Many instructional materials spend days/weeks and use needless materials to have students discover or prove Core Ideas. Discovering ideas is misplaced in K-12. The purpose of K-12 science is to support students in making sense of the world using the ideas scientist discovered

We have student work and video that illustrates the power of this in the classroom. By GIVING students the Core Ideas they can all participate and learn the Core Ideas through use and developing a useable understanding of science. We need to stop hiding these ideas form students

Last week at our #NGSS Summer Institute and over the past 7 years we have done this with K-12 teachers. It makes sense to teachers and allows all teachers K-12 to participate equally.

Happy New Year Johanna. Yes, please add me if you did not already do so. Thanks!

Am I too late to the party? Would love to be added.
Thanks in advance!