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NGSS and Climate Literacy
A Discussion by the CLEAN Network
How did climate change get
incorporated into the Framework?
Initial drafts drew heavily on the 4 literacy
documents – climate appears in all of them
Ocean, Climate, Atmospheric Science, Earth Science
In Earth Science – Climate is used as the ultimate
example of Earth systems
During construction – emphasis on what was
most important
Climate change and anthropogenic forcings on
climate at top of list
Additional justification from large number of NRC
documents expounding on importance of climate
change
How did climate change get
incorporated into the NGSS?
In writing the standards large emphasis placed on
Human-related content
Incorporating aspects of engineering
Climate is a great vehicle for both of these
Once clear that there would be an emphasis on
Earth system science at the high school level
– Climate change perfect capstone topic as it integrates
everything
– In emphasizing an Earth system science approach – no
better choice than climate change
Framework and NGSS
3 Integrated Dimensions
Science and Engineering Practices
Crosscutting Concepts
Core Disciplinary Ideas
– Physical Sciences
– Life Sciences
– Earth & Space Sciences
– Engineering, Technology, and Applications of
Science
Interdisciplinarity & Transferability
Learning progressions described in Framework – climate
is imbedded from K-12 in all domains of science – not
just specific domains
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S&EP and CC not only cut across all of the Core
Disciplinary Ideas they are also relevant in many other
disciplines – outside the sciences
The skills students gain by having their curriculum
address the S&EP and CC are transferable to many
other careers
CSSS Draft High School Sequence
NGSS & Climate Literacy
Analysis
- NGSS Climate DCI
- NGSS Climate Performance Expectations
- NGSS-Climate PE, DCI, CC, SEP
- NGSS all drafts Climate content compared by
CLEAN Network
- NGSS Climate Concept Maps
Elementary School
ESS3.C: Human Impacts on
Earth Systems (5-ESS3-1)
ESS2.A: Earth Materials and
Systems (5-ESS2-1)
LS1.C: Organization for
Matter and Energy Flow in
Organisms (5-LS1-1)
ETS1.B: Designing Solutions
to Engineering Problems
(secondary to 4-ESS3-2)
ESS3.A: Natural Resources
(4-ESS3-1)
ESS3.B: Natural Hazards
(4-ESS3-2)
LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics,
Functioning, and Resilience
(secondary to 3-LS4-4)
ESS2.D: Weather and Climate
(3-ESS2-2)
ESS3.B: Natural Hazards
(3-ESS3-1)
ESS2.D: Weather and Climate
(3-ESS2-1)
ESS1.C: The History of
Planet Earth (2-ESS1-1)
LS4.D: Biodiversity and
Humans (3-LS4-4)
ESS2.C: The Roles of Water
in Earth’s Surface
Processes (2-ESS2-3)
2.PS1.A
EETS1.A: Defining and
Delimiting an Engineering
Problem (K-ESS3-2)
ESS2.D: Weather
and Climate (KESS2-1)
ESS3.B: Natural
Hazards (K-ESS32)
ETS1.B: Developing Possible
Solutions (K-ESS3-3)
ESS3.C: Human Impacts
on Earth Systems (KESS3-3)
NGSS next steps
NGSS Next Steps
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