EQuIP Peer Review Panel for Science Submission Form

Thank you for your interest in submitting middle school science instructional materials to be reviewed by the Science Peer Review Panel. In an effort to identify and shine a spotlight on emerging high quality lesson and unit plans designed for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Achieve launched the EQuIP Peer Review Panel for Science – a group of expert reviewers who will evaluate the quality and alignment of lessons and units to the standards. In April 2020, management of the Science PRP transitioned with the Achieve science team to a new project, NextGenScience. Lessons and units that are identified as “High Quality Examples” and “High Quality Examples if Improved”, based upon the Science EQuIP Rubric for Lessons and Units will be posted online and shared with educators across the country. NextGenScience will strive to raise awareness, visibility, and use of these high quality lessons and units. If you or your state, district, school, or organization has designed middle school lessons or units for the NGSS, please consider submitting these instructional materials to the EQuIP Peer Review Panel for Science in order to provide educators across the country with various models and templates of high quality and NGSS-aligned lesson and unit plans. The objective of the EQuIP Peer Review Panel for Science is not to endorse a particular curriculum, product, or template, rather to identify lessons and units that best illustrate the cognitive demands of the NGSS as introduced in A Framework for K-12 Science Education. Please complete this form to request a review of your free and publicly available middle school science instructional materials. Materials submitted for PRP review are screened and assigned to one of our four annual review windows. If you are interested in reviews of free and publicly available K-5 and high school materials, or reviews of commercial and proprietary K-12 science materials, please complete the following form: bit.ly/NGSEQuIP

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Please list the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) that are targeted in this submission.*

How was the EQuIP Rubric for Lessons & Units: Science used in the creation or revision of this lesson/unit?*

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Please provide the review team a short description of how the lesson or unit is organized.*

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Please indicate if these materials have previously been reviewed by the EQuIP Peer Review Panel for Science.*

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In the materials submission below, please provide a detailed document highlighting the revisions made to the materials based on the previous EQuIP review.

Submission Pathway

Please see the Science Peer Review Panel page for more information: https://www.nextgenscience.org/peer-review-panel/science-peer-review-panel

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Please indicate that you have read and agree with the following statements if your material is identified as "Example of High Quality NGSS Design" and you wish to claim the digital badge.

I agree to post the reviewed materials online in a way that is public and freely available. I agree to post the EQuIP Rubric for Science feedback generated by the PRP reviewers alongside the lesson or unit. I agree to use language where the materials are posted that indicates that the rating is only for the lesson or unit that was reviewed and does not extend to other materials. I agree to share the URL where the materials are posted with NextGenScience I agree to maintain the version of the materials that were reviewed by the Science PRP and will not revise or edit this version of the materials I agree that the URL may be posted on NextGenScience's website in a list of materials that have received the digital badge.

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Please indicate that you have read and agree with the following statements:

I understand that should these materials be identified by the EQuIP Peer Review Panel for Science as “High Quality Examples” or “High Quality Examples if Improved,” the materials and the feedback of the EQuIP Peer Review Panel for Science will be posted on Nextgenscience.org website and shared with NextGenScience's network of state educators, policy leaders, and partners in order to provide educators access to a shared set of high-quality instructional materials. I agree that should these materials get posted on the NextGenScience.org website through an external link (e.g., google folder), I will maintain the version of the materials that the reviewed is based on and will not revise or edit that version of the materials. I acknowledge that I own the rights of or otherwise have permission to use the contents of my submission and acknowledge that should my submission be identified as either a "High Quality Example" or "High Quality Example if Improved," I agree to license my submission with one of the four Creative Commons licenses outlined on the PRP page: https://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/default/files/Science%20PRP%20and%20EQuIP%20Review%20FAQ-Updated%20May%202020.pdf I understand that my team will have the opportunity to revise the instructional materials based on the feedback received. The materials can be resubmitted to the EQuIP for Science Peer Review Panel for a second review once the feedback has been incorporated.

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Please let us know how you learned about the Science Peer Review Panel.

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Material Submission

As a final step, please attach all submission materials in a Zip folder or provide the link to the google folder. NextGenScience takes a number of steps to prevent potential bias in reviews. Please remove all identifying logos and developer names on the materials to make the process as anonymous as possible for the reviewers.

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