Weird Science Kids Common Misunderstandings of Evolution: Part 1 While an open and honest debate is always a good thing, most of the time, when people are pointing out “problems” in evolution, their qualms arise from a misunderstanding of what evolution actually is and how the mechanisms of evolution actually function. Below are some of the most common misconceptions (or questions) in evolution and how science answers these concerns. Q1.) A.) In truth, evolution doesn’t explain anything about how life originated. How life originated is something completely different, called abiogenesis. Q2.) A.) This is, perhaps, the most well-known, as it is easily observed and demonstrated. In short, the organism is more “fit” for survival; this idea of “fitness” is central to natural selection. Q3.) A.) Evolution doesn’t really make a species better than its predecessors, it makes multiple species that are well suited for survival in their specific niche in the ecosystem at a specific period in time. Q4.) A.) Q5.) A.) READ NEXT: What’s Wrong With Evolution?
NGSS - Next Generation Science Standards NGSS - Next Generation Science Standards Next Generation Science Standards Introduction Scientific & Engineering Practices Asking Questions & Defining ProblemsDeveloping & Using ModelsPlanning & Carrying Out InvestigationsAnalyzing & Interpreting Data Mathematics & Computational ThinkingConstruct Explanations & Design SolutionsEngaging in Argument from EvidenceObtain, Evaluate, Communicate Information Crosscutting Concepts PatternsCause & Effect: Mechanism & ExplanationScale, Proportion, & QuantitySystems & System Models Energy & Matter: Flow, Cycle, ConservationStructure & FunctionStability & Change Physical Science Disciplinary Core Ideas PS1A - Structure & Properties of MatterPS1B - Chemical ReactionsPS1C - Nuclear ProcessesPS2A - Forces & MotionPS2B - Types of InteractionsPS2C - Stability & InstabilityPS3A - Definitions of Energy Life Science Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Disciplinary Core Ideas Engineering, Technology & Applications of Science Disciplinary Core Ideas 0 items
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Next Generation Science Standards Home - CESA 2 Welcome to the CESA depository of professional development materials for understanding and implementing the Next Generation Science Standards. These materials and this page are still continuing in their development, so please let us know of any feedback you may have. These materials were developed as part of a CESA led committee that included Chad Janowski, Judy Sargent, Eric Brunsell, Shelley Lee, Dennis Kostac, Curt Julian, Kevin Anderson, Ellen Van Pay and Laurie Mitchell. Kevin's First Letter on Adoption of the Wisconsin Next Generation Science Standards (aka WINGSS) NGSS links and PD resources (focus on CESA #2 workshop materials) Half-day Overview of the NGSS - powerpoint slides for a half day K-12 overview NGSS in DCI view and the NGSS in topic view - updated version as of May 1, 2013 with math and ELA connections Timeline and planning for NGSS Roll out - ideas for rolling out the NGSS in your districts Presentation Slides - general - overview of the NGSS CESA Science PD Materials
Science projects, ideas & topics - science fair projects - easy kids science projects & experiments, science articles The Biology Corner Find Your Path through the NGSS The Next Generation Science Standards provide a framework and examples for STEM learning. Grounded in the National Academy of Science's thoughtful Framework for K-12 Science Education, these new K-12 science standards have been developed to provide students an internationally benchmarked science education, and signify a new direction for STEM education. They elevate the importance of Earth science, present engineering education as coequal with science education for the first time and emphasize a key set of Scientific and Engineering Practices and Crosscutting Concepts that should buttress all learning in these disciplines. The NGSS hold the potential for helping focus the current national concern for improving STEM education. They will undoubtedly help bring clarity and unity to the patchwork of state standards developed throughout the standards movement in the past decades. The Concord Consortium and the NGSS More about the NGSS
Kids Science Experiments - Kids Science Projects including, gravity, lights, floating, sinking, mixing, separating, absorption, magnets, heat, pressure, and getting reactions that are all fun, easy and exciting. Google’s smart contact lens: What it does and how it works It’s a question that Google officials have clearly thought a lot about, said Joseph Lorenzo Hall, chief technologist at the Center for Democracy & Technology, who was briefed on the lens before the company’s Thursday announcement. Hall said that Google assured him that the data would not be added to the company’s banks of personal information gathered from other services. “The data will never hit Google’s servers,” he said. “That’s a forward-thinking affirmative claim that they’re making. The soft contact lens that Google is unveiling — it’s still a prototype — houses a sensor that measures the glucose levels in tears. Given the sensitive nature of the data, Hall said, Google has also said it will make sure any data transferred from the lens cannot be manipulated — something that could have potentially fatal consequences if patients inject the wrong amount of insulin. “It’s disruptive, and it’s painful,” Google project co-founders Brian Otis and Babak Parviz said in the blog post.