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Evaluating curricula like Ǹ’s Science Techbook for possible adoption is never simple or easy, but we want to help. Use this set of key questions with detailed answers as a guide to how our program can support educator and student success in your school or district.

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Key Questions and Answers about Science Techbook

1. Is Science Techbook aligned to our state science standards?

Short answer: Yes, and it’s built for the way today’s science standards actually work, not just mapped to them after the fact.

Science Techbook is designed around A Framework for K–12 Science Education, the research base behind the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). More than 44 states have adopted standards based on that framework.

What that means in practice:

  • Every Course, Unit, Concept, and lesson is aligned to NGSS performance expectations.
  • The curriculum reflects all three dimensions that modern science standards require: disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts.
  • Each lesson includes embedded alignment callouts so teachers always know exactly which standards are in play.

Not an NGSS state? Science Techbook is still a viable curriculum. Its instructional practices—hands-on investigations, real-world phenomena, and evidence-based reasoning—are consistent with what almost every state science framework demands. You can always count on it to strengthen scientific thinking and deepen student understanding. Plus, we have many state-specific editions that your representative can tell you more about.

2. Does Science Techbook integrate the three dimensions of science learning?

Short answer: Yes, three-dimensional learning is built into every lesson.

The three dimensions of the NGSS—disciplinary core ideas (DCIs), science and engineering practices (SEPs), and crosscutting concepts (CCCs)—are incorporated into every Science Techbook Concept and lesson.

Here’s what that looks like for teachers and students:

For teachers: Educator notes embedded directly in lessons at point-of-use indicate exactly where three-dimensional learning is happening and how to facilitate it. There’s no need to flip between a ٱ𲹳’s guide and a lesson plan.

For students: Every Concept is built around a real-world phenomenon that students return to over and over. As they explore, explain, and elaborate, they’re applying practices like asking questions, developing models, and constructing evidence-based explanations.

Talk and discussion prompts throughout lessons ask students to share their reasoning with peers, a critical component of authentic scientific practices. The result is three-dimensional learning that’s not only rigorous but practical for busy classrooms to actually implement.

3. Is Science Techbook built around real-world phenomena and problem-solving?

Short answer: Completely! Phenomena form the backbone of every Concept.

In Science Techbook, every Concept starts with a compelling real-world phenomenon and presents engaging topics like “Why do wolves howl?”, “How do bees find nectar?”, and “What causes shadows?” Students return to the anchor phenomenon throughout the Concept, with each new investigation and activity adding another layer of understanding.

What makes this approach effective:

  • Four entry points: Phenomena can be introduced through video, images, datasets, or hands-on activities, giving teachers flexibility and students multiple ways to connect.
  • Sustained engagement: The phenomenon threads through every lesson in a Concept, so students stay invested in figuring out why, not just learning what.
  • Original content: For elementary students, Ǹ’s exclusive Real-World Phenomena Jr. series pairs short videos with ready-to-use instructional activities designed specifically to bring science to life. Older students also get age-appropriate content, hands-on activities, and interactives.
  • Student-as-scientist: Rather than simply telling students answers, Science Techbook lets learners ask questions and make predictions, collect and analyze data, build and revise models, and make evidence-supported claims, like real scientists.

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4. Does Science Techbook actively engage students and support different learning styles?

Short answer: Yes, it is specifically designed to engage K–12 students, and it offers multiple modalities for learning.

Ǹ’s Science Techbook captures student attention with exclusive, original, and highly engaging content, all vetted by curriculum experts and differentiated by grade level. Lessons let students experience phenomena through video, images, datasets, or hands-on activities, ensuring everyone has access to learning.

A variety of learning experiences:

  • Hands-on labs and activities
  • Interactives
  • Age-appropriate video content
  • STEAM projects and career connections
  • Multiple reading levels and content in both English and Spanish
  • An interactive glossary with visuals, animations, and videos

Built-in accessibility and language support:

  • Immersive Reader translates lessons into more than 100 languages
  • Text-to-speech, highlight and annotation tools, and a PDF document reader
  • WCAG 2.1 AA compliant for students with disabilities
  • Google Translator compatible

Content students see themselves in: Phenomena and content tap into students’ interests and reflect their world, so learning is relevant and connections last beyond the classroom.

5. Does Science Techbook support student-led investigations and inquiry?

Short answer: Yes, students actually do science rather than just watch it happen.

Students take on the role of scientist or engineer to make sense of a phenomenon and deepen their learning. Every Concept is structured around authentic inquiry, where students drive their own understanding through investigation and evidence-based claims.

In a Science Techbook Concept, students:

  • Ask questions and make predictions about a real-world phenomenon
  • Plan and conduct hands-on investigations
  • Collect and analyze data to look for patterns and relationships
  • Build and revise models as their understanding grows
  • Construct evidence-based explanations using a claim, evidence, and reasoning (CER) framework
  • Communicate and refine their thinking through structured peer discourse

Explore lessons ask students to dive into inquiry: they make observations, test ideas, and gather evidence. By the time they reach Explain lessons, they have shared experiences to build on, which strengthens their reasoning and comprehension.

