Accelerate to Algebra 1 is a short course designed to prepare students for success in Algebra 1. It focuses on reviewing the essential skills and mathematical concepts that serve as the foundation for upcoming learning. Students will apply their understanding of algebraic techniques for representing relationships and use these relationships to solve problems. Students will also explore how statistics and probability can be used to draw conclusions and make predictions.
Accelerate to Algebra 2 is a short course designed to prepare students for success in Algebra 2. It focuses on reviewing the essential skills and mathematical concepts that serve as the foundation for upcoming learning. Students will apply their understanding of algebraic techniques for representing relationships and use these relationships to solve problems. Students will also explore how statistics and probability can be used to draw conclusions and make predictions.
Accelerate to Geometry is a short course designed to prepare students for success in Geometry. It focuses on reviewing the essential skills and mathematical concepts that serve as the foundation for upcoming learning. Students will apply their understanding of algebraic techniques store write and solve expressions and equations. Students will also explore simple probability and revisit fundamental geometric relationships.
Algebra 1 v7.0 is a completely re-designed course that offers 100% alignment to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. The specific standard alignment for each lesson is visible to both educators and students. In addition to the emphasis on alignment, the lessons in the new courses are designed to be shorter in length than lessons of previous versions, offering a focused exploration of topics to make concepts more digestible for students.
Practice questions are included with each lesson, including technology-enhanced items and explanations to assist students in their understanding of the concepts. New features to support student mastery include worksheets for practice and guided notes to help students record key takeaways as they move through the tutorial.
The course is also built around student engagement, with more interactive lessons and videos that work through examples and model problem-solving skills. This fresh new look and feel for the course were inspired by educator feedback.
Educators were also involved in the course at the design level, as many unit activities, worksheets, and video scripts were written by current algebra classroom teachers. Algebra 1 v7.0 reflects our commitment to standards alignment and putting the needs of educators and students first in all aspects of course design.
Algebra 2 v7.0 is a completely re-designed course that offers 100% alignment to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. In addition to the emphasis on alignment, the new lessons in the course are designed to be shorter in length than lessons of previous versions, offering a focused exploration of topics to make concepts more digestible for learners and intentionally grouped to reinforce connections. Practice questions are included with each lesson, including technology-enhanced items and explanations to assist learners in their understanding of the concepts.
New features to support student mastery include worksheets for practice and guided notes to help learners record key takeaways as they move through the tutorial.
The course is built around learner engagement, with more interactive lessons, videos that work through examples and model problem-solving skills, and experiences to support multi-modal learning and sense-making. Scaffolding pieces are included throughout the course to provide learners with opportunities to build on foundational skills as well as prepare for greater success by drawing learners’ attention to common is understandings and articulating the big ideas that underpin learning. This fresh new look and feel for the course were inspired by educator feedback. Algebra 2v7.0 reflects our commitment to standards alignment and putting the needs of educators and learners first in all aspects of course design.Practice questions are included with each lesson, including technology-enhanced items and explanations to assist students in their understanding of the concepts. New features to support student mastery include worksheets for practice and guided notes to help students record key takeaways as they move through the tutorial.
The course is also built around student engagement, with more interactive lessons and videos that work through examples and model problem-solving skills. This fresh new look and feel for the course were inspired by educator feedback.
Educators were also involved in the course at the design level, as many unit activities, worksheets, and video scripts were written by current algebra classroom teachers. Algebra 1 v7.0 reflects our commitment to standards alignment and putting the needs of educators and students first in all aspects of course design.
Students will extend their knowledge of addition and subtraction to two-digit numbers. They will also explore measurement, charts, graphs, time, money, and solid shapes. Students will demonstrate concepts learned through fun, project-based activities such as creating a 3D cake design.
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In Math 2, students will continue developing a strong number sense as well as mental math and problem-solving skills using research based methods. Students will also focus on three-digit numbers, addition and subtraction to 1000, data collection, money, time, and shapes. Engaging, project-based units promote critical-thinking skills and include activities such as designing a sneaker and organizing a fundraising event.
In Math 3, students will focus on developing understanding of multiplication and division and strategies for multiplication and division within 100; developing their understanding of fractions, especially unit fractions; learning about the structure of rectangular arrays and of area; and describing and analyzing two-dimensional shapes. Lessons employ digital resources that engage students and promote active learning, such as a digital place- value chart used with base-10 blocks to model addition and subtraction and a virtual beam balance to practice mental math and estimation.
Math 4 dives deeper into addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers; fractions; data and graphing; measuring angles and symmetry; and calculating perimeter and area of squares and rectangles. In this project-based course, students will have the opportunity apply the skills they have learned in activities such as building a travel itinerary, preparing a budget for a trip, and using geometry to design a dream neighborhood.
