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 inquiry-based science lesson where third graders engineer custom soil mixtures, test properties like absorbency, and explore global soil origins and characteristics.

A multi-subject activity suite for third graders centered around building and playing in classroom blanket forts. Includes math, science, creative writing, reading, and team communication challenges that require minimal prep and create zero mess.

An engaging third-grade lesson where students act as canine talent scouts, observing physical and behavioral traits to predict and match dogs with specialized jobs.

Express new expertise through a multi-page layered flipbook template and structured cooperative writing prompts.

Sing and chant about ocean adaptations, fill out a collaborative Process Grid of focus animals, and use differentiated sentence frames for group writing.

Build vocabulary and deep comprehension using a interactive Cognitive Content Dictionary (CCD) and the story of Ollie the Octopus's Deep Sea Adventure.

Spark curiosity with high-interest Observation Charts, positive-behavior Literacy Awards, and a large-scale visual blueprint for the multi-zone ocean chart.

A highly differentiated 30-minute lesson where students act as 'Placement Officers' for the Pup Placement Agency. They analyze physical and behavioral traits of dog candidates and match them with appropriate service dog jobs, aligning with the OpenSciEd Grade 3 Trait Variation unit.

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.

An engaging, kid-friendly lesson introducing 2nd graders to the wonders of electricity, exploring its discovery, how it works through simple circuits, and how it is generated safely.

A retro 90s-themed science lesson where fourth-grade students explore the concepts of pitch and amplitude (volume) through the analog mechanics and culture of cassette tapes.

An end-of-year science and social studies review and reflection unit. Students reflect on their academic journey through a creative field log, test their knowledge in a collaborative trivia expedition, explore extension tasks via a STEM choice board, and design a curriculum time capsule project.

A hands-on science lesson for 3rd and 4th grade students focused on classifying animals into vertebrates and invertebrates. Students learn to distinguish between arthropods, mollusks, worms, amphibians, reptiles, fish, mammals, and birds using key physical characteristics.

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.

A visual-first exploration of the water cycle designed for 3rd-grade students, featuring clear step-by-step instructions and comprehension checks optimized for students with hearing loss.

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 comprehensive research and presentation project where students become wildlife experts, investigating a wild animal of their choice and creating a digital slide deck to share their findings.

A hands-on follow-up lesson for first graders focusing on the vocabulary of pollination, specifically the roles of bees and butterflies as they move pollen between flowers.