Where Curiosity Comes to Life

Let’s get rolling! In this action-packed science adventure, young learners will explore how things move through building ramps, testing surfaces, and racing toy cars. From gentle pushes to speedy zooms, kids investigate what makes things go—and what slows them down. We’ll stack, slide, and scoot through hands-on labs that spark creativity and build core science skills.

🎨 Integrated with: measuring distance, motion-themed stories, ramp art

🧠 STEM Skill Focus: observation, questioning, cause & effect

📦 Includes: hands-on labs, simple materials list, home-friendly extensions

Dig, grow, and explore! In this fall science lab, learners plant seeds, explore what helps them grow, and dissect real pumpkins—rinds, seeds, goo, and all! With sprout-inspired art and pumpkin math, we make science sensory and seasonal.

🎨 Integrated with: counting, plant stories, growth journals

🔍 STEM Skill Focus: observation, sequencing, comparing

📦 Includes: planting activities, sensory science, home connections

Students create sound with rubber bands, string phones, and dancing rice! We’ll explore how vibrations create sound, how we hear, and how animals use sound to communicate.

🎨 Integrated with: sound drawings, instrument art, movement stories

🔍 STEM Skill Focus: comparing, asking questions, predicting

📦 Includes: sound labs, family-friendly echoes

Students explore the basics of matter through squishy solids, fizzy liquids, and fun state-change experiments. We’ll melt ice, pour oobleck, and watch solids dissolve into bubbles!

🎨 Integrated with: sorting by state, sensory art, melting drawings

🔍 STEM Skill Focus: observing, classifying, describing change

📦 Includes: simple labs, at-home fizz experiments

Through sorting games, camouflage experiments, and art, kids will explore how animals are wild by design. We’ll build beaks and paws, observe mimicry, and connect form to function in playful ways.

🎨 Integrated with: animal-themed art, sorting games, storytelling

🔍 STEM Skill Focus: predicting, testing, communicating

📦 Includes: weekly labs, dress-up days, family connection tasks

Students use flashlights, mirrors, and materials to test how light moves and bends. We’ll create shadow puppets, explore glowing animals, and sort objects based on how light passes through.

🎨 Integrated with: light sorting, shadow tracing, read-alouds

🔍 STEM Skill Focus: cause & effect, observing, comparing

📦 Includes: light labs, art extensions, and home skywatching

We explore rain, clouds, and wind through modeling and design. From cloud jars to shelter builds, learners get to predict and protect!

🎨 Integrated with: weather art, cloud mapping, wind-themed stories

🔍 STEM Skill Focus: pattern observation, predicting, simple testing

📦 Includes: weather models, family forecast fun

We’ll crumble chalk, make mini rivers, and test ways to slow erosion like real scientists. It’s dirt, discovery, and design all in one!

🎨 Integrated with: landform sketches, erosion art, Earth stories

🔍 STEM Skill Focus: cause & effect, change over time

📦 Includes: hands-on labs, family erosion testing

Why doesn’t the moon always look the same? We explore big space questions with planet models, moon movement, and constellation storytelling.

🎨 Integrated with: orbit art, movement games, constellation building

🔍 STEM Skill Focus: pattern recognition, model creation

📦 Includes: hands-on skywatching, moon-phase games

There’s a superhero inside every student—and it’s made of cells! This energizing biology unit helps students dive deep into the body’s inner workings, from individual cells to complex systems. They’ll use microscopes, build 3D cell models, test heart rate changes, and explore how our systems work together to keep us alive and thriving.

🎨 Integrated with: organelle comics, life-size body maps, system posters

🧠 STEM Skill Focus: modeling, investigation, data collection, scientific explanation

📦 Includes: cell labs, system simulations, design challenges, family-led wellness reflection!

 What makes you you? In this interactive genetics unit, students will dive into the invisible world of DNA to explore how traits are passed down, what makes us unique, and how families share (or don’t share!) features. From decoding genetic puzzles to modeling inheritance and analyzing real-life trait patterns, learners will take on the role of geneticists to understand the fascinating science of heredity. No two students are alike — and this unit proves it!

🎨 Integrated with: trait collages, DNA sculptures

🧠 STEM Skill Focus: pattern recognition, data analysis, probability, modeling

📦 Includes: DNA models, Punnett square labs, class trait surveys, family interviews

💡 Perfect for students curious about biology, forensics, family traits, and the mysteries written in our genes.

