This tool is a continuum for each practice that shows how instruction can progress over time. For each science practice, we focused on one or two elements, which can be challenging for students and are productive levers for shifting classroom culture. An instructional supervisor can use the continuum to identify the current level for a practice in a science lesson. Then the supervisor can provide feedback, such as offering instructional strategies (see Tools for Instruction), to help move future instruction farther along the continuum.
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This observation form is a tool for teachers and supervisors to use as they observe science instruction in the classroom. It includes the 8 practices, room for observers to write notes, and space to indicate where the instruction would fall on the continuum for NGSS 8 Science Practices.
This tool is a worksheet for supervisors to use as they prepare to meet with a teacher after observing in the classroom. An agenda guides the supervisor to consider the evidence they collected during the observation, and how to offer feedback, ask questions, and develop a plan to improve future instruction of the science practices.