Math provides additional experience with basic mathematical operations. Students are introduced to multiplying two-digit numbers by two-digit numbers; practicing long division with and without remainders; adding, subtracting, and multiplying unlike fractions and mixed numbers; and working with decimals. Students will also practice graphing on a coordinate plane and calculating the volume of solid figures. Project-based units facilitate real- world connections and bring context to the skills and concepts students are learning.
Kindergarten Math focuses on the basics of counting to 100, simple addition, subtraction, measuring, and shapes. Students will engage in projects that utilize learning in useful ways, such as creating a number book and measuring and weighing an item to ship to a family in need. Students will practice skills in both offline and engaging online activities and in game-based practice.
This course explains how four basic mathematical operations – addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division – can be used to solve real-life problems. It addresses practical applications for math, such as wages, taxes, money management, and interest and credit. Projects for the RealWorld activities are included that promote cross-curricular learning and higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills.
This course explains how four basic mathematical operations – addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division – can be used to solve real-life problems. It addresses practical applications for math, such as wages, taxes, money management, and interest and credit. Projects for the RealWorld activities are included that promote cross-curricular learning and higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills.
Geometry v6.0 is a completely re-designed course that offers 100% alignment to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. In addition to the emphasis on alignment, the new lessons in the course are designed to be shorter in length than lessons of previous versions, offering a focused exploration of topics to make concepts more digestible for learners and intentionally grouped to reinforce connections. Practice questions are included with each lesson, including technology-enhanced items and explanations to assist learners in their understanding of the concepts. New features to support student mastery include worksheets for practice and guided notes to help learners record key takeaways as they move through the tutorial. The course is built around learner engagement, with more interactive lessons, videos that work through examples and model problem-solving skills, and experiences to support multi-modal learning and sense-making. Scaffolding pieces are included throughout the course to provide learners with opportunities to build on foundational skills as well as prepare for greater success by drawing learners’ attention to common misunderstandings and articulating the big ideas that underpin learning. This fresh new look and feel for the course were inspired by educator feedback. Geometry v6.0 reflects our commitment to standards alignment and putting the needs of educators and learners first in all aspects of course design.
These two semester-long courses are designed to enable all students at the high-school level to develop a deep understanding of the math objectives covered and leave them ready for their next steps in mathematics. The courses are built to the Common Core State Standards. The three units in Semester A advance students through the study of single-variable expressions to systems of equations, while Semester B covers functions, advanced functions, and concludes with a practical look at the uses of geometry and trigonometry.
Building on the concepts covered in Integrated Math1, these courses are based on proven pedagogical principles and employ sound course design to effectively help students master rules of exponents and polynomials, advanced single-variable quadratic equations, independent and conditional probability, and more. Online and offline activities combine to create an engaging learning experience that prepares high school learners for the next step in their studies of mathematics.
Beginning with the simplification of rational and polynomial expressions, Semester A takes students through the next steps in mastering the principles of integrated math. These two semester-long courses focus on
meeting Common Core objectives with engaging and interactive content. Semester B begins with the derivation of the trigonometric formula for the area of a triangle and proceeds through the use of functions and on developing the critical thinking skills necessary to make logical and meaningful inferences from data.
This semester-long middle school course will provide students with a deep understanding and mastery of the objectives that will prepare them for algebra. It is aligned to Common Core State Standards and is based on best practices in the teaching of mathematics and the disciplines of STEM learning. Students will develop 21stcentury skills as they master ratios and proportional relationships; the number system; and number visualization. The course is highly engaging while being easy for teachers to customize and manage.
Math 7 builds on material learned in earlier grades, including fractions, decimals, and percentages and introduces students to concepts they will continue to use throughout their study of mathematics. Among these are surface area, volume, and probability. Real-world applications facilitate understanding, and students are provided multiple opportunities to master these skills through practice problems within lessons, homework drills, and graded assignments.
This course is designed to enable all students at the middle school level to develop a deep understanding of math objectives and leaves students ready for algebra. The first semester covers objectives in transformations, lines are equations, systems of equations, and functions. The second semester focuses on scientific notation, roots, the Pytha Gorean Theorem and volume, and statistics and probability. The course is based on the Common Core State Standards Initiative and on a modern understanding of student learning in mathematics.
Precalculus builds on algebraic concepts to prepare students for calculus. The course begins with a review of basic algebraic concepts and moves into operations with functions, where students manipulate functions and their graphs. Precalculus also provides a detailed look at trigonometric functions, their graphs, the trigonometric identities, and the unit circle. Finally, students are introduced to polar coordinates, parametric equations, and limits.
