Preface
The Role of Crosscutting Concepts in Three-Dimensional Science Learning
Helen Quinn ..............................................................................................................................................................xi
Acknowledgments........................................................................................................................ xxi
About the Editors......................................................................................................................... xxiii
Contributors..........................................................................................................................................xxv
Part I: Introduction to
Crosscutting Concepts
Chapter 1
Strengthening Science and Engineering Learning With Crosscutting Concepts
Jeffrey Nordine and Okhee Lee.....................................................................................................................................3
Chapter 2
How Crosscutting Concepts, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Science
and Engineering Practices Work Together in the Classroom
Joseph Krajcik and Brian J. Reiser ............................................................................................................................19
Chapter 3
Broadening Access to Science: Crosscutting Concepts as
Resources in the Next Generation Science Standards Classroom
Marcelle Goggins, Alison Haas, Scott Grapin, Rita Januszyk, Lorena Llosa, and Okhee Lee ................................ 43
Part II: The Seven Concepts
Chapter 4
Patterns
Kristin L. Gunckel, Yael Wyner, and Garrett Love ................................................................................................. 63
Chapter 5
Cause and Effect: Mechanism and Explanation
Tina Grotzer, Emily Gonzalez, and Elizabeth Schibuk ............................................................................................ 89
Chapter 6
Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
Cesar Delgado, Gail Jones, and David Parker......................................................................................................... 115
Chapter 7
Systems and System Models
Sarah J. Fick, Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, Lauren Barth-Cohen,
Susan A. Yoon, and Jonathan Baek..........................................................................................................................135
Chapter 8
Energy and Matter: Flows, Cycles, and Conservation
Charles W. (Andy) Anderson, Jeffrey Nordine, and MaryMargaret Welch...........................................................165
Chapter 9
Structure and Function
Bernadine Okoro, Jomae Sica, and Cary Sneider.....................................................................................................195
Chapter 10
Stability and Change
Brett Moulding, Kenneth Huff, and Kevin McElhaney..........................................................................................219
Part III: Using CCCs to
Teach Key Science Topics
Chapter 11
Using Crosscutting Concepts to Develop the Structure of Matter
Joi Merritt and Kristin Mayer................................................................................................................................247
Chapter 12
Photosynthesis: Matter and Energy for Plant Growth
Jo Ellen Roseman, Mary Koppal, Cari Herrmann Abell, Sarah Pappalardo, and Erin Schiff...............................269
Chapter 13
Re-Envisioning Instruction With Crosscutting Concepts: Weather and Climate
Ann E. Rivet and Audrey Rabi Whitaker...............................................................................................................295
Chapter 14
Crosscutting Concepts in Engineering
Christine M. Cunningham, Kristen B. Wendell, and Deirdre Bauer..................................................................... 311
Part IV: Assessment of the
CCCs and What Comes Next
Chapter 15
Assessment of Crosscutting Concepts: Creating Opportunities for Sensemaking
Erin Marie Furtak, Aneesha Badrinarayan, William R. Penuel,
Samantha Duwe, and Ryann Patrick-Stuart......................................................................................................... 333
Chapter 16
The Role of Crosscutting Concepts in Teacher Sensemaking and Empowerment
Emily C. Miller and Tricia Shelton........................................................................................................................ 357
Chapter 17
A Call to Action for Realizing the Power of Crosscutting Concepts
Jeffrey Nordine, Okhee Lee, and Ted Willard.......................................................................................................... 377
Image Credits.....................................................................................................................................381
Index................................................................................................................................................................385