6. Does Science Techbook provide a coherent scope and sequence across grade levels?

Short answer: Yes, every grade level is built on a structured, phenomena-driven progression that gives teachers a clear roadmap from the first day of school to the last.

Science Techbook is a complete instructional system, with a scope and sequence that builds conceptual understanding in grade-appropriate ways throughout each grade range (K–5, 6–8, and 9–12).

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7. What evidence is there that Science Techbook improves student outcomes?

Short answer: Science Techbook meets Tier III and Tier IV evidence requirements in compliance with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Ǹ engaged a third-party edtech research company to develop a logic model for Science Techbook. LearnPlatform by instructure designed the logic model to satisfy Level IV requirements (Demonstrates a Rationale) according to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

To continue building evidence of effectiveness and to examine the proposed relationships in the logic model, Ǹ plans to conduct an evaluation to determine the extent to which Science Techbook produces the desired outcomes. Specifically, plans are to begin an ESSA Level II study.

Based on this, Science Techbook meets Tier IV evidence requirements in compliance with ESSA.

8. How easy is Science Techbook for teachers to implement with fidelity?

Short answer: Easier than most programs. The majority of teachers feel confident after a short orientation.

Science Techbook makes high-quality science instruction easier, clearer, and more impactful from day one. It supports every teacher, whether they’re experienced or teaching science for the first time.

Implementation is straightforward:

  • Intuitive structure: Courses, Units, Concepts, and lessons follow a clear, predictable progression that mirrors how teachers already plan. It follows the 5E inquiry model—Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate—that is widely used in curricula.
  • No platform to learn: Teachers simply click into the lesson they’re teaching.
  • Guidance at point of use: Instead of flipping between teacher editions, lesson plans, and slides, teachers will find all instructional support—discussion prompts, pacing cues, differentiation tips, three-dimensional teaching reminders—directly inside lessons.
  • Consistent experience across grades: Navigation works the same way at every grade level, so teachers who move or expand to new grades don’t have to start over.

9. How much prep time does Science Techbook require for teachers new to the resource?

Short answer: Much less than typical curriculum adoption—lessons are ready to teach on day one.

One of the most common concerns during curriculum adoption is the time it takes teachers to get up to speed. Science Techbook is specifically designed to give teachers time back.

What comes built-in with no extra teacher prep required:

  • Pacing guidance and time estimates for every lesson
  • Materials lists ready to reference before each hands-on activity
  • Suggested talk prompts and discussion cues
  • Differentiation supports and scaffolds embedded in the lesson
  • Checks for understanding built into lesson flow

Flexible onboarding: Professional learning resources include quick-start guides, short self-paced modules, and live or virtual sessions, all designed to fit into packed schedules.

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10. Can teachers customize or modify Science Techbook content to meet the needs of their specific classroom?

Short answer: Yes, every lesson is fully editable, and customization is built into the workflow.

Science Techbook is a curriculum that gives educators a quick, easy way to meet the unique needs of their classroom.

What teachers can do:

  • Add local or community-specific content to increase relevance for their students
  • Adjust pacing to match their instructional schedule
  • Adapt language, prompts, or activities to reflect their classroom context
  • Assign specific content to individual students or small groups as needed

What stays constant when customizing: Phenomena storylines, three-dimensional learning progressions, and standards. Teachers can edit lessons freely without losing coherence or standards alignment.

Offline and download options add flexibility: Many resources can be downloaded for offline use or printed, giving teachers options in low-tech environments or areas with unreliable internet.

11. How does Science Techbook support differentiated instruction for advanced or struggling learners?

Short answer: Differentiation is built into the core of the curriculum.

Reaching every learner in a diverse classroom is one of the biggest challenges in science instruction. Science Techbook addresses this through a combination of flexible content delivery, embedded scaffolds, and a variety of accessibility tools.

For students who need more support:

  • Multiple reading levels within the same lesson keep all students engaged with grade-level content
  • Immersive Reader provides language and literacy support and translates lessons into more than 100 languages
  • Text-to-speech, highlight and annotation tools, and a PDF document reader reduce barriers to access
  • Spanish-language content is included throughout
  • Research-based teaching strategies for English learners are embedded in teacher notes

For advanced learners:

  • Research-based strategies for extending learning for advanced students are included in teacher guidance
  • Elaborate lessons provide STEAM projects that challenge students to apply science ideas in new, creative contexts
  • The ability to assign differentiated content to individual students or small groups gives teachers great control

For every student:

  • The program is WCAG 2.1 AA compliant
  • Phenomena-first instruction means all students share hands-on experiences before encountering text, lowering the barrier to comprehension and giving everyone a foundation to build on

12. What does assessment look like in Science Techbook, and how can we track progress?

Short answer: Assessment is woven throughout the curriculum, so teachers always know where students are and can adjust instruction in real time. 

