STEELS Hub
Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards
The newly adopted Pennsylvania Integrated Standards for Science, Technology & Engineering, and Environmental Literacy and Sustainability, and Pennsylvania Technology and Engineering Standards were developed jointly to ensure consistency, coherence and a cohesive K—12 integrated approach to science education in the Commonwealth. On July 16, 2022, the Pennsylvania Bulletin published the new standards, designed for implementation July 1, 2025.
This STEELS Hub provides educators resources to implement and support the new standards. An implementation plan, developed by PDE, aims to ensure that all students have access to an education that prepares them to succeed and become life-long learners.
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New and Noteworthy
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Communication Toolkit
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Assessment Toolkit
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STEELS Standards
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Foundation Boxes
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Curriculum Frameworks: Technology & Engineering
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Curriculum Frameworks: Science
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Curriculum Frameworks: Environmental Literacy & Sustainability
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Instructional Resources
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Curriculum Resources
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Research
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Professional Learning
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Assessment
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Safety Guides - Coming Soon!
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Instructional Resources
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Instructional resources offer recommendations for selection of instructional materials, strategies for instruction, development of assessments, connections to other content areas, and utilization of anchor phenomena.
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Technology and Engineering Practices Opens up a PDF file in a new tab
The Technology & Engineering Practices (TEPs) encompass the abilities and dispositions that are fundamental to teaching the STEELS Technology and Engineering Standards with fidelity. The TEPs help students engage with the human designed products, systems, and processes we use to satisfy our needs and wants.
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Examining Factors Associated with Accidents in CTE and STEM Education Labs:
A National Safety Study opens in new windowUtilizes findings from one of the most extensive national P-12 STEM and CTE safety research studies to date (718 teachers across 42 states) to provide practitioner friendly safety recommendations with suggested resources. The recommendations provide implications for state education departments, professional associations, school districts/boards of education, administrators, and teachers to make data informed decisions regarding safety policies and practices to enhance STEM and CTE instruction.
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PBS Design Squad Engineering Design Process Resources opens in new window
Watch videos, play games, try activities, and share designs with the community. (T&E)
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STEL Lesson Plans opens in new window
Provides STEL-aligned lesson plan examples for a variety of grade levels. (T&E)
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Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices opens in new window
Provides a wealth of real world examples to explain what’s different about practice-centered teaching and learning at all grade levels
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NSTA Classroom Resources opens in new window
Offers curated classroom resources, including lesson plans, book chapters, videos, simulations, and more
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Phenomena for NGSS opens in new window
A guide on how to incorporate phenomena in instruction
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The Wonder of Science opens in new window
Supports the importance of carefully chosen phenomenon that can drive student inquiry in the science classroom (an observable event)
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Qualities of a Good Anchor Phenomenon for a Coherent Sequence of Science Lessons opens in new window
Explains qualities of Instructional sequences based on students investigating compelling natural phenomena in science or work on meaningful design problems in engineering by engaging in the science and engineering practices
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EQuIP Rubric: Using Phenomena (Video) opens in new window
Discusses phenomena in the context of evaluating instructional materials
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Creating a Supportive Context for Teacher Learning opens in new window
Explores the contexts in which teachers work – classrooms, departments, schools, organizations – and look at the conditions, structures, and resources that could support science teachers’ individual and collective learning in ways that might lead to improved outcomes for students
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Science Professional Learning Standards (Council of State Science Supervisors) opens in new window
Provides a meaningful guide to professional development and professional learning for science education
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Bozeman NGSS Teaching opens in new window
Focuses on all the Performance Expectations, Disciplinary Core Ideas, Science and Engineering Practices, and Crosscutting Concepts
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Ambitious Science Teaching opens in new window
Provides a vision of ambitious science instruction for elementary, middle school, and high school classroom
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