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NGSS UNIT PLANNING TEMPLATE

KENTUCKY BUNDLING GUIDE

This unit planning template was developed in alignment with Stroupe and Windschitl’s (2015) framework for Ambitious Science Teaching that focuses on “1) planning a unit around a “big science idea”, 2) eliciting and activating students’ ideas about a puzzling phenomenon (for the purpose of adapting instruction), 3) helping students make sense of science activities, and 4) pressing students to construct evidence-based explanations” (p. 1). ​
Provides guidance around curriculum mapping decisions.

ngss lesson screener

CA Unit Bundles - Draft 2016

Users who are familiar with the EQuIP Rubric will recognize some familiar criteria. However, the NGSS Lesson Screener has fewer criteria because the intended purpose is different and smaller in scope—it is only for lessons and not for units, and it is not intended to fully evaluate and score lessons.  

Other NGSS curriculum/unit writing resources

An example of how units can be bundled, from California.
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