Science Techbook takes a multi-layered approach to assessment based on the way learning actually works: Formative checks are embedded throughout every Concept, and summative options give teachers and students flexibility in demonstrating understanding. 

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13. How well does Science Techbook align to core curriculum?

Short answer: Science Techbook is designed as Tier 1 K–12 core instruction. In addition, it actively reinforces literacy and math, making every science minute count for more.

Science Techbook isn’t a supplemental add-on to a district’s core curriculum. Rather, it is a core science K–12 curriculum, delivering rigorous, grade-level, three-dimensional instruction that meets Tier 1 standards.

What Tier 1 means here: Every lesson is designed to provide all students with access to high-quality, standards-aligned science instruction, not just enrichment for some students or intervention for others. Differentiation tools and scaffolds ensure that every learner can access Tier 1 instruction.

Beyond science: Science Techbook is ideal for today’s classrooms because it naturally integrates literacy and math into science instruction.

  • Literacy: Students read complex texts after building conceptual understanding through hands-on experience. They write scientific explanations, develop vocabulary using an interactive glossary, and build comprehension through before-during-after reading strategies.
  • Math: Students collect and analyze data during investigations, use mathematical models to explain phenomena, and develop problem-solving skills through hands-on and virtual activities.
  • ELA/math standards alignment: Lessons include embedded ELA and math connection callouts in teacher notes—no extra planning required. Teachers can easily reinforce multiple standards in a single instructional block.

14. Does Science Techbook build toward college, career, and STEM readiness?

Short answer: Yes, STEAM learning and career connections are built directly into the curriculum, so students can develop the mindsets and skills of scientists and engineers, starting in elementary.

College and career readiness shouldn’t be a focal point only near the end of a student’s educational journey. Science Techbook makes the connection explicit from the earliest grades, embedding STEAM projects, career exploration, and real-world problem-solving into core instruction.

STEAM projects and engineering design:

  • Elaborate lessons in each Concept include a STEAM career exploration and a hands-on STEAM project that connects the science ideas students have been learning to real-world applications
  • Students apply steps of the engineering design process—identify a problem, design a solution, test and revise—building the iterative thinking that defines STEM careers
  • STEAM in Action highlights direct connections between what students are doing in the classroom and current and future careers in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math

Foundational skills that are transferable: Science Techbook builds more than content knowledge. Across every Concept, students develop:

  • Scientific reasoning: Asking questions, analyzing evidence, making claims, and revising thinking based on new information
  • Communication skills: Explaining ideas in writing, through models, and in peer discourse
  • Data literacy: Collecting, graphing, and interpreting data during investigations
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving: Designing solutions to real-world challenges

These are the durable skills that research consistently links to college and career success and that STEM employers say they most want to see. Districts often pair Science Techbook withǸ Experienceto further develop student career readiness. In addition, educators can build students’ curiosity and career awareness by connecting their classrooms with a diverse set of professionals who participate in.

15. What professional learning and ongoing support are provided for educators?

Short answer: Science Techbook is designed to minimize how much external professional learning teachers need, but it does offer support that’s flexible, accessible, and doesn’t require teachers to block out full days.

One of the most common adoption concerns districts raise is: “What does it take to implement this well, and what happens if teachers struggle?” Science Techbook addresses this on two levels: through the program design itself, and through a support ecosystem.

Built-in support:

  • Lessons are complete, with all materials, pacing, discussion prompts, differentiation guidance, and three-dimensional teaching reminders embedded directly in each slideshow.
  • Teachers don’t have to interpret a separateٱ𲹳’sguide since support is at the point of use, exactly where and when they need it.
  • The 5E structure means teachers who have any experience with inquiry-based science already have a familiar conceptual framework.

Formal professional learning options: When districts do want structured onboarding or ongoing support, we have professional learning that fits real-world schedules.

  • Quick-start resources for immediate, independent orientation
  • Self-paced modules that teachers can complete on their own time
  • Live or virtual sessions for teams or individuals who benefit from facilitated learning

Discovery Educator Network (DEN):

  • A thriving professional learning network trusted by educators since 2005
  • Members represent all roles and backgrounds in education and share a passion for continuous learning and a commitment to their students
  • The DEN is open to all educators with access to one or more of Ǹ programs, including Science Techbook

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16. Is Science Techbook flexible and adaptable to evolving district needs?

Short answer: Yes, the program is designed for how real-world classrooms and schools work right now with support for changes down the line.

Schedules change, standards evolve, technology availability varies, and classrooms look different from building to building. Science Techbook is built to adapt to all of it.

Editable content: Teachers can tailor content to local needs, community context, or shifting student needs without losing standards alignment or coherence.

Low-tech and no-tech readiness:

  • Lessons can be saved offline and downloaded to a device before class
  • Many resources have printable formats
  • Whole-class instruction works from a single screen—no 1:1 devices required
  • Hands-on labs and investigations don’t require devices at all

17. How does Science Techbook integrate with our LMS?

Short answer: Seamlessly. Science Techbook supports the latest integration standards and connects with the platforms districts already use.

