Shadow Catchers

A 3-day ELA and Science literacy sequence focusing on close-reading, textual evidence, and deep inferences. Students analyze extreme adaptations in the abyssal zone, polar tundra, and hyper-arid deserts, culminating in an evidence-based scientific argument.

A fun building activity where kids work together to build a strong stick tower. Using paper plates, sticks, and pipe cleaners, teams learn about balance, push and pull forces, and teamwork without using any tape or glue.

Printable station signs and job badges that guide self-directed student teams through planning, building, testing, and team reflection.

A gamified entrepreneurship curriculum where students form mock startups, navigate real-world market disruptions, and pitch to investors. Unit 1 establishes foundational business ethics, professional communication, market needs, and legal structures.

A fast-paced, movement-based 45-minute lesson where students master laboratory cleanliness, floor hazard prevention, glassware safety, and eye wash response. Through hands-on station scenarios, a formal safety charter/quiz, and a collaborative escape puzzle, students become certified safety responders.

A printable, highly structured, 2-page student portfolio and drafting blueprint where teams assign roles, sketch technical structural designs, track material usage, log testing data, and write physical mechanics reflections.

A four-day science unit on volcanoes designed for early elementary students. It combines basic scientific inquiry, vocabulary building, and an outdoor eruption experiment to explore the science of volcanic pressure and reactions.

Day 3 of the extreme adaptations sequence. Students examine water preservation, heat avoidance, and estivation in desert species, synthesizing lessons learned across all three extreme biomes into a structured, text-evidence-supported argument.

A highly visual, 16:9 presentation designed to introduce the Tower Titans challenge, simplified with friendly terms (Push, Pull, Triangles), easier rules, and structured roles.

An interactive, play-based science unit exploring the properties of light for Kindergarten through 3rd grade. Students engage in self-directed sensory exploration stations and guided inquiry to discover illumination, reflection, transmission, and color splitting.

Day 2 of the extreme adaptations sequence. Students analyze thermoregulation, cellular-level freezing defenses, and behavioral adaptation mechanisms in polar zones. They identify explicit key claims and construct scientific explanations.

A comprehensive 2-page printable curriculum map and lesson plan detailing standards, daily objectives, materials checklists, and SDC accommodations for the entire Extreme Survivors sequence.