This course is designed for students in grades 11 and 12 who may not have attained a deep and integrated understanding of the topics in earlier grades. Students acquire a comprehensive understanding of how to represent and interpret data; how to relate data sets; independent and conditional probability; apply probability; making relevant inferences and conclusions; and how to use probability to make decisions.
English Language Arts
Accelerate to English 09 is a short course designed to prepare students for success in English 09. It focuses on developing the reading and writing skills that will serve as the foundation for upcoming learning. Students will practice active reading strategies to analyze how authors use literary devices, structure, and language in their writing. Students will also practice close reading to interpret texts and provide support for written analysis.
Accelerate to English 10 is a short course designed to prepare students for success in English 10. It focuses on the reading and writing skills that will serve as the foundation for upcoming learning. Students will practice active reading strategies to analyze how authors use literary devices, persuasive techniques, structure, and language in their writing. Students will also practice close reading to interpret texts and provide support for written analysis.
Accelerate to English 11 is a short course designed to prepare students for success in English 9. It focuses on the reading and writing skills that will serve as the foundation for upcoming learning. Students will read literary and informational texts to analyze how authors use various structures, elements, and techniques to create effects. Students will also use close reading strategies to interpret texts and inform your writing.
Accelerate to English 12 is a short course designed to prepare students for success in English 12. It focuses on developing the reading and writing skills that will serve as the foundation for upcoming learning. Students will practice active reading strategies to analyze how authors use literary devices, structure, and language in their writing. Students will also compose brief analyses to demonstrate your understanding of the historical and cultural perspectives in these texts.
Business English is designed to strengthen students’ ability to read and write in the workplace. Writing for business purposes is a main focus of the course. Students will learn how to communicate effectively through email and instant messaging, as well as format specific types of business messages and workplace documents. The role of digital media, visuals, and graphics in workplace communication will be explored. The importance of professionalism, ethics, and other positive skills are also emphasized in the course. Additionally, guidance is provided to help students through the process of searching, applying, and interviewing for a job.
This course continues to build on and add to the foundational skills students learned in kindergarten through daily learning. Over the course of the year, students will develop a fuller range of phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, and fluency skills. Students will think critically about authentic texts and begin to practice writing to communicate their thoughts. During the course, students will practice narrative, informational, and persuasive writing. Project-based activities include writing a narrative about their favorite day and creating a persuasive poster about their favorite treat.
In this course, students will increase the complexity of foundational phonics, high-frequency words, sentence creation, and other daily activities. Reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills are intertwined so that students learn them organically and with purpose. Students will read a variety of trade books, shorter texts, excerpts, articles, and leveled readers across genres to keep engagement high and learning fresh. Through reading and writing, students explore character analysis, story structure, biographies, and interpretation of informational texts. Projects include exploring pioneer life through narrative, informational, and persuasive writing.
Students in ELA will apply critical thinking skills in their reading and learn the skills to become independent readers and writers. In this course, students will complete the foundations of reading independently and take more ownership of their learning. Students will read multiple genres of both literary and informational texts and use these texts as models for their own writing. The course emphasizes close reading opportunities that focus on the development of complex topics such as the organizational structure of text, nuance in word meanings, and the development of an argument.
Projects include creating an informational brochure about unique places on the planet.
In ELA, students will develop reading and writing skill with a growing focus on nonfiction and opinion writing. Exploring topics like natural disasters and currencies, students will increase their autonomy as readers and sharpen claims supported by evidence. Students will learn how to conduct research, integrate information, make connections across sources, and organize information. Later, they will demonstrate their understanding and skills through project-based activities such as creating an investigative journalism report for a television news segment.
In ELA, students will prepare for the rigor of middle school curriculum by studying complex sentence structure and reading challenging nonfiction. Structured novel study prepares students for middle school, as does the examination of multiple types of texts and writing. Students will read both fiction and nonfiction texts, and are able to write opinion pieces with strong evidential support. Student choice is at the heart of all projects, and students will write their own sci-fi narrative and choose a topic for an opinion piece on issues that impact their community.
Kindergarten ELA begins to develop students’ reading skills through daily phonemic awareness, phonics, print concepts, and decoding work. Students will learn how to identify characters, settings, and major events in a story, all contextualized in authentic texts. Projects include writing about communities and finding patterns in the real world. Students will be given multiple opportunities to practice their foundational skills when thinking and communicating about texts.
This course provides a strong foundation in grammar and the writing process. It emphasizes simple but useful composition and language mechanics strategies with multiple opportunities for modeling practical, real-world writing situations that will enable students to improve their written communication skills quickly. Through a variety of grade-appropriate reading selections, students develop a clear understanding of key literary genres and their distinguishing characteristics.
