CA NGSS RESOURCES

 

 NGSS aligned assessments are available on the LAUSD Interim Assessments Portal and on the High School Schoology Group

 High School Science Curriculum Maps

The curriculum maps divide the performance expectations (standards) into instructional segments described in the California Science Framework (2017).

The Secondary Science Leadership Team composed of teacher leaders representing all Local Districts added instructional resources and created the curriculum maps. 

CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO ACCESS THE CURRICULUM MAPS

 

 

 

Unit Samples

The Secondary Science Leadership Team (a group of teacher leaders) developed NGSS aligned instructional units for high school science courses:

• High School Biology- Homeostasis
• High School Biology- Natural Selection
• High School Biology- Population
• High School Chemistry-Periodic Trends
• High School Chemistry- Thermochemistry

 

Resources for teacher collaboration:

• Lesson Template adapted from Ambitious Science Teaching
• Ambitious Science Teaching
• Concord Consortium
• NGSS@ NSTA
• NGSS Resources
• NGSS and Appendices
• Teachers Try Science
• Energy and Matter Across Science Discipline  
• Labster for Virtual Experiments

 

Student Resources

 

Biology

• phET simulations:  https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/biology
• Review of cellular structures:  http://www.cellsalive.com/

Chemistry

• phET simulations: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/chemistry
• Review of molecular structures:  http://www.chemspider.com/
• Spanish Periodic Table of Elements:  http://www.lenntech.es/periodica/tabla-periodica.htm

Physics

• phET simulations:  https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics
• Animations of physics concepts:  http://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash/