Science Standards Overview

Next Generation Science Standards

California adopted Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in 2013!  This is your one-stop-shop for finding the best resources to bring these standards to life. These resources help you find phenomena from daily life to anchor the learning in curiosity stemming from students' lived experiences. And, more resources for building robust learning activities, from inquiry to data collection to arguing from evidence.


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NGSS Topics by Grade: A Quick Glance

These documents will give you concise tools to see content at different grade levels. 

K-5 Topics at a Glance shows progression from grade level to grade level

To view content per grade:

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Getting Started with Next Generation Science Standards

Click through to find general references, videos, and district implementation resources on this page. 
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Planning Three Dimensional
Science Lessons

Here you'll find examples of NGSS lessons, storylines and phenomena centered lesson planning. 
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Science & Engineering Practices

The Framework described eight practices in Science and Engineering that all students needed to learn. These are the skills and knowledge needed to do science. We have gathered resources to help you understand all eight practices.

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Crosscutting Concepts

Crosscutting concepts have value because they provide students with connections and intellectual tools that are related across the differing areas of disciplinary content and can enrich their application of practices and their understanding of core ideas.

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Disciplinary Core Ideas (Content)

NGSS has three dimensions: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts and Content. This page focusing on the content areas of NGSS broken down by grade level.
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Connections to the Common Core Standards

California has adopted the Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards for schools. These sets of standards have quite a bit of overlap and can be used to support each other. 

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