English 7 Integrates the study of writing and literature through the examination of a variety of genres. Students identify the elements of composition in the reading selections to understand their function and effect on the reader. Practice is provided in narrative and expository writing. Topics include comparison and contrast, persuasion, and cause and effect essays, as well as descriptive and figurative language. Lessons are supplemented with vocabulary development, grammar, and syntax exercises, along with an introduction to verbal phrases and research tools.
Extends the skills developed in English 7 through detailed study of parts of sentences and paragraphs to understand their importance to good writing. Students also acquire study skills such as time management and improved test-taking strategies. Other topics include punctuation, word choice, syntax, varying of sentence structure, subordination and coordination, detail and elaboration, effective use of reference materials, and proofreading.
English 9 v7.0 is a completely re-designed course that offers 100% alignment to Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. In addition to an emphasis on alignment, the redesigned lessons are designed based on a clear thematic connection and build upon each other ensuring that standards are scaffolded and covered multiple times doing deeper with each lesson. Texts in this course are diverse, authentic, complex, and rich in length. Students encounter texts multiple times over the course of a unit digging deeper in theme and focus standards. Each lesson follows a clear instructional model mirroring that of the traditional tier-one lesson cycle: warm-up, direct teach with modeling, guided practice, independent practice, and closure. Instructional best practices are embedded throughout lessons such as close reading, modeling, and chunking. Features to support student mastery included guided notes and graphic organizers. Scaffolding pieces, such as Clarifying Big Ideas (CBI) lessons are included throughout the course to provide learners with opportunities to build on foundational skills as well as prepare for greater success by drawing learners’ attention to common misunderstandings and articulating the big ideas that underpin learning. These CBI lessons include additional modeling, student examples, and detailed explanations to ensure students internalize key concepts discussed in tutorials.
English 9 with Augmented Reality v6.0 is a completely new course built for and 100% aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. A balance of fiction and nonfiction texts are used throughout the course, and each unit is designed around a thematic concept to provide cohesiveness to the skills-based lessons and activities that make up the unit. The course intertwines the development of reading skills with the development of writing, speaking and listening, and language skills. Students can look forward to a course where the information is delivered in easy- to-digest chunks using student-friendly language, with assessments that are tightly aligned to the concepts and skills learned in the lesson. The course design reflects educator feedback about student engagement by featuring a variety of interactions, videos, and new student resources, such as worksheets and guided notes. Educators were also involved with writing activities and worksheets for this course. English 9 with Augmented Reality v6.0 reflects our commitment to standards alignment and putting the needs of educators and students first in all aspects of course design. This course also includes Augmented Reality activities in partnership with Boulevard Arts. The AR activities in this course are designed to immerse students in their English Language Arts learning while providing access to famous works of art for cross-curricular learning purposes.
English 10 is a completely re-designed course that offers 100% alignment to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. In addition to the emphasis on alignment, the new lessons in the course are designed to be shorter in length than lessons of previous versions, offering focused exploration of topics to make concepts more digestible for learners, and intentionally grouped to reinforce connections. Practice questions are included with each lesson, including technology-enhanced items and explanations to assist learners in their understanding of the concepts. This new design offers learners multiple opportunities to experience the reading and writing connection via analysis tasks, and other opportunities to engage in research and experience writing across genres. Instructional best practices are embedded throughout lessons such as the close reading of texts and application of reading strategies. New features to support student mastery include worksheets for practice and guided notes to help learners record key takeaways as they move through the tutorial. Scaffolding pieces, such as Clarifying Big Ideas (CBI) lessons, are included throughout the course to provide learners with opportunities to build on foundational skills as well as prepare for greater success by drawing learners’ attention to common misunderstandings and articulating the big ideas that underpin learning. These CBI lessons include additional modeling, student examples, and detailed explanations to ensure students internalize key concepts discussed in tutorials. This fresh new look and feel for the course was inspired by educator feedback. English 10 reflects our commitment to standards alignment and putting the needs of educators and learners first in all aspects of course design.
English 11A explores the relation between American history and literature from the colonial period through the realism and naturalism eras. English 11B explores the relation between American history and literature from the modernist period through the contemporary era and presents learners with relevant cultural and political history. Readings are scaffolded with pre-reading information, interactions, and activities to actively engage learners in the content. The lessons in both semesters focus on developing grammar, vocabulary, speech, and writing skills.
In keeping with the model established in English 11, these courses emphasize the study of literature in the context of specific historical periods, beginning with the Anglo-Saxon and medieval periods in Britain. Each lesson includes tutorials and embedded lesson activities that provide for a more engaging and effective learning experience. Semester B covers the romantic, Victorian, and modern eras. End of unit tests ensure mastery of the concepts taught in each unit, and exemptive pretests allow students to focus on content that they have yet to master.
