Week 2 Blog Lab Reflection

In the Lab Discussion for Week 2, we got a deeper dive into understanding everything related to NGSS. A few key things I took away from that specifically were that Iowa invented this and that roughly 40 states committed to partnering with NGSS, while other states chose a different way. In 2013, is when NGSS was officially kicked off and started. We also looked at different rubrics, broke down what everything meant, and went into looking at them. A lot of it was analyzing and interpreting data while also doing a good job of breaking down the ideas that went into it too. To end class, we also touched on all 8 living things' characteristics (cellular respiration, genetics/hereditary, maintaining homeostasis, growth and change, movement, stimuli response, metabolism, and reproduction). We thought briefly about what it all meant, and then on a poster we wrote these all out then drew pictures next to them. Drawing this on poster paper made it easier to remember all the characteristics as we could visually see them. Just like what I learned in the lab for week 2 of this course, I can take the idea of teaching my students specific information that they can easily apply to their lives as well. This also means changing lesson content and being flexible and willing to plan a little more outside of class. Having a variety of stuff planned will lead to a deeper understanding and awareness of what smaller or bigger terms mean and can end up going a long way. In the end, I still feel like I was a little confused about the three dimensions of the NGSS. The three dimensions are... eight SEPs, four DCIs, and seven CCCs. This is one of those things that will take time, and I will have to consider and take in everything it is sharing. It represents a bigger model than I even understand, and I understand what each of those stands for, but I want to later be able to easily differentiate all of them more so than I do currently.

 

Link we used to look at NGSS website:  https://www.nextgenscience.org/

(Looked at standards and compared things, then looked at items related to crosscutting, disciplinary core ideas, and science/engineering practices)

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  1. Amanda Scott- Elementary Science MethodsSeptember 5, 2024 at 4:23 PM

    Hi Aleah! I like that you want to be flexible with your future students because teaching is all about flexibility.

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  2. Kloe DiekeversSeptember 8, 2024 at 7:07 PM

    Hi Aleah! My class also did the same thing when looking into NGSS and breaking down what everything meant, as well as making the poster. The drawings are an excellent idea to really understand and get to know each of these ideas! I really appreciate how you said you're wanting to be flexible with your students and your class as a whole, and being willing to change and adapt your lesson content. Great post!

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