Technology should make teaching easier, not create another system to manage, so Science Techbook is designed to provide easy, intuitive access to data, content, resources, and tools.

Current integrations include:

  • Canvas
  • Schoology
  • Brightspace
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft (including Teams and Azure SSO)
  • Clever

What integration means in practice:

  • Rostering, assignments, and student access all work through your existing systems
  • Single sign-on (SSO) means students and teachers don’t manage a separate login
  • Teachers can assign content directly from within their LMS workflow
  • Data and progress information flow back to the platforms administrators and teachers already use

The unified classroom experience: Ǹ supports the latest LMS integration standards, so whether your district uses Canvas, Schoology, Brightspace, or another platform, Science Techbook feels like a native part of your environment, not a workaround.

For a full list of integrations, visit discoveryeducation.com/integrations.

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Key takeaways

  • New teacher orientation should help new teachers feel welcomed, prepared, and connected from the start.

  • An effective orientation provides new teachers with practical information, time to build relationships, and a clear understanding of how the school operates.

  • Support for new teachers should continue beyond orientation to provide guidance throughout the first year.

new teacher orientation

Hiring new teachers is one of the most important responsibilities of school administrators, and, from my perspective, one of the most exciting. Every new teacher hired has an impact on students, families, colleagues, and the building’s overall environment. When a new teacher joins a school, they are not simply filling a vacancy. They are becoming part of a team that relies on relationships, consistency, communication, and trust.

That is why onboarding and new teacher orientation matter.

In many districts, the hiring process receives a great deal of attention, and for good reason. School leaders review applications, conduct interviews, check references, and work hard to find the right person. But once the offer is accepted, the next step is just as important. How we welcome, onboard, and support new teachers often shapes how successful they feel in the first several weeks and months on the job.

This matters for students, but it also matters financially. , with the cost of replacing a teacher in some cases estimated at as much as $25,000 in large districts, including separation, recruitment, hiring, and training. In a time when many schools continue to face hiring challenges, school leaders cannot afford to treat new teacher orientation as a one-day task. Effective onboarding is one important part of a larger approach to teacher retention.

A thoughtful onboarding process is not about overwhelming new teachers with handbooks and passwords. It is about giving them the right information, helping them build relationships, and giving them the confidence they need to start a successful career in your district.

What is New Teacher Orientation?

New teacher orientation is the formal process schools use to welcome and prepare new teachers to the district or building. It usually takes place before students arrive for the school year, with the best orientation programs continuing well beyond the first day of school.

At its most basic level, orientation introduces new teachers to the district’s expectations, procedures, resources, technology systems, student support structures, and building routines. But a meaningful orientation should also address the questions new teachers often think about but may be hesitant to ask.

  • Who exactly do I go to when I need help?
  • How does the school expect me to communicate with families?
  • What are the unwritten routines in the school and district?
  • How will I be supported when things get challenging?

These questions matter because, as we all know, teaching is challenging, especially for someone new to the profession or new to the district. New teachers are often learning curriculum, classroom management, technology systems, student needs, parent communication, grading expectations, special education procedures, and building culture simultaneously.

In my experience as a superintendent, the best orientation programs are practical, welcoming, and honest. They help new teachers understand that they are joining a team and that they will not be expected to figure everything out on their own.

Why is New Teacher Orientation Important?

New teacher orientation is important because the first days and weeks of a new teacher’s career set the tone for how teachers experience the district. When orientation is rushed, unclear, or overly procedural, new teachers may leave with more questions than answers. When it is well planned, they begin the year feeling more comfortable, connected, and prepared.

That sense of belonging matters. Teaching can be isolating, especially for someone new to a building. A teacher may be surrounded by people all day and still feel unsure about who to ask for help. Orientation should reduce that uncertainty.

A well-planned new teacher orientation and onboarding process can also help with teacher retention. When new teachers receive, they are more likely to build confidence, grow in their roles, and stay in the profession. Teachers are more likely to improve when they feel supported, and to stay when they feel connected to their school and colleagues.

A well-designed orientation creates consistency. Instead of every new teacher receiving different information depending on who their mentor is or who they happen to ask, the district can communicate important expectations clearly and in an organized, meaningful way. This is especially important in areas like student safety, mandated reporting, grading, special education procedures, classroom technology, and communication with families.

What Should New Teacher Orientation Accomplish?

A well-designed orientation should do more than share information. It should help new teachers feel welcomed, connected, and prepared.

New teachers should leave with an understanding of the district’s mission, culture, priorities, and the daily routines that help the school run smoothly. They need to know basic procedures, who to ask for help, and what expectations guide the work.

Just as importantly, orientation should help new teachers begin building relationships. They should meet with administrators, mentors, colleagues, and key support staff, and have time to ask questions and process what they are learning.

Most of all, new teachers should leave orientation knowing they are not alone. Support should be clear, available, and ongoing.

