Science
At Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), all science courses reflect the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
The science department’s vision is to provide effective 21st-century science instruction by leveraging skill-based learning, adopting a literacy-based approach, and increasing the amount of science learning minutes. This vision will be achieved by offering an increased and strategic level of support provided for staff at various schools.
Next Generation Science Standards
MPS aligns science curriculum and instruction to the vision outlined in A Framework for K–12 Science Education, which is the foundation of the Next Generation Science Standards. This approach is designed to more closely replicate the way scientists think and work by ensuring that students learn the skills and practices of scientists in concert with specific content knowledge. Students are exposed to research-based science education in the life, physical, earth, and space sciences while integrating engineering practices and Common Core State Standards for math and literacy. This holistic approach to science learning allows students the opportunity to examine, explore, and explain how and why things happen in the world around us while working to create solutions to challenges we face now or will face in the future. It emphasizes the importance of hands-on, inquiry-based, relevant lifelong learning to foster student achievement.
The framework is designed to help realize a vision for education in the sciences and engineering in which students, over multiple years of school, actively engage in scientific and engineering practices and apply crosscutting concepts to deepen their understanding of the core ideas in these fields.A Framework for K–12 Science Education
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If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Abe El Manssouri, science curriculum specialist, at (414) 267-1868 or elmana@milwaukee.k12.wi.us.