NGSS Rollout Elementary School

March 20, 2017Richard Montgomery High School

Why NGSS

Moving from Curriculum 2.0 to NGSS mdk12.org

MCPS Core Strategies Focus Areas

FULLY IMPLEMENT MCPS Curriculum 2.0 in all areas, ensuring alignment with the Maryland College and Career Ready Standards (Common Core State Standards) and the Next Generation Science Standards.

INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES for project-based and problem-based learning throughout the district to build creative problem solving skills and social emotional competencies in all MCPS students.

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Kindergarten● Weather● Life Cycles of plants and

animals.● External Features● Adaptations

1st Grade• Living Things• Movement & Motion• Electricity• Properties of materials• Environment

2nd Grade• Earth Materials• Classification of objects• Celestial Objects• Plant & Animal Survival• Life Cycles

3rd Grade• Force & Motion• Conservation of Matter• Heat & Energy• Basic Needs of Living Things• Flow of Matter & Energy

4th Grade• Diversity of Plants & Animals• Survival & Reproduction in

Ecosystems• Weather• Properties of Matter• Rocks and Minerals

5th Grade• Force & Motion• Electricity• Wave Energy & Light• Astronomy• Cells & Heredity

How Will Science Education Change with NGSS? Science education will involve less:

• Rote memorization of facts and terminology • Learning of ideas disconnected from questions about

phenomena • Teacher providing information to the whole class• Teacher posing questions with only one right answer• Worksheets• Oversimplification of activities for students who are

perceived to be “less able” to do science and engineering

How Will Science Education Change with NGSS? Science education will involve more:

• Systems thinking and modeling to explain phenomena and to give a context for the ideas to be learned

• Students conducting investigations, solving problems, and engaging in discussions with teacher guidance

• Students discussing open-ended questions that focus on the strength of the evidence used to generate claims

How Will Science Education Change with NGSS? Science education will involve more:

• Students reading multiple sources and developing summaries of information

• Student writing of journals, reports, posters, and media presentations that offer explanations and arguments

• Provision of supports so that all students can engage in sophisticated science and engineering practices

Kindergarten - 2019-2020● Weather● Life Cycles of plants and

animals.● Basic needs of plants and

animals

1st Grade - 2019-2020• Living Things• Force & Motion• Properties of materials• Environmental studies

2nd Grade - 2018-2019

• Energy transfer• Astronomy - patterns• Habitats and interactions

3rd Grade - 2018-2019• Force & Motion• Geology - Earth history• Evolution - Biohistory • Environmental change

4th Grade - 2017-2018• Energy, forces, and

interactions• Environmental systems• Ecosystems• Conservation of Matter

5th Grade - 2017-2018

• Conservation of matter• Energy waves and

transfer• Astronomy• Heredity

Students will be able to plan and conduct Well-Designed Investigations to determine the conditions needed to best support plant growth and development.Students will be able to use attributes of plants and patterns of plant growth and development (how young plants are similar to and different from adult plants) to determine the success of their investigations and overall success of the edible garden

The Engineering Design Process

Students will be able to design a tool to observe and measure evidence of the impact of weathering/erosion on the local environment.

Middle School ScienceGrade 6

Matter and Its Interactions

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and Dynamics

Human Impacts on the Environment

Energy and Waves

Grade 7

Cellular Structure and Processes

Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms

Inheritance and Variation in Traits

Earth’s History and Biological Evolution

Grade 8Forces, Motion, and

Interactions

Earth, the Solar System, and the

Universe

Weather and Climate

Earth’s Materials and Systems

Questions? If you have any questions or comments, please go to

https://goo.gl/forms/FjHjwM90ufVcGsvh2

Or please fill out a paper parent feedback form and hand it back to the presenter. Thank you!

Session Locations

Elementary Rooms:● NGSS Rollout in

Elementary School164, 240, 242, 244, 162 (in Spanish)

● NGSS in Elementary Classrooms166, 246, 247, 250

Middle School Rooms:168, 216, 219

High School Rooms:170, 220, 222

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