Look Who it Was Random video

Exploring NGSS in the classroom: Sydney becomes a leader

1,675 views · Published 28 March 2017 · 9:35 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: National Science Teaching Association · 2017 · Education

Watch on YouTube

Sidney--clever, creative and working on organization and planning--finds her niche in the community as the unit unfolds, and she fully participates in knowledge building with her peers. Sidney sometimes stands out from her peers, who find her quirky, her own thinker. In a traditional science classroom, Sidney’s divergent thinking might get her in trouble or cause the teacher to think she is off track off track. But, the communal nature of PBL, combined with the expectation that students figure things out in the NGSS, allow Sidney to stretch herself socially, and use her curiosity, independent thinking, and deep knowledge as a strength. Over the course of the lesson, Sidney flourishes and become a leader in the interactive tasks of investigation, sense-making, and data interpretation and design. 

This is the fourth of five videos that introduce elementary science educators to important strategies based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The project was led by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) with funding from Disney. 

Learn more about the NGSS at the NGSS@NSTA Hub.
http://ngss.nsta.org/

More from this channel