By Helen Maltese, Rubicon International Although the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are not new, there are still so many questions surrounding them. Our team walked away from the 2016 NSTA conferences in Nashville and Portland with a clearer understanding of...
By Amber Villa-Zang, Rubicon International In his book Hacking the Common Core, Mike Fisher debunks some of the common misinterpretations of the Common Core Standards. He does this by clarifying what the standards actually ask students to know, understand and do...
By Joel Thomas and Kailey Rhodes, Rubicon International As the NGSS is changing the way we think about science teaching and learning, it only makes sense that it should shift the way we think about assessing. How do we have meaningful, ongoing assessments in a...
By Jenny Windom, Rubicon International National Core Arts Standards Infographic – Updating the Palette! Check out our latest infographic, covering the changes, structure, and pedagogy behind the NCCAS ! [ Click here to download the infographic ] Looking for more...
In our recent Spark with TJ McKenna, Staff Scientist for the Connecticut Science Center and Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy, he discusses how phenomena-driven instruction motivates students to be the scientists we know they naturally are. TJ was one of those kids...
By Kailey Rhodes, Rubicon International NGSS Infographic – Explain it like I’m five! In our latest infographic, we break down the facts, shifts, and 3 dimensions of the NGSS! [ Click here to download the infographic ]