Your body is more than biology — it’s a living system of sensors, circuits, and strength! In this innovative unit, students explore how muscles, bones, nerves, and organs work together to keep us alive and moving. Then, they’ll step into the role of biomedical engineers to design assistive devices, test prosthetics, and create life-improving inventions. Through challenges, models, and real-world empathy-driven design, students discover the powerful science of the human body... and how to make it even better!

🎨 Integrated with: anatomical sketches, invention blueprints

🧠 STEM Skill Focus: innovation, systems thinking, engineering, collaborative design 

📦 Includes: reaction labs, system models, prosthetic prototypes

💡 Perfect for students who are fascinated by the body, interested in health science, or love to build and solve real problems with creativity and compassion.

This exciting unit turns students into engineers and problem-solvers as they take on Earth’s most extreme natural forces! From quakes to floods and eruptions, learners will explore how natural disasters work — and how we can protect ourselves. Through simulations, hands-on building, and real-world data analysis, students will design disaster-resistant structures and explore how science and human choices can reduce risk.  

🎨 Integrated with: hazard map art, community design posters, Earth systems diagrams

🧠 STEM Skill Focus: cause & effect, engineering, data modeling, problem solving 

📦 Includes: shake tables, volcano models, system simulations, home disaster readiness plan 

💡 *Great for curious minds who love designing, building, and making an impact in the real world!*

What do clean water, wild weather, and overflowing trash bins have in common? YOU. In this eye-opening unit, students will investigate the impact humans have on Earth’s systems — from carbon in the air to plastic in the sea — and explore bold, creative solutions to protect the planet. Through hands-on experiments, sustainability challenges, and real-world design thinking, students will see how science connects to everyday choices and how they can be part of the solution.

🎨 Integrated with: environmental infographics, eco-city design, system maps 

🧠 STEM Skill Focus: analysis, decision making, sustainability, advocacy

📦 Includes: pollution labs, footprint calculators, eco-audit journal , family action challenge 

💡 Perfect for students who care about the environment, love creative challenges, and want to make a real-world difference.

 Bubbling, fizzing, changing colors — chemistry is all around us, and this unit proves it! Students will become chemical detectives as they test everyday substances, uncover hidden reactions, and explore how chemistry powers the food we eat, the cleaners we use, and even the heat we feel. From kitchen experiments to molecular modeling, this hands-on unit blends science with real-world curiosity!

🎨 Integrated with: reaction flipbooks, molecule sculptures, chemistry comics 

🧠 STEM Skill Focus: observation, data collection analysis, lab reporting 

📦 Includes: kitchen chemistry labs, thermal testing, at-home reaction hunt 

💡 Ideal for students who love mixing, measuring, and solving science mysteries!

Something is always shifting under your feet — and this unit shows you how and why! From volcanic eruptions to earthquakes and mountain ranges, students explore the powerful forces that shape our planet. With hands-on models, simulated shake tables, and timeline challenges, learners discover how the slow grind of geologic time connects to the explosive events we see in the news today.

🎨 Integrated with: tectonic plate art, volcano flipbooks  

🧠 STEM Skill Focus: modeling, mapping, systems thinking, design testing 

📦 Includes: shake tables, eruption labs, fault line models, 

💡 Perfect for students who love action, adventure, and getting their hands dirty with Earth science!

 It’s time to level up your wave knowledge! This deeper dive into the science of sound and light goes beyond basics to uncover the physics behind music, lasers, fiber optics, and medical imaging. Students will test real materials, explore high-frequency tech, and build their own wave-powered designs. Get ready to graph, measure, bounce, bend, and broadcast waves — just like the engineers and scientists who make our connected world possible!

🎨 Integrated with: waveform art, optical illusion posters, light and sound design challenges  

🧠 STEM Skill Focus: modeling, precision measurement, analysis, application to real world tech  

📦 Includes: sound quality labs, refraction tests, wave transmission build 

💡 Designed for middle schoolers ready to explore the tech, tools, and science behind the sounds and sights of everyday life!

It’s time to take science outside the classroom and into the world! In this powerful unit, students explore how human choices impact Earth’s systems—from polluted waters to disrupted food webs and rising carbon levels. Through real-world investigations and problem-solving labs, students test water filters, model the carbon cycle, and uncover the chain reactions happening in nature. This unit brings together life, earth, and physical science with one big question: how can science help us build a better future?

🎨 Integrated with: eco-poster campaigns, food web models, carbon cycle diagrams 

🧠 STEM Skill Focus: systems thinking, critical analysis, innovation, science communication 

📦 Includes: pollution experiments, carbon models, sustainability challenges, family footprint audit