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.

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.

An introductory science lesson exploring ecological levels of organization, biotic versus abiotic factors, and population growth limits.

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 scaffolded 2-page assessment and corresponding answer key covering prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, including bacteria, plant, animal, and human cells. Features visual matching, labeling with word banks, sentence frames, and guided sentence starters.

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.

A comprehensive, highly accommodated, and tiered assessment suite covering states of matter, atomic structure, classifications of matter, periodic table trends, ions, and ionic bonding with Coulomb's Law. Built-in diverse learner supports include visual organizers, sentence starters, 2-choice questions, and step-by-step guided calculations.

A complete lesson exploring natural selection, speciation, and invasive species through the story of Rollins and Kevin discovering the 'Swamp Squirrels' in an isolated East Texas forest. Includes a student reading packet with integrated comprehension questions and a detailed teacher answer key.

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.

An active, movement-based scavenger hunt game for high school students to master human impact, biodiversity, sustainability, biological magnification, and invasive species (aligned to HS-LS2-7). Includes 30 custom-designed Station Cards, an interactive Student Answer Sheet, and a comprehensive Teacher Guide with Answer Key.

A comprehensive ecology review lesson focused on the levels of biological organization (organism to biosphere) and trophic levels (energy flow, producers, consumers, decomposers). Designed with scaffolded, modified text and guided fill-in-the-blanks for accessible learning.

A simplified, unthemed practice packet and guide for middle school ecology. Students master ecological levels, abiotic/biotic factors, limiting factors, carrying capacity, and natural disasters through direct, step-by-step examples.

Days 15 to 19 of Regents preparation. Breaks down Regents experimental design standards, distinguishing criteria from constraints, identifying variables, and evaluating biological trade-offs.

Days 10 to 14 of Regents preparation. Analyzes negative and positive feedback mechanisms, thermoregulation, blood glucose maintenance, and nervous/endocrine system integration.

Days 1 to 4 of Regents preparation. Investigates trophic levels, carrying capacity, energy flow, adaptations, and the keystone role of sea otters in maintaining kelp forest homeostasis.

Days 5 to 9 of Regents preparation. Focuses on the biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen, water, and phosphorus, including cellular respiration and photosynthesis connections.

A high-stakes forensic science simulation where 7th-grade students analyze fingerprints, ink chromatography, and trace evidence to solve the theft of a high-tech robotics prototype. Students must synthesize multiple lines of evidence to narrow down four suspects to one culprit.

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 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 project-based lesson where students design and build a balloon-powered vehicle to demonstrate Newton's Three Laws of Motion. Students act as 'Kinetic Engineers' to apply physics principles to a real-world engineering challenge.

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.