator-created lessons, activities, strategies, and professional development to help tailor instruction and boost learning.

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Find your path through the new Next Generation Science Standards using the Concord Consortium’s interactive pathfinder.

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Resources for Implementing Three-Dimensional Science Assessments
As educators, districts, and states implement new science standards, they are faced with creating and implementing new three-dimensional assessments to help monitor student progress and provide feedback to students, parents, and teachers. Achieve has worked with teachers, states, and researchers to develop a variety of tools and resources to help design and implement assessments that are worth students' and teachers' time.
Task Annotation Project in Science: The Task Annotation Project in Science (TAPS) was launched to provide an answer to the questions "what does it look like to ask students to demonstrate progress toward three-dimensional standards?" and "what are the most important features of high-quality science tasks?" This suite of resources includes annotated examples of assessment tasks for elementary, middle, and high school as well as a series of short resources that highlight the major takeaways across the whole project.

Tennessee District Science Network Task Library: In early 2019, NextGenScience launched the Tennessee District Science Network (TDSciN), a group of six districts in Tennessee working collaboratively to improve their science programs and move towards the vision of science education reflected in the Tennessee Academic Standards for Science. As part of this work, teachers from each district collaborated in cross-district educator workgroups to develop a library of assessment tasks. These tasks and accompanying resources can deepen educators' understanding of classroom tasks that measure student proficiency in today's science standards.

Science Cognitive Complexity Framework: This framework offers a new approach to capturing and communicating the complexity of summative assessment items and tasks designed for three-dimensional standards. The complexity framework can be used to assess the degree to which an assessment task asks students to intellectually engage in and make use of disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices, and cross-cutting concepts in service of sense-making. The new framework allows for both the analysis of individual items or tasks and the holistic analysis of multi-component tasks or item clusters.

A recording of an introductory webinar on the science framework is available here.

Science Assessment Criteria: This document describes the most important features of statewide summative assessments designed for three-dimensional standards based on A Framework for K-12 Science Education, such as the NGSS.

Science Assessment Task Screening Tools: These two tools are intended to assist educators in evaluating science assessment tasks to determine whether they are designed for three-dimensional science standards based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education, such as the Next Generation Science Standards.

Transforming Science Assessment: Challenges and Recommendations for States: This brief describes some key challenges associated with developing assessments for new three-dimensional science standards and recommendations for states to consider.

Transforming Science Assessment: Systems for Innovation: This series of resources is designed to provide state education leaders with 1) information about how states are currently pursuing statewide assessment systems in science; 2) analyses of what features influence different approaches, with an eye to supporting state leaders as they make their own decisions regarding science assessment systems; 3) detailed state profiles that highlight how and why some states have made decisions regarding designing and enacting different examples of systems of assessment; and 4) a how-to guide for policymakers looking to enact systems of assessment in science.

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The following resources are available to assist you in using the practice and training tests.

To access the online Practice and Training Tests, please select one of these buttons.

Last Reviewed: October 13, 2022

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The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) include 7 Crosscutting Concepts that are the big ideas that connect the sciences and help to understand nature. Students who understand the NGSS crosscutting concepts will have a deep framework for integrating and understanding science ideas.

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Welcome to the SDCOE Science Resource Center

The San Diego County Office of Education Science Resource Center has been developed to guide educators as they implement the California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS). This website contains information about the three dimensions of the standards, searchable versions of the CA NGSS Performance Expectations, descriptions of the various K-12 course models for CA NGSS, a framework for planning and monitoring quality science programs, and other tools to support professional learning in science.

Provide Feedback on CA NGSS in Spanish

The documents below are draft versions of the CA NGSS in Spanish and may contain errors in spelling, grammer, and/or phrasing. They are provided to gather public feedback. Please complete the CA NGSS in Spanish Feedback Form to help make this resource as accurate as possible.

To aid in the review and feedback process, the performance expectations documents are organized by Disciplinary Core Idea. They are not in final form or organization.

Classroom Posters for the SEPs and CCCs Available
Use the Science Icon Posters order form to purchase a set of these posters for your classroom or school.

Updates and revisions to the SDCOE Resource Center have been funded partially through the Standards Implementation Project and made possible by a collaboration between CCSESA, the California Department of Education, the State Board of Education, and the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation.

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This site is a curated collection of science phenomena for the NGSS, along with phenomenon based learning resources and help for how to use phenomenon to drive student questions in the classroom centered around 3 dimensional teaching and learning.

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Welcome to the SDCOE Science Resource Center

The San Diego County Office of Education Science Resource Center has been developed to guide educators as they implement the California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS). This website contains information about the three dimensions of the standards, searchable versions of the CA NGSS Performance Expectations, descriptions of the various K-12 course models for CA NGSS, a framework for planning and monitoring quality science programs, and other tools to support professional learning in science.

Provide Feedback on CA NGSS in Spanish

The documents below are draft versions of the CA NGSS in Spanish and may contain errors in spelling, grammer, and/or phrasing. They are provided to gather public feedback. Please complete the CA NGSS in Spanish Feedback Form to help make this resource as accurate as possible.

To aid in the review and feedback process, the performance expectations documents are organized by Disciplinary Core Idea. They are not in final form or organization.

Classroom Posters for the SEPs and CCCs Available
Use the Science Icon Posters order form to purchase a set of these posters for your classroom or school.

Updates and revisions to the SDCOE Resource Center have been funded partially through the Standards Implementation Project and made possible by a collaboration between CCSESA, the California Department of Education, the State Board of Education, and the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation.

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