The vision of Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) "requires a dramatic departure from approaches to teaching and learning science occurring today in most science classrooms K-12" (Reiser 2013, p. 2). In this article the authors emphasize the importance of examining student misconceptions and correcting them with sense-making activities supported by the NGSS. Specifically, they suggest using activities that engage students in science and engineering practices that will help them develop their understanding of disciplinary core ideas and crosscutting concepts and, subsequently, the world around them. It is hoped that these strategies will be a helpful guide for working with student ideas in the future and will support the collective efforts as a science education community to support student learning.