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Of all of the science education resources that automatically show up in my inbox on a regular basis ( and there are a lot ), NGSS NOW is one I make sure to check out no matter how busy I am. It’s a very digestible and quick look at five science education resources / happenings, new and old, aligned to A Framework and the NGSS. If you are a science coach, head of department, the science lead in your K-5 team, head of teaching and learning focusing on your science program or an educator working to up your understanding and implementation of the NGSS in your classroom, this may be a resource you want to leverage. 

 West Ed, a not for profit leader in science education aligned to A Framework for K-12 Science Education, releases one edition of this newsletter each month with the tagline, “5 Things to Know about Quality Science Education in (insert month and year).” I often find something new or a reminder of a quality resource that I had forgotten about but that might deserve revisiting. 

To give you a sense of the resource, here are the titles of the 5 resources NGSS NOW shared in this past newsletter in January 2026:

• Science Classroom Implementation Descriptors
• Using Performance Tasks to Support Instruction
• New STEM Teaching Tool: Defending and Leveraging Public Climate & Environmental Justice Data
• Teachers’ Customizations of Storyline Science Curricula: Adapting for Their Students and Instructional Contexts
• ICYMI: Task Annotation Project in Science (TAPS) Science and Engineering Practices

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