181 cross-cutting concepts anchor higher-order thinking in all science for all students, all classrooms.

Concepts defined and organized to make sense of any content for any student by any teacher.

Thousands of minds-on lessons written by teachers like you, cataloged by concept, content, skill … and 16 other criteria for precision searching.

3-D Concept-Based Teaching

3-D Learning: the three types of knowledge

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Content

Information, facts: the “What” of higher-order thinking

Transferable Concepts

Generic to a wide variety (“all”) content: The keys to higher-order thinking

Skills and processes

How concepts are combined with content in higher-order thinking

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Taking Education to a Higher Level.

Barley Education Associates is a group of master teachers dedicated to developing the three-dimensional (3-D) model of curriculum, teaching, and learning, starting with science.

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