Social Studies
Social Studies introduces concepts in economics and good citizenship. Students will be introduced to simple geographic models, such as maps, globes, and graphs, to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places. They will learn about the many uses of maps by making a “Personal Atlas to My Life.” History comes alive with read-aloud narratives about well-known explorers, political figures, inventors, and leaders in American life.
Students study the early history of the United States, its geography, and the cultures that inhabited it from the Native Americans to the colonists through video, timelines, and interactive maps and images. Students will also learn about U.S. government, economics, and trade concepts. They will demonstrate knowledge through project-based activities such as creating a travel guide of their favorite places and making a plan to earn and save money.
Students in grade 3 Science are encouraged to think critically about their observations and explore multiple answers to problems. Students strengthen their writing skills through detailed reporting, logical reasoning, managing data in tables, and graphical drawings. Students conduct sophisticated research using variables, technology, engineering, and fair test practices. While exploring force and motion, cause and affect relationships, the life cycles of living organisms, and weather patterns, students will make claims about the merit of solutions by citing relevant evidence that meet specific criteria. Students also begin learning how limited resources and materials put constraints on problem-solving.
Students will focus on the geography and history of early North America from the Age of Exploration and colonial America to the American Revolution, and westward expansion up until the Civil War. Lessons employ the use of various historical thinking and close reading skills to investigate multiple sources of information, including primary sources to consider historical events from different perspectives of people at the time. Students will examine how the geographic location and environment of their state have influenced the state’s economic, cultural, and civic heritage through project-based learning opportunities.
In Social Studies, students will learn about the growth of the United States after the Civil War—through World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and into the modern era. Students will employ historical thinking skills and activities to investigate and analyze historic events, social and political changes, and economic changes, connecting the events of the past to their world today, including how their state contributed to major revolutions in thought, such as the Civil Rights Movement.
This course introduces kindergarten students to America’s historical figures, symbols, and holidays. In project-based units, students will explore globes and maps by making their very own treasure maps. Students will also explore the concept of jobs and money by writing a résumé that highlights their special talents.
National Civics is a one-semester course offering seven units that cover topics including the origins of American government, the structure and function of our government, rights and responsibilities of citizens, the American federal system, political parties and the election process, basic economic principles, and current matters regarding domestic and foreign policy. The course includes a variety of unit and lesson activities that examine the history, culture, and economy of the nation that encourage research and reflection. In these activities, students will examine seminal documents and landmark Supreme Court cases in American political history, analyze changes in federal and executive power over time, explore the political election process and data related to recent voting trends, research and propose a public policy plan, as well as compare and contrast the functions of the national government with state and local governments. The course also prepares students to pass the civics portion of the USCIS Naturalization Test.
The Contemporary World is a year-long course designed to strengthen learners’ knowledge about the modern world. Multimedia tools including custom videos as well as videos from the BBC, custom maps, and interactive timelines will help engage learners as they complete this course. Learners will explore the importance of geography, the influence of culture, and the relationship humans have with the physical environment. They will also focus on the responsibility of citizens, democracy in the United States, U.S. legal systems, and the U.S. economy. Ultimately, learners will complete this course as global citizens with an understanding of how to help and better their community and the world.
This course covers basic economic problems such as scarcity, choice, and effective use of resources. It also covers topics on a larger scale such as market structures and international trade. It particularly focuses on the US economy and analyzes the role of the government and the Federal Reserve System.
In Middle School U.S. History, learners will explore historical American events with the help of innovative videos, timelines, and interactive maps and images. The course covers colonial America through the Reconstruction period. Learners will develop historical thinking and geography skills, which they will use throughout the course to heighten their understanding of the material. Specific topics of study include the U.S. Constitution, the administrations of George Washington and John Adams, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.
In Middle School World History, learners will study major historical world events from early human societies through to the present day. Multimedia tools including custom videos as well as videos from the BBC, custom maps, and interactive timelines will help engage learners as they complete this year-long course. They will explore the development of early humans and early civilizations. They will be introduced to the origins of major world religions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism. Also, learners will study the medieval period. Historical thinking and geography skills will be taught and utilized throughout the course.
The interactive, problem-centered, and inquiry-based units in U.S. Government emphasize the acquisition, mastery, and processing of information. Semester A units include study of the foundations of American government and the American political culture, with units 2 and 3 covering the U.S. constitution, including its roots in Greek and English law, and the various institutions that impact American politics.
US History v3.0 is a two-semester course aligned to the principles of the C3 Framework. The course promotes the examination, analysis, and evaluation of important people and events in the history of the United States of America. The course also uses investigative questions to guide the examination and analysis of events. The content of the course is designed to promote understanding of the impacts historical events had on the numerous groups of diverse people who make up the United States. Clarifying Big Ideas (CBI) Lessons appear throughout the course to model critical thinking skills and strategies. These skills and strategies are woven throughout the lessons to allow students to practice using the skills in context.
