CA NGSS RESOURCES

 NGSS aligned assessments are available on the LAUSD Interim Assessments Portal and on the High School Schoology Group

 High School Science Curriculum Maps

CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO ACCESS THE CURRICULUM MAPS

Unit Samples

The Secondary Science Leadership Team (a group of teacher leaders) developed NGSS aligned instructional units for high school science courses:

• High School Biology- Homeostasis
• High School Biology- Natural Selection
• High School Biology- Population
• High School Chemistry-Periodic Trends
• High School Chemistry- Thermochemistry

Resources for teacher collaboration:

• Lesson Template adapted from Ambitious Science Teaching
• Ambitious Science Teaching
• Concord Consortium
• NGSS@ NSTA
• NGSS Resources
• NGSS and Appendices
• Teachers Try Science
• Energy and Matter Across Science Discipline  
• Labster for Virtual Experiments

Student Resources

Biology

• phET simulations:  https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/biology
• Review of cellular structures:  http://www.cellsalive.com/

Chemistry

• phET simulations: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/chemistry
• Review of molecular structures:  http://www.chemspider.com/
• Spanish Periodic Table of Elements:  http://www.lenntech.es/periodica/tabla-periodica.htm

Physics

• phET simulations:  https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics
• Animations of physics concepts:  http://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash/