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The Next Generation Science Standards
3-D Science LearningTop of Page
The practices describe the attitudes and behaviors that scientists engage in as explore and develop models and theories about the natural world. The practices also contain a key set of engineering practices that engineers utilize as they design and build models and systems.
Dimension 2: Crosscutting Concepts
Crosscutting concepts are broad themes that intersect all domains of the sciences and have applications. The CCCs offer a way of linking the different domains of science. They include: Patterns, similarity, and diversity; Cause and effect; Scale, proportion and quantity; Systems and system models; Energy and matter; Structure and function; Stability and change.
Dimension 3: Disciplinary Core Ideas
Disciplinary core ideas focus K–12 science curriculum, instruction and assessments on the most important conceptual understandings in the sciences. These DCIs are grouped to address four domains:
- Physical Sciences
- Life Sciences
- Earth and Space Sciences
- Engineering, Technology and Applications of Science
NGSS DocumentsTop of Page
NGSS ResourcesTop of Page
- http://www.nextgenscience.org/overview-dci - Search the standards by DCIs
- http://www.nextgenscience.org/overview-topics - Search the standards by TOPIC.
- http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/sc/cf/ - 2016 Revision of California's Science Frameworks
- http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/sc/ngssfaq.asp - Frequently Asked Questions about the NGSS