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New Teacher Orientation Sample Agenda

A new teacher orientation agenda does not have to be complicated, but it should be well thought out. It should give new teachers the information they need, time to make connections, and the confidence to start the year feeling prepared.

While there are many important topics to cover, I have found that two of the most meaningful parts of orientation are lunch and a district bus tour. Feed people, give them time to talk, and create unforced opportunities for new teachers to get to know each other and the people they will be working with. A bus tour is also a great way for new teachers to better understand the community their students come from.

Orientation is also a great opportunity to partner with your Parent Teacher Organization, booster club, or other school community groups. Something as simple as a first-year survival basket, district apparel, classroom supplies, or a small welcome gift can go a long way. The message should be clear: we are glad you are here, and you are part of our team.

Here is a sample new teacher orientation agenda that school administrators can adapt to fit the needs of their district:

1. Welcome

Start with a personal welcome from district and building leaders. Use this time to briefly share the district’s mission and priorities for the year. New teachers do not need every detail on day one, but they should understand what the district is working toward.

2. Introductions

This gives new teachers time to introduce themselves and meet the people who help the school run each day. Introductions should include mentors, department heads, and important support staff, such as building secretaries, custodians, the transportation director, IT staff, and the school resource officer, when possible.

3. Building Tour

Take new teachers on a tour of the building. Show them important places outside their classroom, such as the main office, the nurse’s office, the faculty room, the library, and the copy room. The tour is also the perfect time to review arrival, dismissal, lunch, and hallway expectations and emergency procedures.

This is also a great opportunity to involve students. Partnering with the student council or another student leadership group gives new teachers a chance to walk through a student’s schedule, meet students before the year begins, and better understand what a school day looks and feels like from a student’s perspective.

4. Technology and Systems

Give your new teachers time to actually use the tools, technology, and systems they will rely on every day. This includes email, student information systems, learning platforms, classroom phones, smartboards, gradebooks, attendance systems, and other digital instructional resources. Whether your district uses a k-12 online learning platform or other tools, teachers need time to log in, practice, ask questions, and know exactly who to contact when they need help.

This should be hands-on, not a presentation they sit through. Teachers should have time to log in, practice, ask questions, and know exactly who to contact when they need help.

5. Classroom Management

Share expectations for classroom management, expected student behavior, and communication. New teachers benefit from hearing what works in the building, the common challenges they may face, and how administrators will support them when issues come up.

6. Communicating with Families and Students

Family communication is often one of the more stressful parts of teaching for new staff, so clear guidance here is important. It is also essential that new teachers understand district expectations around communicating with students, including the use of approved platforms, professional boundaries, and social media.

7. Mentor Time and Planning Time

Build in time for new teachers to meet with mentors, set up classrooms, review schedules, ask questions, and begin planning. New teachers need this time to get organized and settle in before students arrive.

New Teacher Orientation Checklist

A meaningful and welcoming framework to ensure new teachers feel prepared, supported, and connected from day one through their first year.

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First Year

Helping Your New Teachers Start Strong

New teacher orientation is more than an event on the August calendar.

When schools welcome new teachers well, they show that people matter and that the district is organized, supportive, and focused on helping teachers succeed. No orientation program can answer every question or prevent every challenge, but a thoughtful process can help new teachers start the year feeling more prepared, connected, and confident.

For school leaders, our goal is simple: help every new teacher walk into the first day knowing they belong, where to turn for help, and what matters most for students.

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]]> new-teacher-orientation An Educator’s Guide to Annual Strategic Planning for Schools /blog/educational-leadership/school-planning/ Thu, 14 May 2026 20:05:35 +0000 /?post_type=blog&p=214462 Key takeaways Strategic planning should give schools a clear direction by connecting goals to action, budgets, communication, and follow-through. The most effective strategic plans focus on a small number of meaningful goals that reflect the school’s actual needs, not the latest trend. Strategic planning for education only works when leaders involve staff, monitor progress, make […]

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Key takeaways

  • Strategic planning should give schools a clear direction by connecting goals to action, budgets, communication, and follow-through.

  • The most effective strategic plans focus on a small number of meaningful goals that reflect the school’s actual needs, not the latest trend.

  • Strategic planning for education only works when leaders involve staff, monitor progress, make adjustments, and build on what worked from year to year.

school planning

Each school year begins, or at least should begin, with a plan. Some of that plan is usually visible right away. For example, calendars are approved, teacher and student schedules are created, teachers prepare classrooms, and families receive supply lists and annual back-to-school information every summer. But the most important planning often happens behind the scenes, starting long before the first day of school.

For school leaders, this type of planning is not just about organizing the year. It is about setting direction.

That is why planning for schools matters. An effective annual plan helps a district or school stay focused on what matters most, even when the year gets busy, complicated, or unpredictable. It connects goals to action and helps staff understand priorities. It gives families and communities confidence that decisions are being made for a reason and with a specific purpose.

