Overview of CA

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• Overview of CAs Science Framework
• The Next Generation Science Standards California
  Style

Hilary Dito STEAM Coordinator Contra Costa County
Office of Education
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Overview

• Framework Update
• Assessment Update
• NGSS Resources

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Science Framework - updateat CSTA / NSTA Long
BeachNational Science Teachers Association
(NSTA) Conference December 4, 2014
Maria C. Simani, Ph.D., Executive Director,
California Science Project J. Kirk Brown,
Director, Delta Sierra Science Project Director
of Science and STEM Integration/Innovation San
Joaquin County Office of Education Bryan Boyd
Ed.D., Lead Science Consultant, Instructional
Resources Unit, CDE
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Science Framework Revision

• Guide the field in implementing the CA NGSS
• Provide guidance in implementing the Common Core
  State Standards for Literacy in Science
• Provide guidance on how to implement the three
  dimensions of NGSS Science and Engineering
  Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, Disciplinary
  Core Ideas
• Provide guidance on the middle school and high
  school course models
• Provide evaluation criteria for instructional
  materials in science.

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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION The Science
Framework Development Process (Per SBE Approval
January 2014)   This chart shows the major steps
of the curriculum framework development
process. All meetings are open to the public.
4. SBE Appoints Curriculum Framework and
Evaluation Criteria Committee (CFCC) July 2014
3. IQC Reviews Focus Group Report. IQC Recommends
CFCC Members and Guidelines for Revision of the
Framework to the SBE.
8. IQC's Science Subject Matter Committee Meets
Suggests Edits to Draft Framework August 2015
7. IQC Conducts 60-Day Field Review Draft
Framework Posted on Internet June-July 2015
6. Draft Framework Presented to IQC May 2015
5. CFCC Meets 6 Times to Draft Framework September
-February 2014/2015
12. Framework Posted on Internet Print Edition
Published 2016
10. Recommended Framework Posted on Internet for
60-Day Public Review October-November 2015
11. SBE Meets Acts on IQC's Recommendation to
Adopt Framework January 2016
9. IQC Meets Recommends Draft Framework to
SBE September 2015
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The Curriculum Framework and Evaluation Criteria
Committee (CFCC)

• Members are recruited and recommended by the
  Instructional Quality Commission, and appointed
  by the SBE
• CFCCs have 9-20 members
• A majority are credentialed K-12 teachers
• At least 1 Content Review Expert
• At least 1 experienced with English learners
• At least 1 experienced with students with
  disabilities

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Science CFCC Members
1The SBE officially appointed the CFCC members at
its July 9-10, 2014, meeting.
Name Employer Position
Maria Blue Saugus Union School District Teacher
Juanita Chan Rialto Unified School District CaMSP Science Lead
Tina Cheuk Stanford University Project Manager
Caleb Cheung Oakland Unified School District Science Manager
Teresa De Diego Forbis Los Angeles Unified School District Teacher
Anna Gaiter Plainview Academic Charter Academy Teacher
John Galisky Lompoc Unified School District Teacher
Susan Gomez Zwiep CSU Long Beach Associate Professor
Nicole Hawke Coachella Valley Unified School District Teacher
Lisa Hegdahl Galt Elementary School District Teacher
Tatiana Lim-Breitbart Aspire Public Schools Teacher
Shawna Metcalf Glendale Unified School District Teacher
Laura O'Dell El Rancho Unified School District Teacher
Stefanie Pechan Pacific Grove Unified School District Teacher
Anthony Quan Los Angeles County Office of Education Consultant II, STEM
Helen Quinn Retired, Stanford University Professor Emerita
Robert Sherriff San Juan Unified School District Teacher
Jo Topps WestEd/K-12 Alliance Regional Director
David Tupper Lakeside Union School District Teacher
Jeanine Wulfenstein Temecula Valley Unified School District Teacher
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Curriculum Framework and Evaluation Criteria
Committee

• Meeting Dates in 2014-2015
• September 910, 2014
• October 910,2014
• November 56, 2014
• December 1112,2014 (Canceled)
• January 2223,2015
• February 2627, 2015 
• All meetings held at the CDE Office in Sacramento

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What is in the Science Framework?

