NGSS Crosscutting Concepts Conversation Cards

Are you looking for ways to help your students think, speak, and write like scientists? Each of the 40 unique cards has a sentence stem to help students write and speak about big ideas in STEM. These are based on the crosscutting concepts found in the Next Generation Science Standards and allow students to think about the big picture and make connections in their learning. These sentence starters may be used in a variety of contexts, such as when students are making observations in the natural world or in lab settings, while viewing data, analyzing models, etc.

Big idea: Crosscutting concepts are scientific thinking tools that provide a framework for students to make connections to big ideas in STEM.

What’s Included in This Product

-Card set with 40 unique, numbered conversation cards

-Crosscutting Concepts Conversation Cards: Teacher Reference

-Instructional Write-Up

Standards

NGSS Crosscutting Concepts

Common Core CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.SL.4, CCRA.SL.6; CCRA.W.2

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Keywords

Crosscutting concepts, NGSS, sentence stems, conversation starters, scientist, engineer, STEM, science posters, bulletin board, critical thinking, ELPS, cross cutting