An engineering and physics lesson where students design, build, and test magnetic mazes to explore magnetic forces and the Engineering Design Process. Students investigate magnetic permeability and iterate on their designs to solve navigational challenges.

An engineering design challenge where students design, prototype, and test magnet mazes, exploring how different backing materials block or allow magnetic forces to pass through.

An upper elementary STEM lesson where students explore magnetic fields, poles, and non-contact forces by designing and building a physical magnet maze. Includes visual slides, a hands-on student design guide, and a comprehensive teacher lesson plan.

A highly engaging, hands-on lesson teaching the importance of precision, clarity, and chronological sequencing through the classic "Exact Instructions Challenge" using Marshmallow Fluff and Jelly. Students write step-by-step instructions, and the teacher follows them verbatim, humorously demonstrating how easily vague directions can go sticky.

An end-of-year educational movie unit and math workbook based on the story of Super Mario Galaxy. Students explore gravity, orbits, and space physics through active viewing, followed by high-energy space-themed math puzzles.

An introductory biology lesson for 5th-grade students with limited literacy, focusing on identifying the core characteristics of insects through highly visual materials. Students learn about the three body parts, exoskeletons, six jointed legs, and how to distinguish insects from non-insects.

A culminating 5th-grade computer science activity celebrating computational thinking and robotics. Students choose their own adventures across unplugged algorithms and physical computing challenges in an arcade-themed finale.

Examine the triggers and devastating impacts of wildfires and floods. Students learn about fuel sources, combustion, precipitation cycles, and flash floods, focusing on prevention, mitigation, and historical events.

Investigate the atmospheric forces that create hurricanes and tornadoes. Students analyze weather patterns, pressure systems, and comparison charts, as well as the historical impacts of Hurricane Katrina and the Tri-State Tornado.

Explore the explosive science of volcanoes and the seismic power of earthquakes. Students learn about tectonic plates, magma chambers, seismic waves, and historical disasters like Mount Vesuvius and San Francisco.

An immersive fifth-grade lesson exploring natural disasters across tectonic, atmospheric, and ecological domains. Students act as 'Disaster Detectives' to analyze the science behind volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and floods.

An engaging exploration of renewable and non-renewable natural resources, fossil fuels, and local conservation efforts through field-guide inspired readings, assessments, interactive sorting, and local mapping exercises.

A comprehensive 5th-grade science and literacy lesson exploring the intricate food webs, energy flows, and unique plant adaptations of the Amazon Rainforest through paired texts and standard-aligned analysis.

A hands-on engineering and design project where students sketch, build, and decorate a miniature beach chair using popsicle sticks, fabric, and paint. Includes a comprehensive student-facing project packet with milestone checklist and a teacher grading rubric.

Master sensory language and persuasive advertising techniques by designing an original ice cream flavor, brand logo, and marketing pitch.

Explore states of matter, heat transfer, and freezing-point depression by making homemade ice cream in a bag using ice, salt, and cream.

Apply fraction multiplication and division to scale ice cream recipes up and down, converting fluid ounces, cups, and tablespoons.

Trace the historical origins of frozen desserts from ancient China and Rome to modern day, mapping how ingredients like vanilla, sugar, and cacao traveled globally.

An immersive, puzzle-driven coding escape room where students work in table groups to defeat a rogue AI. By solving four distinct chambers focusing on sequencing, loops, conditionals, and debugging, students demonstrate core computational thinking skills.

Students explore the fundamentals of heredity by distinguishing between inherited traits and learned behaviors. This lesson uses real-world examples from the plant and animal kingdoms to illustrate how traits are passed down through generations.

A lesson focusing on ecosystem vocabulary including producers, consumers, and energy flow through food chains and pyramids. Includes tiered materials for elementary and middle school levels.

A cumulative review lesson covering the vocabulary and core concepts from all three science literacy units.

An investigation into force, motion, and friction, focusing on an author's use of evidence and the nuances of language.

A narrative exploration of the water cycle, focusing on character interaction, theme, and plot development within a scientific context.

An exploration of the law of conservation of mass through informational text, focusing on reading for details, main ideas, and relationships between concepts.

This lesson explores how digital images are broken down into pixels, converted into binary code (1s and 0s), transmitted across distances, and reassembled on another device. Students will learn about the RGB color model and the fundamentals of digital communication.

A foundational lesson on food chains across various ecosystems, specifically designed for special education students. Includes visual-heavy instruction on producers, consumers, and decomposers.

A comprehensive review of the major human body systems, focusing on their primary functions, key organs, and how they work together to maintain homeostasis.

A lesson on surface water interactions with land, featuring My Little Pony characters to explain streams, lakes, and wetlands. Students learn key geological terms through simple bullet points and visual support.

A biology and health lesson where students explore thermoregulation and hydration. They learn how the body stays cool in the Texas heat and design personal hydration plans to maintain homeostatic balance.