"Adapting an Activity for NGSS" Planning Tool Whether you use Exploratorium Science Snacks or explorations from other sources, the planning tools below can help you align your classroom practice with the learning described by NGSS. We have created two planning tools to help teachers adapt activities to align with NGSS, and to sequence activities to explain a phenomenon. This diagram shows how classroom investigations can be organized to support students in exploring a complex phenomenon: A phenomenon can be simple enough to explore through a single activity or complex enough to drive investigations all semester.
We believe that by grounding inquiry in phenomena that are relevant to your students, you can thoughtfully sequence activities to help students investigate and explain the world around them. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) task teachers with framing learning around natural phenomena that inspire students to ask and answer questions using the Science and Engineering Practices.
Science Snacks provide the opportunity to notice, wonder about, and experiment directly with natural phenomena. Each activity uses inexpensive, easily-available materials, offers detailed instructions and images, and is adaptable to a wide range of curricula, content areas, and grade levels. For more than 35 years, the Teacher Institute has been creating Science Snacks-hands-on, teacher-tested activities that bring explorations of natural phenomena into the classroom.
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