Science assessment tasks for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) can come in many different forms, but what should you look for when choosing an assessment? Or what should you make sure to include when creating your own assessment? Find out in this Quick Tip Tuesday episode

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Erin Sadler is a 7th and 8th grade NGSS teacher and shares with us strategies and resources she uses when teaching her students to engage in argument from evidence. She also walks us through the steps she takes when creating an NGSS lesson plan. Check out the shownotes for all the resources Erin Sadler shares.

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What’s the Story with Storylines? If you’ve been in the NGSS world for even just a little bit, chances are you’ve heard the term storylines floating around. So, what are storylines? Find out in this Quick Tip Tuesday episode.

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Todd Campbell takes over as host today and your host Margaret O’Sullivan becomes the guest. Find out about her experiences with NGSS as a 6th grade science teacher as well as the inspiration behind starting the NGS Navigators Podcast. 

Shownotes at  www.ngsnavigators.com/blog/038 for links to resources.

You've been meaning to fully implement NGSS in your classroom, but some things are holding you back. Is one of these 3 common obstacles? Find out what you can do to bust past those obstacles and become NGSS confident! Shownotes at https://www.ngsnavigators.com/blog/QuickTipTuesday1

Victoria Schilling is an 8th grade NGSS teacher who shares with us today all about how to use consensus modelling in your NGSS classroom. You’re going to want to take notes and follow her on Twitter!

Shownotes at www.ngsnavigators.com/blog/037 for links to resources.

Gillian Luévano shares with us her experiences with implementing NGSS in her 6th grade science classroom. Like many teachers, she has been putting together her NGSS lessons from a variety of sources. Gillian describes what has worked, what hasn’t worked, and what’s in the works for complete NGSS implementation. The resources she has found most useful and engaging for her students are linked in the shownotes.

Shownotes at  www.ngsnavigators.com/blog/036 for links to resources.

Wildlife biologist Tyus D. Williams shares with us his research on sea turtles, and jaguars. We also learn about the challenges and obstacles he faced in becoming a scientist. And indirectly, there are many connections to the NGSS 5 innovations that highlight the value of NGSS designed teaching.

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Meet the founder of Skype a Scientist, Sarah McAnulty! In this episode Sarah tells us all about how Skype a Scientist began and her PhD work with Hawaiian Bobtail squids. Find out how to participate in Skype a Scientist and learn some fascinating facts about cephalopods.

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If you’ve asked yourself, what does it actually look like for students to demonstrate progress towards the 3D standards? Or what are the most important features of high-quality science tasks? Well, Achieve has answers! These were the questions that drove the Achieve’s Task Annotation Project in Science (TAPS) and director Aneesha Badrinarayan is on today’s episode to tell us all about it. Shownotes at www.ngsnavigators.com/blog/033