Resources

Proceedings of the Crosscutting Concept Summit

• Fick, S.J., Nordine, J., & McElhaney, K.W. (Eds.). (2019). Conference Proceedings of the Summit for Examining the Potential for Crosscutting Concepts to Support Three-Dimensional Learning. Charlottesville: University of Virginia. Retrieved from: http://education.virginia.edu/CCC-Summit.

Local Impacts of Climate Change Lesson

• Fick, S.J. (2017). Using Climate Data to Support Middle and High School Students’ Learning about Climate Change. The Science Teacher, 84(7), 26-31.

A Climate Change lesson for middle and high school students, which has students analyzing data to support explanations about how the climate is changing.

Watershed Lesson Planning

• Fick, S. J., & Baek, J. (2017). Supporting Students to Understand Watersheds by Using Multiple Models to Explore Elevation. Science Scope, 40(6), 24–32.

This article describes some lessons that were developed to support students’ use of the science practice of modeling to build a deeper understanding about the role of systems in Earth Science concepts. It includes practical approaches to supporting students’ thinking about elevation.

Crosscutting Concepts in Unit and Lesson Planning

• Fick, S. J., Arias, A. M., & Baek, J. (2017). Unit Planning Using the Crosscutting Concepts. Science Scope, 40(8), 34-39.

CCC Templates

CCC Template Examples

(We do not recommend using all of the CCC templates for a particular DCI, but think about which might be most useful for developing students’ knowledge about the phenomenon.)