EDU Consulting LLC
Category: NGSS
Strategies Aligned to Virtual Platforms
Virtual Platforms That Mimic Face-to-Face Instructional Strategies Since the closure of schools in mid-March resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, I have devoted a significant amount of time accelerating my personal online learning curve. I have particularly focused on virtual…
Read MoreNGSS SEP Implementation Tool
I recently came across some great instructional resources, developed by Instructional Leadership for Science Practices (ILSP), that can assist teachers (and administrators) with the implementation of the NGSS Science and Engineering Practices. Link to downloadable PDF: SEPs_Practices and Student Performance…
Read MoreNGSS Unit Planning Template Revisions
For those of you who are currently using, or interested in using my NGSS Unit Development Tool protocol, I have made some new revisions to the Google Sheet Template. In alignment with the language of the newly released California Science…
Read MoreDistance Learning Page Launched
With more of you transitioning to the “virtual” world of instruction, we have launched a new page, “Distance Learning” to help guide your accelerated professional learning curve to learn and implement the various options and applications of distance learning. I…
Read MoreCovid-19 Grading/Graduation FAQs
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and school closure, today the California Department of Education released guidelines for grading and graduation requirements, along with related frequently asked questions (FAQs) and pertinent resource links. https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/hn/gradegraduationfaq.asp Please share with fellow colleagues!
Read MoreBuilding Capacity for Teaching Engineering
The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has just released a new publication, Building Capacity for Teaching Engineering in K-12 Education, available as a FREE downloadable document. This publication reviews existing curricula and programs, as well as related research…
Read MoreSTEAM at Home
With the recent closure of schools as a local, state and national health safety response to the Covid-19 Virus Pandemic, a group of colleagues and I have assembled a set of outstanding FREE resources for students, parents and teachers to…
Read MoreEvaluating Cognitive Complexity in Science Assessments
Achieve has released a new publication, A Framework to Evaluate Cognitive Complexity in Science Assessments, which focuses on a new approach to capture and communicate the complexity of summative assessment items and tasks designed for three-dimensional standards. This framework can…
Read MoreOpenSciEd: FREE NGSS-aligned Resource Units
A group of state education agencies, working with school districts, classroom educators, experienced science curriculum developers and the science education community, created and field tested a complete set of robust, research-based, open-source science instructional materials that are aligned to the…
Read MoreTraining Dates for “TIME”
Statewide trainings for California’s Toolkit for Instructional Materials Evaluation (TIME) are now available to district teams moving forward with their science adoption. Based on comprehensive, collaborative work by CSTA, CISC, K-12 Alliance, California Science Project and County Offices of Education,…
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