Episode 110 – An Elementary Journey to the NGSS
Eric Cromwell
Elementary science has been on our minds recently. So it is fitting that our guest this week has been working hard helping elementary teachers tackle the Next Generation Science Standards. As Coordinator for Elementary Science in Baltimore County Schools, Eric Cromwell has the task of moving a large number of schools and teachers into an NGSS based curriculum. Listen to the show to hear of Eric’s experience in this transition as we discuss how elementary schools can embrace the NGSS.
Links:
- An Elementary Journey to the Next Generation Science Standards (Blog on our transition process)
- Office of Science PreK-12, Baltimore County Public Schools
- Venn Diagram of Practices Among CCSS-Math, CCSS-ELA, and NGSS
- Baltimore County STAT (Students & Teachers Accessing Tomorrow) – Explains our digital conversion process
- Picture This: Increasing Math and Science Learning by Improving Spatial Thinking
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Great podcast! I’ve been doing NGSS lessons since September. My students especially love being engineers. I’ll have to look into the EIE Bee Pollinator lessons that you referred to. Thank you for sharing your experiences!
Sue
Science for Kids Blog
We are a nonprofit science camp. We are implementing NGSS in our science program. We want to makebsure the children have good foundation. Many schools do not do science and many teachers are not confortable teaching it especially elementary school. So we take it very seriously. WOW SCIENCE CAMP
Do you have a suggestion for me