Activities further promote critical thinking about historical figures and encourage learners to analyze factors that impacted the decisions these figures made to shape the growth and development of the United States. The activities have learners analyze and evaluate primary and secondary sources, and have them form opinions while using evidence to support their opinions.
In an increasingly interconnected world, equipping students to develop a better understanding of our global neighbors is critical to ensuring that they are college and career ready. These semester-long courses empower students to increase their knowledge of the world in which they live and how its diverse geographies shape the international community. Semester A units begin with an overview of the physical world and the tools necessary to exploring it effectively. Subsequent units survey each continent and its physical characteristics and engage students and encourage them to develop a global perspective.
In World History, learners will explore historical world events with the help of innovative videos, timelines, and interactive maps and images. Learners will develop historical thinking skills and apply them to their study of European exploration, the Renaissance the Reformation, and major world revolutions. They will also study World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and the benefits and challenges of living in the modern world.
In World History Survey, learners will study major historical events from early human societies through to the present day. Multimedia tools including custom videos as well as videos from the BBC, custom maps, and interactive timelines will help engage learners as they complete this year-long course. Topics of study include early civilizations, world religions, the Renaissance, the World Wars, and the globalized world of today.
Science
This inquiry- and lab-based course is designed to support modern science curriculum and teaching practices. It robustly meets NGSS learning standards for high school biology. Content topics include cells, organ systems, heredity, organization of organisms, evolution, energy use in organisms, and the interdependence of ecosystems.Each lesson includes one or more inquiry-based activities that can be performed online within the context of the lesson. In addition, the course includes a significant number of hands-on lab activities. Approximately 40% of student time in this course is devoted to true lab experiences, as defined by the National Research Council (2006, p. 3).
Lab materials note: Most hands-on labs employ relatively-common household materials. A few labs require specialized scientific equipment or materials, such as a microscope, slides, or biological samples. These few specialized labs are optional but provide valuable laboratory experience. School laboratories may be used for these specialized labs or single-student Lab Kits may be purchased from Ward’s Science. Please refer to the Student Syllabus or Teacher’s Guide for details on lab materials.
This inquiry- and virtual-lab-based course is designed to support modern science curriculum and teaching practices. It robustly meets NGSS learning standards for high school biology. Content topics include cells, organ systems, heredity, organization of organisms, evolution, energy use in organisms, and the interdependence of ecosystems.
Each lesson includes one or more inquiry-based activities that can be performed online within the context of the lesson. In addition, the course includes a number of virtual lab activities in which students will exercise experimental design, data analysis, and data interpretation skills while working through a simulated laboratory situation.
Lab materials note: None of the virtual labs require specialized laboratory materials or tools. Some virtual labs do allow students to make use of common, household items—such as paper and a pencil—if they choose.
In Science 1, students will make observations about light, sound, matter, plants, animals, and the sky to thoroughly think about problems and ask questions. Students will discover and explore patterns to understand the relationships between objects, animals, and the environment. Students will work individually and collaboratively to compare and test designs to develop solutions. Students will also plan and conduct investigations to produce data as evidence and use a variety of devices to communicate results.
Students in grade 2 will use project-based learning to observe and construct evidence-based accounts of natural phenomena. Students will conduct virtual labs to observe properties, gather information, analyze data, test tools, and construct evidentiary arguments. Students will obtain information from various sources and compare findings to develop solutions. In Science 2, students will explore the various states and properties of matter and the impact of heating and cooling molecules. Students will also discover the impact of living things and the elements on the environment and use engineering principals to design tools to solve real-world concerns.
Virtual labs provide an opportunity for students to practice gathering evidence and defending their claims. The Grade 3 curriculum weaves S.T.E.M. skills into lessons to spark a child’s curiosity about these fields. Students learn about plant and animal reproduction, inheritance, and life cycles by devising a plan to save the bee population.
In this course, students will use models to test interactions as they learn, understand, and test scientific theories. Through the study of natural earth processes, the transfer of energy, and the impact of weather on living things, students will use measurements to investigate and predict reasonable outcomes based on their observation of patterns and lab results. Students will test multiple outcomes to solutions and construct arguments supported with evidence, models, and organized data. Students will continue to learn the importance of communicating ideas through collaborative projects.
In this course, students will gain a deeper understanding of the transformation of energy and its impact on the environment and living things. Through advanced labs and interactive activities students will discover gravity, systems in space, matter cycles, and the impact humans have on the environment. Students will understand major earth systems and conduct investigations to learn the relationship between living organisms and energy. Students will quantify their solutions and measure and graph certified results. Students will further discover ways communities use scientific ideas to protect the planet’s resources and the environment.
