ABSTRACT
This chapter examines how Dynamic Teaching can be applied to science to best serve advanced students by keeping them aware of their present knowledge and helping them understand where they need to go next. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were published in April of 2013 after 2 years of development. The NGSS are organized into three dimensions: Science and Engineering Practices, which describe behaviors of scientists and engineers; Disciplinary Core Ideas, which describe core ideas in the science disciplines; and Crosscutting Concepts, which describe concepts linking different domains of science. The goal of both Dynamic Teaching and the NGSS is to provide actionable information to students, teachers, and families to make assessment an active and purposeful part of education. The NGSS offer various opportunities for depth and complexity to serve gifted students. The three dimensions include methods of the discipline, crossdisciplinary concepts, and big ideas.
