OpenSciEd K-12
A Unified K-12 Science
Education Approach
High-Quality, NGSS-Aligned,
Science Curriculum for Your District
We are excited to introduce OpenSciEd Elementary, a dynamic K-5 science curriculum that brings phenomena-based learning to the youngest scientists.
This launch expands our full K-12 OpenSciEd lineup, offering a seamless, engaging science experience from kindergarten through high school. OpenSciEd utilizes inquiry-based learning principles, allowing students to explore scientific concepts through real-world phenomena.
Meet the OpenSciEd K-12 Science Curriculum!
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Research-Based
OpenSciEd is research-based, taking into account how students learn, their motivations and implications regarding teacher and student engagement.
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Tested By Educators
Developed with educators and extensively tested by teachers and schools. Continuously updated and improved based on field testing and feedback from teachers.
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NGSS Alignment
Aligned to the Framework and NGSS. Units can be adapted to fit your state's sequence.
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Equitable
The class community values the diversity of resources students bring to science class and understand how the learning is relevant to their own lives and communities.
Available as a package or for individual purchase
Digital
Interactive Content on the Activate Learning Digital Platform
Student Notebooks, Student Readers, and Teacher Edition
Kits
All materials necessary for investigations for all OpenSciEd units
Professional Learning
Full implementation support and certified professional learning
Program Highlights
Our end-to-end implementation supports these pillars, no matter the grade level.
Three-Dimensional
Phenomena-Based Approach
Students explore driving questions, conduct investigations, collect and analyze data, develop and use models to explain phenomena.
Designed for Equitable Science Learning
Access high-quality, adaptable materials that support standards-based, equitable science learning.
Total Support
for Teachers
Content, structure, and support to experience three-dimensional teaching and learning with OpenSciEd.
Explore Curricula
Discover OpenSciEd K-12 on the
Activate Learning Digital Platform
Experience a truly interactive digital edition of all OpenSciEd materials for teachers and students.
With the Activate Learning Digital Platform, students and teachers enjoy an interactive, engaging online experience with the OpenSciEd K-12 curriculum.
The platform is designed for student accessibility and inclusion and offers embedded translation for 130+ languages, text-to-speech with read-along highlighting, and sentence starters to support writing.
Featuring an intuitive user experience, teachers have everything they need to Plan, Teach, Assign, and Assess lessons in a platform that is integrated with leading SIS rostering and Learning Management Systems. And with Lesson Launch, teachers can can quickly view slides, handouts, student edition, and materials in one place!
OpenSciEd Books & Student Notebooks
Full-color print Teacher and Student Editions for each OpenSciEd Middle School science curriculum.
Four-color print Teacher Editions for each published unit of the OpenSciEd High School science curriculum.
Digital and full-color print versions of Student Readers to support literacy integration for OpenSciEd Elementary School science curriculum
- The ability to read and comprehend science text is essential for student engagement in science. OpenSciEd integrates informational text into its units to help students gather information, expand vocabulary, and discuss scientific concepts.
- The texts are intentionally crafted to enhance students’ sensemaking and expose them to various perspectives and disciplines within the scientific community.
Say goodbye to printing with our Student Notebooks!
- Notebooks provide all student handouts, reference sheets, articles and infographics with plenty of room for students to capture their responses to questions and discussion prompts.
- A helpful Community of Growing Ideas Chart is included for each OpenSciEd Elementary School unit.
- Multiple copies of the Project Tracker are included for each OpenSciEd Middle School and OpenSciEd High School unit.
- The perforated pages make it easy for students to put completed work into folders and binders!
- Available for all OpenSciEd K-12 science curricula.
Certified OpenSciEd Science Kits
Science equipment and materials are an essential element to investigation-centered learning and Activate Learning offers science kits to support every activity in each unit for OpenSciEd K-12.
- All products are rigorously tested for quality assurance.
- Materials are grouped by lesson so teachers can easily locate lesson-specific materials.
- Activate Learning Kit Companion™ helps teachers save time and easily find everything in their shipment, quickly access important Safety Data Sheets, and view how-to videos to set up materials. *Activate Learning Kit Companion™ for Elementary School Coming in Fall 2025.
Certified OpenSciEdProfessional Learning
Activate Learning curriculum experts provide extensive OpenSciEd K-12 product implementation support and certified professional learning on the latest, most innovative strategies and techniques to engage students.
Comprehensive professional learning resources provide the necessary content, structure, and support to experience three-dimensional teaching and learning with OpenSciEd.
Scope and SequenceAt a Glance
The OpenSciEd Instructional Model uses a storyline approach, each lesson motivated by questions generated by students following their interactions with phenomena. In each unit of study, students explore the questions they have, make conclusions based on those investigations, and then strategize to come up with the next set of questions to investigate.
Below are example unit sequences based on NGSS guidelines, however, all units can be adapted to fit your state's unique sequence.
Contact us to learn more about aligning the OpenSciEd K-12 curriculum to your state standards.
Elementary School
Middle School
High School
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