Curricular Resources

Curriculum Development and Evaluation References and Suggested Readings

ARTICLES:

Krajcik, J., Codere, S., Dahsah, C., Bayer, R., & Mun, K. (2014). Planning Instruction to Meet the Intent of the Next Generation Science Standards. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 25(2), 157-175. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1007/s10972-014-9383-2

Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (2012). Understanding by design [White Paper]. ASCD: Alexandria, VA. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/siteASCD/publications/UbD_WhitePaper0312.pdf

BOOKS:

NextGen Science Storylines. (2019). Teacher Handbook for NextGen Science Storylines. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern. Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EnR8AoXSvLJ4r-jlWNms5T3ti_AWtWzUtBggIHjmEtE/edit

OpenSciEd. (2020). Teacher Handbook: Middle School Science, Version 3. Retrieved from https://www.openscied.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Aug-2020_-Beta-Open-SciEd-Teacher-Handbook.pdf

WEB RESOURCES:

EQuIP Rubric for Lessons & Units: Science. Retrieved from https://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/default/files/EQuIPRubricforSciencev3.pdf

OpenSciEd. Resources available at https://www.openscied.org/

NextGen TIME Resources. Resources available at https://nextgentime.org/

Next Generation Science Storylines. Resources available at https://www.nextgenstorylines.org/