Advanced teacher training workshops consist of a series of Masterclasses developed by Cathy Zozakiewicz from the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE) on topics integral to NGSS instruction—including 3-D Performance Assessment and Language Routines, which SCALE developed exclusively for Twig Science Next Gen. On this page, we break down the master classes we […]

Three-hour, grade-specific workshops run by Twig Science Next Gen experts, including exploring how Twig makes implementing the Next Generation Science Standards easy, experiencing NGSS in action through a hands-on lesson, accessing teacher digital resources, and developing an implementation plan. Below is a detailed breakdown of what the grade-specific onboarding workshops include. Onboarding Workshop Training Goals […]

Teachers and administrators face increasing challenges in terms of time, tools, and background knowledge. Twig Science Next Gen provides a range of dedicated flexible professional learning options: Stanford SCALE Advanced Teacher Training Workshops Twig Science Next Gen Onboarding Sessions Science Content Background Information Fast Track Customization Model Lesson Videos Webinar Training Customized Train the Trainers/Specialists […]

To support your dual immersion or bilingual program, the Twig Science Next Gen program is also available in Spanish. Teachers can teach with confidence using the same full-color printed student Twig Book—Cuaderno Twig—and support English Learners with leveled readers, available in English with Spanish cognates or fully translated into Spanish. In total, 600+ Twig Science […]

Family Outreach Letters The first lesson of every DQ includes a Family Outreach Letter (FOL). This is a digital asset that the teacher can print and hand out to students, or email to students’ families.  FOLs summarize the learning content of the DQ and provide suggestions for connecting students’ learning to experiences outside the classroom. […]

English Learners (EL) sidebars provide strategies for teachers to support ELs of all proficiency levels, with specific guidance on how to tailor the lesson to accommodate ELs.  Strategies include:  Cloze Frames Differentiated cloze sentence and paragraph frames Language Comprehension Strategies  Setting viewing, listening, and reading purposes Displaying word charts, discussion questions, and so on in […]

We provide tools that ensure all students have the social and emotional skills to participate and collaborate in scientific investigations with their peers. We mainly achieve this through class collaboration challenges and classroom routines. Starting from Grade 2, there is a 3-D Team Challenge consisting of a class collaboration challenge that starts off each year. […]

One of the best ways to encourage students to become interested in STEM is by focusing on local and global phenomena that are relevant to students’ lives. For example, a student in California is more likely to be affected by droughts than by floods, and therefore water scarcity and droughts are more relevant than flooding […]

We believe it’s incredibly important that students can see themselves reflected in the learning materials they use in school. Therefore we have ensured that our program introduces myriad STEM professionals from all walks of life. In addition, we want to provide students with the opportunity to try out as many STEM roles as possible, so […]

How Do We Support Students with Diverse Learning Needs? Teacher Editions (TEs) contain comprehensive point-of-use scaffolds, which appear in margins outside the main content. These provide teachers with the tools they need to ensure every student can experience the wonders of science in the classroom.  Watch this video to discover our point-of-use scaffolds: The point-of-use […]