[PCA] 21st Century Concepts in Science Education

De Angelis, Patricia patricia_deangelis at fws.gov
Fri Jun 28 13:43:44 CDT 2013


A few resources showing the "wave of the future" for science education in
the United States that folks interested in plant conservation, youth
engagement, and our botanical capacity to address grand environmental
challenges of the 21st Century (see BGCIs 2009s: Assessing botanical
capacity to address; http://www.bgci.org/usa/bcap), , particularly
Recommendation #5 (see:
http://www.bgci.org/files/UnitedStates/BCAP/BCAP_recommendations.pdf) may
find useful.

A Framework for K-12 Science Education
by The National Academies of Science
2012
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13165
**If you click on the Table of Contents, you can see a few excerpts from
the report.**

MORE ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK:
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/dbasse/bose/framework_k12_science/index.htm

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SEVERAL GROUPS ARE WORKING TO "TRANSLATE" THE CONCEPTS FOR IMPMENTATION:

The NSTA Reader’s Guide to A Framework for K–12 Science Education
by Harold Pratt
2012
http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/CSUNGSScommunity/ed_framework/documents/pdf.pdf

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The Next Generation Science Standards, for States by States
by The National Research Council, the National Science Teachers
Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and
Achieve have completed a two-step process to develop the Next Generation
Science Standards
June 2013
**Twenty-six states and their broad-based teams worked together with a
41-member writing team and partners throughout the country to develop the
standards.**
http://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards

FOR INSTANCE, HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT "INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS IN
ECOSYSTEMS: ANIMALS, PLANTS, AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT:"
http://www.nextgenscience.org/kire-interdependent-relationships-ecosystems-animals-plants-environment

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Crosswalk between the Framework for K–12 Science Education and Standards
for the 21st-Century Learner: School Librarians as the Crucial Link
by Subramanian et al.
April 2013
http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/slr/vol16/SLR_CrosswalkbetweenFrameworkStandards_V16.pdf




Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority-US Fish & Wildlife
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Chair, Medicinal Plant Working Group-Plant Conservation Alliance
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