Next Generation Science Standards identifies the science all K-12 students should know. These new standards are based on the National Research Council's A Framework for K-12 Science Education. The National Research Council, the National Science Teachers Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Achieve have partnered to create standards through a collaborative state-led process. The standards are rich in content and practice and arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education.

The print version of Next Generation Science Standards complements the nextgenscience.org website and:

Provides an authoritative offline reference to the standards when creating lesson plans
Arranged by grade level and by core discipline, making information quick and easy to find
Printed in full color with a lay-flat spiral binding
Allows for bookmarking, highlighting, and annotating

Table of Contents

Front Matter
NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS: Arranged by Disciplinary Core Ideas
Connections to Standards: Arranged by Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs)
NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS: Arranged by Topics
Connections to Standards: Arranged by Topics
VOLUME 2: APPENDIXES
APPENDIX A: Conceptual Shifts in the Next Generation Science Standards
APPENDIX B: Responses to the Public Drafts
APPENDIX C: College And Career Readiness
APPENDIX D: All Standards, All Students: Making the Next Generation Science Standards Accessible to All Students
APPENDIX E: Disciplinary Core Idea Progressions in the Next Generation Science Standards
APPENDIX F: Science and Engineering Practices in the Next Generation Science Standards
APPENDIX G: Crosscutting Concepts in the Next Generation Science Standards
APPENDIX H: Understanding the Scientific Enterprise: The Nature of Science in the Next Generation Science Standards
APPENDIX I: Engineering Design in the Next Generation Science Standards
APPENDIX J: Science, Technology, Society, and the Environment
APPENDIX K: Model Course Mapping in Middle and High School for the Next Generation Science Standards
APPENDIX L: Connections to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
APPENDIX M: Connections to the Common Core State Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects

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