Students will learn introductory concepts of physical science, life science, and earth science. Students will begin to investigate their world and develop questions based on their observations. They will employ ST.E.M. skills through virtual labs, interactive activities, collaborations, simulations, and project-based activities. Kindergarten students will learn to ask and answer scientific questions about natural patterns, living things, and the impact they have in relationship to each other and their environment. Using the scientific method, students will define simple problems, analyze data, design sketches and models, and use evidence to construct arguments and communicate solutions.
This inquiry- and lab-based course is designed to support modern science curriculum and teaching practices. It robustly meets NGSS learning standards associated with high school chemistry along with additional concepts and standards typically included in a full-year high school chemistry course. Content topics include atoms and elements, chemical bonding, chemical reactions, quantitative chemistry, molecular-level forces, solutions, and energy and changes in matter.It also addresses additional concepts and standards typically included in a full-year high school chemistry course, including molar concentrations, acid- base reactions, advanced stoichiometry, gas laws, and organic compounds. Each lesson includes one or more inquiry-based activities that can be performed online within the context of the lesson. In addition, the course includes a significant number of hands-on lab activities. Approximately 40% of student time in this course is devoted to true lab experiences, as defined by the National Research Council (2006, p. 3).
Lab materials note: Most hands-on labs employ relatively-common household materials. A few labs require specialized scientific equipment or materials, such as an electronic balance (0.01g), graduated cylinders, test tubes, and chemical reagents. These few specialized labs are optional but provide valuable laboratory experience. School laboratories may be used for these specialized labs or single-student Lab Kits may be purchased from Ward’s Science. Please refer to the Student Syllabus or Teacher’s Guide for details on lab materials.
This inquiry- and lab-based course is designed to support modern science curriculum and teaching practices. It robustly meets NGSS learning standards associated with middle school Earth and space science. Content topics include Earth and space systems and interactions, the history of the Earth, the Earth’s systems, weather and climate, climate change, and human impacts on the Earth.
Each lesson includes one or more inquiry-based activities that can be performed online within the context of the lesson. In addition, the course includes a significant number of hands-on lab activities. Approximately 40% of student time in this course is devoted to true lab experiences, as defined by the National Research Council (2006, p. 3).
Lab materials note: All hands-on labs employ relatively-common household materials. Please refer to the Student Syllabus or Teacher’s Guide for details on lab materials.
This inquiry- and lab-based course is designed to support modern science curriculum and teaching practices. It robustly meets NGSS learning standards associated with high school Earth and space science. Content topics include scientific processes and methods, the universe, the Precambrian Earth, the Earth’s materials and tectonics, the hydrosphere and atmosphere, and human interactions with the Earth’s systems and resources.
Each lesson includes one or more inquiry-based activities that can be performed online within the context of the lesson. In addition, the course includes a significant number of hands-on lab activities. Approximately 40% of student time in this course is devoted to true lab experiences, as defined by the National Research Council (2006, p. 3).
Lab materials note: Most hands-on labs employ relatively-common household materials. A few labs require specialized scientific equipment or materials, such as an electronic balance (0.01g), graduated cylinders, and a water testing kit. These few specialized labs are optional but provide valuable laboratory experience. School laboratories may be used for these specialized labs or single-student Edmentum Lab Kits may be purchased from Ward’s Science. Please refer to the Student Syllabus or Teacher’s Guide for details on lab materials.
The lessons in this course employ direct-instruction approaches. They include application and Inquiry-oriented activities that facilitate the development of higher-order cognitive skills, such as logical reasoning, sense-making, and problem solving.
Lab materials note: None of the virtual labs require specialized laboratory materials or tools. Some virtual labs do allow students to make use of common, household items—such as paper and a pencil—if they choose.
This inquiry- and lab-based course is designed to support modern science curriculum and teaching practices. It robustly meets NGSS learning standards associated with middle school life science. Content topics include cells and human body systems, structure and functions of living organisms, genes and adaptations, evolution, energy flow in ecosystems, and interdependence of ecosystems.
Each lesson includes one or more inquiry-based activities that can be performed online within the context of the lesson. In addition, the course includes a significant number of hands-on lab activities. Approximately 40% of student time in this course is devoted to true lab experiences, as defined by the National Research Council (2006, p. 3).
Lab materials note: All hands-on labs employ relatively-common household materials. Please refer to the Student Syllabus or Teacher’s Guide for details on lab materials.