• Universal Access
• Overview and Guiding Principles
• Instructional Strategies
• Supporting High-Quality
• Grade Level Chapters TK-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12
• Assessment
• Instructional Materials to Support the CA NGSS
  (including the evaluation criteria for the
  science adoption)

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Characteristics of Grade-level Sections

• Grade level chapters organization
• TK and K-2
• 3-5
• 6-8
• 9-12

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At each grade

• Example of unit sequence
• Review of core ideas (teacher background)
• Addressing students pre-conceptions
• Suggestions for integrating all three NGSS
  dimensions

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Additional Features

• Use of snapshots and vignettes to demonstrate
  integration of 3 dimensional learning in the
  classroom,
• Examples of different types of assessment
• Links to resources and Web sites for additional
  support

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Grade-Span At-A-GlanceExample Grade K
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Unit at-a-GlanceExample Grade 5
5 -Unit 3 Earth Systems and Processes
How much water can be found in different places on Earth? How does matter cycle through ecosystems? What can we do to protect earths resources?
Crosscutting concepts Scale, Proportion Quantity Systems System Models Cause and Effect
5-ESS2-2 Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth. Clarification Statement Examples of patterns could include the position and motion of Earth with respect to the sun and selected stars that are visible only in particular months. Assessment Boundary Assessment does not include causes of seasons. 5-ESS2-1 Develop a model using an example to describe ways in which the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/ or atmosphere interact. Clarification Statement Examples could include the influence of the ocean on ecosystems, landform shape, and climate the influence of the atmosphere on landforms and ecosystems through weather and climate and the influence of mountain ranges on winds and clouds in the atmosphere. The geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere are each a system. Assessment Boundary Assessment is limited to the interactions of two systems at a time. 5-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earths resources and environment. Assessment Boundary Assessment is limited to oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers, ground water, and polar ice caps, and does not include the atmosphere.
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Middle School (Grades 6-8)

• Preferred Integrated Model
• Every discipline every year
• Discipline Specific Model
• One discipline every year
• Documents explaining the rationale of both models
  can be found at http//www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/sc/ngs
  sstandards.asp

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Preferred Integrated MS Modelhttp//www.cde.ca.g
ov/pd/ca/sc/ngssstandards.asp
Grade Cross cutting concepts Life Earth and Space Physical Human Impact Engineering
Eighth Stability and change scale, proportion and quantity Natural Selection History of the Earth   Space systems Waves and EM radiation   Energy   Forces and Interactions Human Impact ETS
Seventh Energy and Matter cause and effect Ecosystems   Natural resources Structure and property of matter Human Impact ETS
Sixth Patterns structure and function systems and system models Cells and Organisms Weather and climate Energy Human Impact ETS
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Discipline Specific Model

• Under Construction.
• Grade 6 all ESS PEs
• Grade 7 all LS PEs
• Grade 8 all PS PEs

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High School Models

• 4-courses discipline specific
• 3-courses discipline specific with integrated
  Earth and Space Science
• 3-courses coordinated integration

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High School 4 course model




















Biology
Chemistry
Physics
ESS
ETS
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High School 3 course model





















Biology
Chemistry
Physics
ESS
ETS
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High School 3 course modelConceptual
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Biology
Chemistry
Physics
ESS
ETS
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NGSS Resources

• Current resources include
• EQuIP Rubric for Science
• Classroom Sample Assessment Tasks
• NGSS Evidence Statements
• www.nextgenscience.org/resources

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Sample NGSS Classroom Assessment Tasks

• Tasks for MS HS (elementary coming soon)
• Developed by math science teachers
• Bundles CCSS-ELA, CCSS-Math and NGSS
• Can be modified to meet local needs
• Process outlined for local development of tasks
• www.nextgenscience.org/classroom-sample-assessment
  -tasks

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NGSS Evidence Statements

• Evidence statements for HS (K-8 coming soon)
• Developed by educators and scientists
• Identify clear, measureable components of
  Performance Expectations
• Describe how students can use the practices,
  crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core
  ideas
• www.nextgenscience.org/ngss-high-school-evidence-s
  tatements

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Hilary Ditohdito_at_cccoe.k12.ca.us

• NGSS Listserv
• join-ngss_at_mlist.cde.ca.gov
• Science Framework Website
• www.cde.ca.gov/ci/sc/cf/
• NGSS Resources
• www.nextgenscience.org/resources