Any of you done any reading on the NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards)? I've also been volunteering teaching science and I've been trying to make heads or tails of the NGSS.
When I first looked at it months ago it was just gibberish...then I found some more explanatory material and it's starting to look like something useful. In a way they are turning everything upside down. Focusing more on 'experience' that then produces understanding rather than the memorization of facts. Plus drawing common threads between all scientific disciplines.
Gonna take me awhile to figure it all out!
On a more practical note: We've been working with the water cycle. This week we are going to play the water cycle game! I found the printables for the game we are going to play here:
NOAA Water Cycle Game