This inquiry- and lab-based course is designed to support modern science curriculum and teaching practices. It robustly meets NGSS learning standards associated with middle school physical science. Content topics include structure and properties of matter, chemical reactions, forces and motion, force fields, energy, and waves.
Each lesson includes one or more inquiry-based activities that can be performed online within the context of the lesson. In addition, the course includes a significant number of hands-on lab activities. Approximately 40% of student time in this course is devoted to true lab experiences, as defined by the National Research Council (2006, p. 3).
Lab materials note: All hands-on labs employ relatively-common household materials. Please refer to the Student Syllabus or Teacher’s Guide for details on lab materials.
Physics introduces students to the physics of motion, properties of matter, force, heat, vector, light, and sound. Students learn the history of physics from the discoveries of Galileo and Newton to those of contemporary physicists. The course focuses more on explanation than calculation and prepares students for introductory quantitative physics at the college level. Additional areas of discussion include gases and liquids, atoms, electricity, magnetism, and nuclear physics.
Lab materials note: None of the virtual labs require specialized laboratory materials or tools. Some virtual labs do allow students to make use of common, household items—such as paper and a pencil—if they choose.
This inquiry- and lab-based course is designed to support modern science curriculum and teaching practices. It robustly meets NGSS learning standards associated with a sixth-grade integrated science course (NGSS Appendix K: Modified Conceptual Progression Model, p. 19), focusing on basic physical science, Earth and space science, and ecosystems. Content topics include structure and properties of matter, forces and motion, the Earth and space, the history of the Earth, the interdependence of ecosystems, and weather and climate.
Each lesson includes one or more inquiry-based activities that can be performed online within the context of the lesson. In addition, the course includes a significant number of hands-on lab activities. Approximately 40% of student time in this course is devoted to true lab experiences, as defined by the National Research Council (2006, p. 3).
Lab materials note: All hands-on labs employ relatively-common household materials. Please refer to the Student Syllabus or Teacher’s Guide for details on lab materials.
Science 6 with Virtual Labs is an integrated science course based on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The content covers all
three dimensions incorporated by NGSS: disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts. The course robustly meets NGSS learning standards associated with sixth-grade integrated science (NGSS Appendix K: Revised Conceptual Progressions Model, p. 19). Semester A focuses on basic physical science and earth and space science. Semester B focuses on the history of the Earth, ecosystems, and weather and climate.
In this course, students complete teacher-graded labs in the Course Activities and Unit Activities. This version of Science 6 has been designed so that all labs are virtual. Students will still be able to plan and execute investigations through carefully designed simulations and videos. They will also be able to design experimental setups and analyze data and visuals derived from real-world experiments.
This inquiry- and lab-based course is designed to support modern science curriculum and teaching practices. It robustly meets NGSS learning standards associated with a seventh-grade integrated science course (NGSS Appendix K: Modified Conceptual Progression Model, p. 19), focusing on cells, the life cycle, nutrition, chemical reactions, force fields, and energy. Content topics include cells and human body systems, the life cycle, nutrition and energy, chemical reactions, force fields, and energy.
Each lesson includes one or more inquiry-based activities that can be performed online within the context of the lesson. In addition, the course includes a significant number of hands-on lab activities. Approximately 40% of student time in this course is devoted to true lab experiences, as defined by the National Research Council (2006, p. 3).
Lab materials note: All hands-on labs employ relatively-common household materials. Please refer to the Student Syllabus or Teacher’s Guide for details on lab materials.
Science 7 with Virtual Labs is an integrated science course based on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The content covers all
three dimensions incorporated by NGSS: disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts. The course robustly meets NGSS learning standards associated with seventh-grade integrated science (NGSS Appendix K: Revised Conceptual Progressions Model, p.
19). Semester A focuses on cells, the life cycle, and nutrition. Semester B focuses on chemical reactions, force fields, and energy.
In this course, students complete teacher-graded labs in the Course Activities and Unit Activities. This version of Science 7 has been designed so that all labs are virtual. Students will still be able to plan and execute investigations through carefully designed simulations and videos. They will also be able to design experimental setups and analyze data and visuals derived from real-world experiments.
Each lesson includes one or more inquiry-based activities that can be performed online within the context of the lesson. In addition, the course includes a significant number of hands-on lab activities. Approximately 40% of student time in this course is devoted to true lab experiences, as defined by the National Research Council (2006, p. 3). Lab materials note: All hands-on labs employ relatively-common household materials. Please refer to the Student Syllabus or Teacher’s Guide for details on lab materials.
In this course, students complete teacher-graded labs in the Course Activities and Unit Activities. This version of Science 8 has been designed so that all labs are virtual. Students will still be able to plan and execute investigations through carefully designed simulations and videos. They will also be able to design experimental setups and analyze data and visuals derived from real-world experiments.
