01555nas a2200157   4500008004100000245010500041210006900146260000900215520095300224653000801177100002201185700002101207700001701228700002401245856012801269       2015                        eng d00aThe Relevance of K-12 Engineering Curricula to NGSS: an Analysis of TeachEngineering-NGSS Alignments0 aRelevance of K12 Engineering Curricula to NGSS an Analysis of Te  c20153 aThe 2013 publication of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) provided the first widely adopted set of science standards to include engineering design throughout all K-12 grades. In doing so, NGSS raised the relevance of the K-12 engineering education sector on a national scale. The TeachEngineering digital library, representative of the K-12 engineering education sector through its collaboration of 36, mostly NSF-funded, K-12 engineering education programs across the US, recently aligned its 1,300+ K-12 engineering lessons and hands-on activities to the NGSS. This paper provides analysis of both the alignment process and its results. As such, we offer insight into the correspondence between the NGSS and a broad, collection of K-12 engineering learning objects and hence, into the mutual relevance of K-12 engineering curriculum and the NGSS. We also provide some recommendations for future K-12 engineering curriculum development.10aBIS1 aReitsma, Reindert1 aSamson, Carleigh1 aSoltys, Mike1 aSullivan, Jacquelyn  u/biblio/relevance-k-12-engineering-curricula-ngss-analysis-teachengineering-ngss-alignments