In each module, the Table of Contents summarizes student learning for every Driving Question, so teachers can see at a glance the student journey across a full module and the phenomena that will drive student inquiry. The PEs that students are working toward are also listed, and the different types of student investigation (hands-on, digital, […]
To ensure teachers are completely prepared to deliver Twig Science lessons, short teacher-presented videos shot in the classroom run through the main concepts and investigations covered in each module. These videos demonstrate best practices for teaching lessons and labs, including covering lesson preparation, strategies for dealing with typical student responses, classroom routines, and investigation-specific tips […]
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The Twig Science Contents Explorer is a fast and easy way to get an overview of lesson content, including investigative phenomena and investigation types. It features color-coded NGSS Performance Expectations for each Driving Question. Color coding the words within each Performance Expectations makes explicit whether they relate to Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Grade Progressions To make it easy for teachers to track student progress, each module contains a Scope and Sequence, which provides an overview of each chapter, and details the 3 Dimensions and Performance Expectations that are covered in each module and lesson. In addition, the Performance Expectation Progressions overview lays out what students are expected […]