The following list includes some of the most widely recognized and used resources for understanding best practices in science standards, instruction and assessment.
All resources followed by a web address are available online or as a free download. All resources are tagged to indicate they are useful for understanding:
- ST - Standards
- IN - Instruction
- A - Assessment
- CTS - Curriculum topic study
Tag |
Title |
A |
75 Science Formative Assessment: 75 Practical Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning (Page Keeley) |
ST, IN |
A Framework for K-12 Science Education (by National Academy Press) www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13165 |
IN |
America’s Lab Report |
ST, IN, CTS |
Benchmarks for Science Literacy |
ST, IN, CTS |
Curriculum Topic Study (Page Keeley) |
IN |
Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century |
IN |
Engineering in K-12 Education |
IN |
Exploring the Intersection of Science Education and 21st Century Skills |
IN |
How Students Learn (in the Science Classroom) |
IN |
How Students Learn Science in the Classroom (National Academy Press) www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10126 |
IN |
Inquire Within: Implementing Inquiry-Based Science Standards in Grades 3-8(Douglas Llewellyn) |
IN, CTS |
Making Sense of Secondary Science (Rosalind Driver) |
ST, IN, CTS |
National Science Education Standards |
ST, IN, CTS |
Online Atlas for Science Literacy |
IN |
Ready, Set, Science: Putting Research to Work in K-8 Science Classrooms www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11882 |
ST, IN, CTS |
Science for All Americans |
IN |
Science Notebooks: Writing About Inquiry (Brian Campbell & Lori Fulton) |
ST, IN, CTS |
Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology www.iteaconnect.org/TAA/PDFs/xstnd.pdf |
IN |
Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics |
IN |
Supporting Grade 5-8 Students in Constructing Explanations in Science: The Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning Framework for Talk and Writing (Katherine McNeill & Joe Krajcik) |
IN |
Surrounded by Science: Learning Science in Informal Environments www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12614 |
IN |
Taking Science to School |
A |
Uncovering Students’ Ideas in Science – A series of formative assessment probes (Page Keeley) |
ST, IN |
Webinar on ELLs and Science - Okhee Lee and Helen Quinn |
IN |
What's Your Evidence?: Engaging K-5 Children in Constructing Explanations in Science (Katherine McNeill) |
IN |
Writing in Science (Betsy Fulwiler) |