Evidence of Alignment
What does it mean for a program to be designed for the NGSS? How do you know it explicitly integrates the three dimensions? Do the phenomena connect to a larger, coherent storyline? Use this video for a quick, three-minute overview of the resources provided by SEPUP for each of the units below. This is a great starting place to select programs for full evaluation using the EQuIP, the PEEC, or some other custom tool for NGSS alignment.
SEPUP | Middle School | NGSS Life Science Units
SEPUP | Middle School | NGSS Earth Science Units
SEPUP | Middle School | NGSS Physical Science Units
It is better to enact great curriculum than to author it—and yet too often we're really scared to push curriculum in leadership. We think we have to develop our own.
Michael Lach - Director of STEM Education and Strategic Initiatives at UChicago STEM Education and the Urban Education Institute of the University of Chicago