At a first glance, NGSS Performance Expectations (PE’s) seem to be an overwhelmingly complex color- coded, system of expectations that you could never reach within the time frame of a school year. How can you possibly accomplish all the PE’s? Many schools are now moving towards teaching integrated sciences, where you teach the subject you love right along with a topic you are not passionate about or have little to no teaching experience. Suddenly, faced with a new set of student expectations to reach and more material to teach, but in the same amount of time.