Teaching Scientific Literacy

A resource for high school science teachers

And how this website's resources can help you.

Easily find which NGSS Nature of Science connections are relevant to your lesson. Search by Science and Engineering Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, or Performance Expectations and Disciplinary Core Ideas organized by subject (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics).

Scientific literacy does not mean being able to read journal articles.
So what is it?

The Next Generation Science Standards include scientific literacy. But it's not easy to find.

Moving beyond judging single-variable hypothesis testing projects.

A Dissertation in Practice Project

This website was created as the primary artifact for the dissertation in practice action step for Kelly Kilts, a candidate for the Doctorate of Education degree at Northeastern University.