Next Generation Science Standards identifies the science all K-12 students should know. These new standards are based on the National Research Council's A Framework for K-12 Science Education. The National Research Council, the National Science Teachers Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Achieve have partnered to create standards through a collaborative state-led process. The standards are rich in content and practice and arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education.

The print version of Next Generation Science Standards complements the nextgenscience.org website and:

• Provides an authoritative offline reference to the standards when creating lesson plans
• Arranged by grade level and by core discipline, making information quick and easy to find
• Printed in full color with a lay-flat spiral binding
• Allows for bookmarking, highlighting, and annotating

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS: Arranged by Disciplinary Core Ideas
• Connections to Standards: Arranged by Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs)
• NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS: Arranged by Topics
• Connections to Standards: Arranged by Topics
• VOLUME 2: APPENDIXES
• APPENDIX A: Conceptual Shifts in the Next Generation Science Standards
• APPENDIX B: Responses to the Public Drafts
• APPENDIX C: College And Career Readiness
• APPENDIX D: "All Standards, All Students": Making the Next Generation Science Standards Accessible to All Students
• APPENDIX E: Disciplinary Core Idea Progressions in the Next Generation Science Standards
• APPENDIX F: Science and Engineering Practices in the Next Generation Science Standards
• APPENDIX G: Crosscutting Concepts in the Next Generation Science Standards
• APPENDIX H: Understanding the Scientific Enterprise: The Nature of Science in the Next Generation Science Standards
• APPENDIX I: Engineering Design in the Next Generation Science Standards
• APPENDIX J: Science, Technology, Society, and the Environment
• APPENDIX K: Model Course Mapping in Middle and High School for the Next Generation Science Standards
• APPENDIX L: Connections to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
• APPENDIX M: Connections to the Common Core State Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects