A differentiated reading comprehension unit focusing on the fascinating adaptations, anatomy, and intelligence of octopuses. Students read level-adjusted passages, analyze text-feature diagrams, and practice finding direct text evidence and summarizing main ideas.

A student-led research project where students choose a science question, evaluate reliable sources, gather evidence, and draft a 3-4 paragraph explanation. Includes moderate visual scaffolding and structured checklists to guide independent inquiry and writing.

A biology and taxonomy sorting system designed for older kids (Grades 3-5). Students analyze evolutionary adaptations, label critical anatomical features, and categorize specimens by their taxonomic classes, habitats, and ecological functions.

A collaborative, hands-on 3rd-grade STEM challenge where student engineering teams design, build, and test a model storm shelter that can survive wind and water hazards. Students apply weather hazard standards while experiencing the complete engineering design process over a multi-day timeline.

An engaging, hands-on physics and engineering lesson where students design, build, and test protective landing craft for fragile payloads (eggs), exploring forces, deceleration, and structural integrity.

A reading comprehension lesson for 2nd and 3rd-grade students based on the spectacular meteor explosion over New England. Features engaging news-style reading, vocabulary challenges, comprehension questions, and a creative activity.

A lesson focused on understanding the primary threats to our freshwater supply, featuring an engaging, student-friendly explorer article on pollution, home water waste, droughts, and growing demand.

An early elementary science lesson about air pressure featuring three hands-on experiments: Balloon in a Bottle, Egg in a Bottle, and the Water Glass Trick. Students make predictions and record observations using a highly visual cut-and-paste workbook.

An engaging lesson on animal adaptations featuring a visual nonfiction reading passage and text feature hunt. Students learn about the Thorny Devil and Polar Bear, analyze geographic maps, look up key terms in a glossary, and answer deep comprehension questions.

A hands-on, highly visual lesson where students explore artificial selection by roleplaying as breeders and farmers. Students analyze traits in dogs, crops, and livestock using scaffolded organizers, visual task cards, and matching tasks.

In this fifth and final lesson of the Spine Squad unit, students explore fish, focusing on gills, fins, scales, and underwater survival, with a final cumulative review of the five vertebrate groups.

In this fourth lesson of the Spine Squad unit, students study amphibians, understanding how they live on water and land, lay soft eggs, and have smooth, wet skin, with scaffolded reading and tracing.

In this third lesson of the Spine Squad unit, students identify reptiles, exploring characteristics such as scales, cold-blooded regulation, and laying leathery eggs on land, supported by guided tracing.

In this second lesson of the Spine Squad unit, students examine the key characteristics of birds, including feathers, wings, and laying hard-shelled eggs, using scaffolded comprehension prompts and tracing.

In this first lesson of the Spine Squad unit, students explore the unique traits of mammals, focusing on fur/hair, live birth, and milk production with heavy visual support and tracing activities.

An OpenSciEd-aligned 3rd grade science lesson where students analyze and interpret data from parent dogs and their litters to discover patterns of inheritance and variation in physical traits.

An OpenSciEd-aligned lesson where 3rd graders observe animal behaviors and describe patterns of how living in groups helps different species survive. Students analyze diverse wildlife examples to uncover the survival advantages of cooperative living.

A lesson exploring how physical and behavioral traits help organisms survive in their environments, featuring a video documentary review and diagnostic summary.

A third-grade OpenSciEd Lesson 9 investigation where students explore wolf traits and group survival. Students read a local newspaper article about a wolf pack, analyze expert data on traits, build a bar graph, and revise their models to explain how living in groups helps wolves survive.

A comprehensive third-grade reading comprehension resource featuring engaging passages about plant lifecycles, weather patterns, and animal adaptations.

A hands-on, highly engaging, low-cost end-of-year science unit designed for 6th-grade students of lower academic levels. It features simplified, visual step-by-step guides for independent, sensory-rich experiments exploring kitchen chemistry, forces, and density.