A resource to help answer pressing questions about how the Next Generation Science Standards fit with curriculum, instruction, and assessments. Includes an introduction to the NGSS standards; examples of the standards translated to classroom instruction in elementary, middle, and high school; and assistance in adapting current units of instruction to align with the standards. Reading this book is an important first step toward addressing educators' questions and concerns about how to provide those opportunities and implement the standards. -from the back cover.