Next Generation Science Standards Courses and Certifications

Developing Instructionally-Embedded Performance Assessments for the NGSS Classroom

This course from the Stanford NGSS Assessment Project is designed to guide participants step-by-step in using SNAP's tools for developing 3-dimensional performance assessments. Participants will learn

• edX
• 10 weeks, 1-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Developing Instructionally-Embedded Performance Assessments for the NGSS Classroom: Course 2

This course from the Stanford NGSS Assessment Project is designed to guide participants step-by-step in using SNAP's tools for developing 3-dimensional performance assessments. Participants will learn

• edX
• 8 weeks, 4-8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Science Standards Information for Teachers

A regional guide to national and U.S. state science standards for teachers planning science curricula.

• Study.com
• 18 hours 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

American Museum of Natural History

The Dynamic Earth: A Course for Educators

231 ratings at Coursera

Read the rock record to trace 4 billion years of Earth history: geologic time, radiometric dating, atmospheric oxygen, mountain building, and earthquake risk for the classroom.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Performance Assessment in the NGSS Classroom: Course 1

This course from the Stanford NGSS Assessment Project (SNAP) is designed to guide participants in exploring the role performance assessment can play in helping students meet the goals of the Next Gene

• edX
• 4 weeks, 1-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Evaluating Student Work from Performance Assessments to Guide NGSS Teaching and Learning: Course 4

The hybrid course guides teams of educators in the collaborative development of a multidimensional, educative rubric for a science performance assessment following SNAP’s principled design process. Pa

• edX
• 6 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Using Student Work To Strengthen Performance Assessments for NGSS: Course 3

This course is designed to support teams of educators in piloting an assessment and using patterns in the student work to guide revisions and improvements to the assessment for the Next Generation Sci

• edX
• 6 weeks, 6-12 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Science: A Work in Progress

Science: A Work in Progress - shows how science isn’t produced through one linear method, but through an interconnected set of practices, and examines ways that teachers can make learning science in t

• edX
• 1 week, 4-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Using The Next Generation Science Standards for Students’ Deeper Understanding

2 ratings

Analyze the K-12 Science Framework's Disciplinary Core Ideas, Crosscutting Concepts and Engineering Practices, then compare NGSS Performance Expectations with your local science standards.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Performance Assessment in the NGSS Classroom: Implications for Practice

This course from the Stanford NGSS Assessment Project (SNAP) is designed to guide participants in exploring the role performance assessment can play in helping students meet the goals of the Next Gene

• edX
• 4 weeks, 1-3 hours a week
• Not Currently Offered
• Free Online Course

MIT;  University of Pennsylvania

BioGraph: Teaching Biology Through Systems, Models, & Argumentation

This six-week interactive and collaborative course integrates systems thinking with computer models designed to ‘bring biology to life’. You will learn how to use online simulations to develop core bi

• edX
• 6 weeks, 5-7 hours a week
• Not Currently Offered
• Free Certificate