How to bring NGSS into your classroom
This website is dedicated to helping teachers begin the process of implementing NGSS in their classrooms. There are a number of resources available, but most of them seem to assume the reader needs the standards explained in excruciating detail or the reader is so familiar with them that you can skip all the introductory bits and jump right to re-writing your curriculum from scratch. This goal here is to skip the excruciating detail, explain the important bits, and then pave the path of implementation to make it as smooth and easy as possible. There are many challenges that face teachers trying to implement NGSS, but also a lot of amazing opportunities.
The Pros and Cons of NGSS
The goal here is to introduce teachers to the pros while mitigating the cons as much as possible.
The Pros and Cons of NGSS
- Pro: Tons of documentation
- Con: Documentation not well documented
- Pro: Tons of information in each standard
- Con: Confusing, overwhelming, dense
- Pro: Sensible once you've figured it out
- Con: Not very easy to figure out
- Pro: Incredible amounts of freedom
- Con: Incredible amounts of time and effort
The goal here is to introduce teachers to the pros while mitigating the cons as much as possible.