Standard Alignments
The STEMarts Curriculum Tool is aligned to the Next Generation Science standards (NGSS) by building content around the work of Paseo artists that explore STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) in their art making process. The collaborative and new media nature of their work also engages media, information and technology literacy, and other 21st century skills from the Partnership for 21st Century Standards (P21). Each artist has a page that provides STEM resources, science research, STEAM activities and the specific standard alignment for their work.
The National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academy of Sciences released the Next Generation Science standards (NGSS) which lay out the disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts that students should master in preparation for college and careers. Below are key definitions and core ideas that we pulled from the NGSS that can be investigated while integrating the curriculum tool in your lesson plan. You can share these core ideas with students to inform their design thinking.