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
- Volume 1: The Standards
- 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