Crosscutting Concepts: Thinking Tools for Science Learners

What will you learn?

Crosscutting Concepts have application across all domains of science and serve as a way of linking the different domains of science. This course will introduce educators to CCC as an important component of STEELS standards, and application in science classroom.

Target Audience: K-12 Educators, Administrators, Curriculum Coordinators

Act 48 Hours Available: 3

Pricing: Free for BCIU member districts

$25 for non-members

The What and Why of Crosscutting Concepts

Learn the crosscutting concepts represented in the NGSS and STEELS standards and how CCC bridge disciplinary boundaries and unite core ideas in science.

Explore the Crosscutting Concepts

Review the key components of each CCC and examples linked to disciplinary core ideas.

Instructional Tools and Strategies

Explore a variety of instructional strategies, tools, thinking organizers, and more to help students dive into sensemaking using crosscutting concepts.

Choose Your Pricing Option

Please read carefully to choose the plan that applies to you.

FREE

FLEX Free

FLEX Free pricing is available to BCIU consortium subscribers only.

FLEX Free pricing is available to BCIU consortium subscribers, including K-12 educators employed by Berks County Public School Districts/CTCs as paid member districts under mandated services. Districts and CTCs include:

Antietam School District; Boyertown Area School District; Brandywine Heights Area School District; Conrad Weiser Area School District; Daniel Boone Area School District; Exeter Township School District; Fleetwood Area School District; Governor Mifflin School District; Hamburg Area School District; Kutztown Area School District; Muhlenberg School District; Oley Valley School District; Reading School District; Schuylkill Valley School District; Tulpehocken Area School District; Twin Valley School District; Wilson School District; Wyomissing Area School District; Berks Career & Technology Center - East Campus and Berks Career & Technology Center - West Campus, Reading Muhlenberg Career & Technology Center

$25

FLEX Paid General Pricing Plan

REQUIRED for educators not employed by Berks County member districts.

FLEX Paid General Pricing applies to any educators who are not employed by a Berks County public school district or CTC, including nonpublic educators, educators employed by out-of-county schools, educators employed by local organizations, etc. that are not BCIU paid member districts/organizations under mandated services.

Non-member educators who do not submit payment for courses will be removed from the course and are not eligible to receive Act 48 hours.