Annual planning is also important because school districts are being asked to manage increasingly complex issues. Districts are thinking about safety, student achievement, attendance, mental health, technology, budget pressures, effective communication, and future readiness. None of those areas can be improved by accident. They require focus, coordination, and follow-through.

A well-designed strategic plan will not solve every problem, but it can help school leaders make better decisions when challenges come up. It gives the district or school a clear guide for what to prioritize, fund, and communicate.

How to Plan and Execute Your Annual Strategic Plan for Your School

Start With Where You Are Now

Strategic planning for education should begin with a clear understanding of where the school is right now. Before setting future goals, leaders need to take an honest look at current strengths, challenges, and opportunities.

This doesn’t have to be a complicated process, but it does need to be based on real information. Review student achievement data, attendance trends, discipline patterns, graduation or promotion data, survey results, staffing needs, curriculum implementation, family engagement, and budget realities. Just as importantly, talk to people and listen to teachers, support staff, students, families, and community partners.

This is also the point where school leaders should be willing to ask the hard question: how can we improve schools in ways that will actually make a difference for students?

Focus on a Small Number of Clear Goals

That question should not lead to a long list of disconnected initiatives. In fact, one of the biggest mistakes schools make in annual planning is trying to do too much. When everything becomes a priority, nothing really is. A better approach is to identify a small number of meaningful goals that align with the district’s mission and your school’s current and future needs.

For example, one school might focus on improving student attendance, increasing student engagement, or strengthening academic intervention systems. Another school might need to focus on curriculum alignment, school culture, or career readiness. Whatever the focus, the goals should reflect the school’s actual needs, not just the latest educational trend.

Once these goals are identified, they need to be written in clear, understandable language. Staff, families, and board members should be able to understand what the school is trying to accomplish without needing a detailed explanation. This is important because a strategic plan should not only be a guiding document, but it should also be a communication tool.

Connect Your Goals to Action

After goals are set, school leaders need to identify the specific actions that will support them. This is where planning often becomes more difficult. It is easy to say a school wants to increase reading scores, improve attendance, or strengthen school culture. The harder part is identifying the specific steps that need to happen in classrooms, grade-level meetings, professional development sessions, schedules, and budgets to make these improvements possible.

For each goal, identify the major actions that need to take place. If the goal is to improve attendance, the plan might include early warning systems, outreach protocols, student support meetings, family engagement, and regular data reviews.

A plan should also be very clear about who is responsible for each action. This does not mean that one person is responsible for ensuring the goal’s success. But someone needs to monitor progress, organize next steps, and make sure the focus does not fade as the school year gets busy.

Build the Budget Around the Plan

The annual budget should also be part of the planning conversation from the beginning. Too often, schools create plans and then later try to figure out how to pay for them. From my perspective, a better approach is to let the priorities drive the budget, not the other way around. When staffing, resources, professional development, and technology needs are integrated into the plan early, leaders can make more informed decisions and avoid spending money on items that do not support the work.

This is especially important when districts are making decisions about instructional materials, technology, and professional learning. A k-12 online learning platform or other digital resource can support teaching and learning, but only when it is connected to clear instructional goals and teachers have the support to use it well. Technology should not be added simply because it is available. It should help solve a real instructional need.

The same is true when evaluating curriculum and resources. If a school is reviewing instructional materials, leaders should consider how those materials support standards, student engagement, differentiation, and teacher implementation.

Involve the People Doing the Work

Thoughtful strategic planning for education also depends on involving staff in meaningful ways. Teachers and staff are much more likely to support a plan when they understand why it matters and how it connects to their work. That does not mean every decision has to be made by committee, but it does mean people should have opportunities to provide input, ask questions, and understand how their role fits into the school’s overall direction.

Communicate the Plan Throughout the Year

Communication is one of the most important parts of execution. A strategic plan should not be introduced once and then forgotten. Leaders should talk about the plan throughout the year in faculty meetings, leadership team meetings, board updates, newsletters, and community conversations. The message does not need to be complicated. It should be consistent and include things like:

  • Here is what we are working on.
  • Here is why it matters.
  • Here is what we have done so far.
  • Here is what comes next.

That kind of communication builds trust. It also helps schools stay focused when new issues arise. Every school year brings unexpected challenges. A clear plan gives school leaders a way to decide whether a new idea, request, or initiative supports the school’s direction or detracts from it.

Monitor Progress and Adjust

Monitoring progress is another essential part of the annual strategic planning process. Annual strategic plans should include regular, scheduled check-ins, not just one end-of-year review. Depending on the goal, school leaders may choose to review data monthly, quarterly, or at key points throughout the year. The purpose is not to create more paperwork or meetings. The purpose is to see whether the plan is working and make adjustments when needed.

For example, if a school is working to improve attendance, school administrators should not wait until June to review attendance data. They should plan to monitor patterns throughout the year and respond as needed.

Meaningful annual planning also requires honest assessment. If something is not working, school leaders need to say so and adjust. That does not mean scraping the whole plan every time there is a challenge. That does not mean scrapping the whole plan every time there is a challenge. It means being willing to adjust the steps while staying focused on the larger goal.

