The Next Generation Science Standards list obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information as the eighth practice. Explaining the importance of reading and understanding scientific information, a video on the NGSS stresses interpreting data, graphics, and graphs.

Concepts

education, teaching strategies, organizing information, literacy skills

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Take notes on the progression of scientific literacy from K-12
• Try to find one piece of primary literature for each unit in your school year

Classroom Considerations

• While produced primarily for science teachers, language arts teachers at every level would benefit from this video

Pros

• Shares recent research to highlight the importance of the practice
• Offers closed captioning for ease of note taking

Cons

• None