Before we get into the details of how the Twig Science program works, we want to give you a clear overview of the content and how it is structured. In this section, you will find: Descriptions of our K–6 products, which include Teacher Editions, Student Books, lab kits, and other supplemental material. An introduction to […]

Discover the Twig Science Assessment System Twig Science has created a three-dimensional assessment system to match the CA NGSS. Twig Science supports teachers to deliver the three-dimensional learning required by the CA NGSS, providing a three-dimensional assessment system that allows teachers to evaluate student attainment of NGSS Performance Expectations. The assessment strategies measure students’ knowledge […]

Twig Science reaches all students through a unique narrative approach that makes every module an adventure. For example, where the CA NGSS Framework calls for students to investigate the “relationship between an organism and its environment,” Twig Science develops this into a long-form investigation to understand “How to Survive an Ice Age.” Every module in […]

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. […]

To support your dual immersion or bilingual program, the Twig Science 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 videos and […]

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 […]

Research—and classroom experience—makes clear that student listening comprehension is far ahead of reading comprehension through early childhood to at least middle school. Young students find it significantly easier to listen to and talk about complex ideas than they do to read and write about them. As a result, science instruction in elementary and middle schools […]

Within Twig Science, with a focus on developing 21st century skills in the context of phenomena-based investigations, science and engineering understanding and language competence develop interdependently. The language demands of NGSS are rigorous, and the pragmatic applications in the classroom require attention to both subject content and language. The Science and Engineering Practices that form […]

What Does Equity and Access Mean To Us? Put simply: Every Student, Every Standard. We believe that every student deserves Twig, and as a result we have worked hard to ensure that all students, regardless of learning needs, are able to experience the magic of Twig—learning and progressing alongside their peers.  In this section, we […]

Twig Science scores highly on NGSS-based rubrics such as NextGen TIME Paper screen evaluation.  These materials show exactly how we meet these criteria and if you’re short for time, we’ve filled-in rubrics that you can download.  Review Evaluation Rubrics