Reflect Before Starting Over

Annual planning should also include reflection and discussion. At the end of the year, school leaders need to review what worked, what did not, and what work should continue. This should include both data and feedback from the people closest to the work. Teachers, support staff, students, and families can provide valuable insight into whether the plan made a difference.

Reflection also helps schools from starting over every year. Strong planning should be progressive and build from year to year. Some goals may continue. Others may shift. New needs may emerge. But the process should create momentum, not a cycle of disconnected initiatives.

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Turning the Plan Into Progress

Annual planning, in my opinion, is one of the most important responsibilities of school leaders. It helps turn ideas into action and gives staff, students, and families a clearer sense of direction. It is also where real change and improvement begin.

The best plans are not clear, focused, honest, and useful. They help school leaders make decisions, support teachers, communicate priorities, and keep student needs at the center of the work.

For school administrators, the goal of planning for schools should be simple: know where you are, decide where you need to go, and build a realistic plan to get there. When schools do that well, strategic planning for education becomes more than a document. It becomes part of how the school improves, one decision at a time.

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]]> school-planning 3Reasons Why Science Instruction AlsoDevelopsLiteracy /blog/educational-leadership/3-reasons-why-science-instruction-also-develops-literacy/ Fri, 08 May 2026 02:56:25 +0000 /?post_type=blog&p=214006 Key takeaways High-quality science instruction gets students actively practicing the reading, writing, speaking, and critical-thinking skills that define strong literacy. There are parallels between the processes involved in scientific inquiry/engineering practices and those involved in text comprehension. Integrating science and literacy instruction can be especially effective because students get more out of their reading and […]

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Despite heavy emphasis on building student literacy across the nation, some schools and districts aren’t seeing the learning recovery that they have hoped for over the past few years. Education leaders are taking different approaches to address this problem, but there’s one that may be overlooked despite being backed by research: building literacy through science instruction.

How does this work in the classroom? Let’s look at three key ways that learning science also develops literacy.

1. Learning Science Strengthens Reading Comprehension

We know that reading comprehension isn’t simply decoding words but also drawing upon background knowledge to make sense of the content. So, greater background knowledge about a given topic translates into a deeper understanding of the information presented.

Science instruction is a particularly useful way to build background knowledge because students learn from coherent, interconnected ideas about the real world and how it works. A recent study showed that fourth grade students who read a set of conceptually connected science texts learned more vocabulary, built stronger content knowledge, and understood new text on a related topic better than students who read texts on unrelated subjects.

Further, as students are immersed in science, they are exposed to domain-specific vocabulary that can be valuable both in school and outside it. And the nature of content-rich science instruction supports ongoing reading skills growth. Ultimately, setting aside time for science instruction isn’t taking away from literacy development, it’s fueling it.

Science Techbook STEM in Action

Ǹ’s Science Techbook provides opportunities for students to strengthen their reading comprehension. One example is “STEM in Action” texts that ask learners to read topical content with intention and complete related activities after.

2. Learning Science Expands Vocabulary

Since vocabulary depth is one of the strongest predictors of reading comprehension, it makes perfect sense that expanding students’ vocabulary is a priority. As we mentioned before, science instruction exposes students to domain-specific vocabulary they wouldn’t necessarily see otherwise. Even better, students learn much more effectively when new vocabulary is presented in meaningful contexts rather than in word lists and memorization drills.

What could expanding vocabulary through science instruction look like in the classroom? Lessons might explore different topics, such as what happens when ice melts, why a ball rolls farther on a smooth surface, or how animals adapt to their environments. Students would see terms like evaporation, friction, or adaptation and could gain a better understanding of them through investigation and discussion.

Science Techbook does exactly this as learners use the scientific method to explore natural phenomena. Besides giving context to terms in immersive videos and hands-on activities, this program offers key vocabulary strategies to help students strengthen their conceptual grasp of terms. One strategy is to construct a visual dictionary of vocabulary words:

  • Writing down all the terms
  • Defining them using their own words
  • Drawing and labeling a representation of each word
  • Assembling completed pages to form a dictionary

Another strategy is called “Connect the Dots,” in which students:

  • Write vocabulary words on small pieces of paper
  • Draw two at random
  • Write down as many connections between the two words as they can think of
Science Techbook Interactive Glossary

3. Learning Science Naturally Requires Literacy Behaviors

Would it be surprising to you that thinking processes used in one domain may be similar to processes used in another? that there are parallels between the processes involved in scientific inquiry/engineering practices and those involved in text comprehension.

For example, when students plan and carry out an investigation, they’re constructing meaning, just like when reading a text. When they analyze data from multiple sources, they’re coordinating information originating from different kinds of texts: their notebooks, class posters, discussions, and printed materials. When they make evidence-based claims, they’re adopting the same evaluative stance that strong readers take as they read.

