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 Kailey Rhodes and Aaron Parker, Rubicon International Pre-Work: Familiarity with the NGSS: How much do we already know about the NGSS? What more information and professional development do we need? Some resources to investigate: Read The National Research Council’s...
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...
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 ]
