Through a collaborative, state-led process managed by Achieve, new K–12 science standards have been developed that are rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education. The NGSS is based on the Framework for K–12 Science Education developed by the National Research Council.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Students create projects that introduce them to Arduino—a small device that can be easily programmed to control and monitor a variety of external devices like LEDs and sensors. First they learn a few simple programming structures and commands to blink LEDs. Then they are given three challenges—to modify an LED blinking rate until it cannot be seen, to replicate a heartbeat pattern and to send Morse code messages. This activity prepares students to create more involved multiple-LED patterns in the Part 2 companion activity.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Professional Resource for telling your story with infographics. Basic design elements and resources are linked. Resources include free downloads from Magnolia Consulting, samples created in Venngage, and examples created by ESU #3.
Material Type: Lesson
Co-Teaching FundamentalsThis 20-minute module provides foundational information about the practice of co-teaching. If completed independently, this content can be covered in approximately 20-minutes. If the module is facilitated using the guide, it may take up to one-hour.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
