Next Generation Science Standards: High School Earth and Space Sciences

This resource is an instructional tool intended to help High School Earth & Space educators develop curriculum, lessons, unit plans, assessments, and tasks to support effective science teaching and learning. This practical, content-rich resource is not intended only for those who have adopted the NGSS; indeed it can be used as a resource for how to move from standard language to standard practice in science. The standard deconstruction is a process by which the learning expectations are unpacked into more manageable pieces that can then be taught in a manner that builds conceptual understanding and task complexity while considering prior knowledge.