This 19 page hard-copy booklet describes the role of physics in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). It provides an overview and history of the NGSS, as well as guidelines to reading and interpreting the performance expectations embedded with the three dimensions of science learning. It identifies physics concepts across all K-high school grade bands, and takes a deep analysis of the high school physics standards that are explicitly and implicitly included in and excluded from the performance expectations. This booklet can be downloaded digitally free of charge from AAPT. G-39