Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

NGSS: Improving Science Education Through Three Dimensional Learning

Next Generation Science Standards

The links in this section take you to the Next Generation Science Standards website where you will find comprehensive descriptions of the standards, the process of developing the standards and resources to better understand and teach them.

The NGSS are composed of the three dimensions from the NRC Framework. The National Research Council’s (NRC) Framework describes a vision of what it means to be proficient in science; it rests on a view of science as both a body of knowledge and an evidence-based, model and theory building enterprise that continually extends, refines, and revises knowledge. It presents three dimensions that will be combined to form each standard.

• Dimension 1: Practices
• Dimension 2: Crosscutting Concepts
• Dimension 3: Disciplinary Core Ideas

Teachers, school leaders and parents can learn more using the resources below.