Each of the NGSS Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) can be turned into a suite of questions that can be used to guide students’ development of explanations of everyday phenomena. The questions give students a place to start when addressing a new topic and allow them to organize their growing understanding. When students use the questions repeatedly, they internalize them promoting student-guided learning. We will practice using the CCCs as questions to help us make sense of everyday phenomena and explore how to adapt the questions to a unit of your choosing.
