Earth and Space in NGSS: More Than Just PCBs

Paula Messina

San Jose State UniversityScience Education Program & Geology Department

Achieve, Inc; Washington D.C.Writing Team Member, Earth & Space Sciences

2011-2013Metadata Developer, 2013 -

Curriculum Framework Writer, 2013 -

KDSL NGSS Forum; 26 April 2014; Dubai, U.A.E.

Session Agenda

• A Redefined Scope of Science• ESS Topics

– Focus on MS-ESS1-4– Activity!– Share-out

• Challenges and Next Steps

Science, Redefined

Science Scope

1893 Science Sequence• Biology was descriptive until the early

20th century• Physics requires quantitative skills

• But Chemistry requires Physics!• Physics preceded Chemistry in the

Final Report• B-C-P sequence was set in 1920s• Geology wasn’t formally-accepted

• Plate tectonic Theory: 1963• Space exploration: mid 20th century

20th/21st Century Science: More than PCBs

• NRC Standards (1990s) included Earth Science in all grades, K-12

• In the U.S., only 20.7% of high school students take an E.S. course, down from 24.4% in 1996 (NCES)

2013 Science Disciplines

1893 Scope & Sequence:

• Biology, Chemistry Physics

2013 Scope (Sequence, TBD)

• Earth & Space Science, Life Science, Physical Science

ESS Topics

2010

2/11 – 4/9/13

Earth and Space Science

• Space Systems• History of Earth• Earth’s Systems• Weather and Climate• Human Impacts/Sustainability

History of Earth: MS-ESS1-4

History of Earth: MS-ESS1-4

MS-ESS1-4: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history.

MS-ESS1-4: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history.

MS-ESS1-4: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history.

MS-ESS1-4: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history.

History of Earth: MS-ESS1-4

Sample Activity

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Challenges & Next Steps

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Next Steps: Implementation, Professional Development

www.nextgenscience.org

Questions? paula.messina@sjsu.edu