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Summary:

Annika shares with us all about the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) create by the Right Question Institute. She walks us through the why and how and then shows us how it can be strategically used with NGSS to become even more engaging and effective. Including how to intentionally use the cross-cutting concepts. Lots of practical inspiring strategies shared here. All links and resources mentioned can be found in the shownotes.

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• 01:00 - 04:30     Introduction to Annika and Question Formulation Technique (QFT)
• 04:30 - 11:30     How QFT works
• 11:30 - 14:00     Examples of QFT in the classroom
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Summary:

NGSS teacher, David Grossman, shares ways teachers can take small steps to implementing NGSS in their classroom. He also discusses how he dived into implementing storylines in his classroom even though he was not an expert in the storyline topic. There’s a ton of golden nuggets of NGSS advice in this episode. Perfect for getting you ready for the upcoming school year!

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• 02:00 - 05:00    Introduction to David & NGSS
• 05:00 - 13:30    How storylines level the playing field in the classroom
• 13:30 - 19:00    David's work with Small Steps NGSS (his website)
• 19:00 - 28:00    Incorporating cross-cutting concepts with a checklist
• 28:00 - 30:00    David's advice for new NGSS teachers

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Summary:

Meet Sarah J. Fick, PhD. Sarah works with a team of researchers to develop curriculum materials that support learning environments focused on using the crosscutting concepts and science and engineering practices to support students knowledge building of science and engineering disciplinary core ideas. In this episode, we talk about 3 roles of CCC in 3D learning.

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 Show Highlights

• 08:00 - 12:00   Thinking about how disciplinary core ideas and cross-cutting concepts intersect + an example using systems and watersheds
• 12:15 - 14:45   Explicitly teaching cross-cutting concepts
• 15:00 - 22:20   How cross-cutting concepts appear in conceptual models + highlighting student understanding in their models
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Summary:

Mary Jean Giannetti shares with us her experiences of implementing NGSS at the K-5 grade level. She shares with us how she applies NGSS to authentic outdoor/environmental field studies for her K-5 students. The show notes contain all the helpful resources she uses.

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• 03:30 - 08:30    How Mary Jean started taking students outside while integrating NGSS
• 11:55 - 14:45    Teaching cross-cutting concepts with only an hour a week for science
• 15:45 - 20:45    Developing outdoor learning experiences in your community
• 21:00 - 23:15    Mary Jean's advice for managing groups outside the classroom
• 24:30 - 29:00    More ideas for integrating NGSS concepts with community activities
• 30:30 - 33:20    Resources Mary Jean suggests

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