In practice, high-quality science instruction asks students to:

  • Read and discuss informational texts, including trade books, researcher-designed texts, graphs, tables, and digital simulations
  • Write scientific explanations and arguments using claims, evidence, and reasoning—the same structure ELA standards emphasize
  • Interpret and create multimodal representations, such as diagrams, data tables, drawings, and models (transferable skills)
  • Engage in evidence-based discussion, supporting their ideas, responding to peers, and revising thinking and conclusions as needed

These actions lead to deeper text comprehension (even going beyond what’s being explicitly taught), analytical reading rather than scanning for information, and stronger reasoning used in writing across disciplines.

Science Techbook Explain Example

Built on the 5E inquiry model, concepts in Science Techbook use a lesson progression that incorporates the actions listed above:

  • Engage: These lessons introduce a real-world phenomenon that students will return to throughout the concept.
  • Explore: Students begin exploring a phenomenon through hands-on activity, interactive, video, literacy lessons.
  • Explain: Using data and observations, students construct scientific explanations for phenomena.
  • Elaborate: These lessons help students build upon the science ideas they’ve been learning and involve a hands-on project.
  • Evaluate: Students sum up their learning and demonstrate understanding of core ideas.

Conclusion

High-quality science instruction at any grade level, including K–5, gets students actively practicing the reading, writing, speaking, and critical-thinking skills that define strong literacy. This may ease some curriculum decisions since you can embrace science instruction and know that you are continuing to boost student literacy. In fact, integrating science and literacy instruction can be especially effective because students get more out of their reading and the thinking tools to make sense of it all.

Finally, be sure to support your team with professional learning that increases their capacity for science and integrated science-literacy instruction, which will also positively impact student outcomes.

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]]> Classroom-of-Students-Using-Technology Science-Techbook-STEM-in-Action Science-Techbook-Interactive-Glossary Science-Techbook-Explain-Example Engage K–12 Webinar: The All-New K–5 Social Studies Essentials Program /blog/de-news/engage-k12-webinar-new-k5-social-studies-essentials/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:56:01 +0000 /?post_type=blog&p=212907 Key takeaways Social Studies Essentials builds background knowledge, academic vocabulary, and speaking and listening skills that directly strengthen reading comprehension Grounded in the C3 Framework's Inquiry Arc, the program guides students from curiosity to evidence to explanation through age-appropriate sources and discussion routines Ready-to-teach slide decks, embedded scaffolds, timing cues, and digital and off-screen options […]

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Key takeaways

  • Social Studies Essentials builds background knowledge, academic vocabulary, and speaking and listening skills that directly strengthen reading comprehension

  • Grounded in the C3 Framework's Inquiry Arc, the program guides students from curiosity to evidence to explanation through age-appropriate sources and discussion routines

  • Ready-to-teach slide decks, embedded scaffolds, timing cues, and digital and off-screen options help educators teach in short instructional blocks while supporting all learners across K–5

  • Social Studies Essentials works alongside Experience for extending and differentiating lessons and pairs with Social Studies Techbook to create a coherent, inquiry-based social studies pathway

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The final session of our 2026 Engage K–12 Webinar Series introduced Social Studies Essentials, our brand new elementary program. Jennifer Elliot, Senior Director of Product at Ǹ, noted that the program helps educators “spark curiosity, build civic awareness, and strengthen literacy” as they use ready-to-teach, inquiry-based lessons made to fit their schedules. This is part of our mission to power progress in every classroom by supporting learning that sticks, instructional excellence, and intentional innovation.

Ben Keller, Product Manager for Social Studies Essentials, shared some background on why Ǹ developed a new social studies program for K–5. First, educators and leaders have said that they are actively looking for social studies instruction to fit their classrooms, schools, and districts. A good reason for this is that elementary social studies can build background knowledge, academic vocabulary, and speaking and listening skills—all of which contribute to strong reading comprehension. With Social Studies Essentials, students work on asking good questions, analyzing evidence, and communicating their thoughts as they conduct age-appropriate inquiry, examine primary and secondary sources, and enjoy multimodal experiences.

Second, district leaders have said they need consistent Tier 1 routines and time-saving materials that not only work in short blocks but also support all learners. That’s why Social Studies Essentials is built around flexible, ready-to-teach lessons with embedded teacher supports, assessments, and clear learning progressions across K–5.

Inquiry Based and C3 Aligned

After a short introductory video about Social Studies Essentials, Ǹ’s Senior Subject Matter Expert Lauren Gomez took over. She mentioned that educators with a social studies background will likely be familiar with the C3 Framework, which gives students opportunities to ask questions, explore sources, and build arguments. Our new program is grounded in the Framework’s Inquiry Arc, so students:

  • Ask and answer questions and practice inquiry skills
  • Apply disciplinary tools from civics, history, geography, and economics
  • Evaluate sources and use evidence
  • Communicate conclusions and take informed action

These skills are critical for student success in the upper grades and outside of the classroom. In the classroom, this looks like engaging with age-appropriate sources and discussion routines every week. Social Studies Essentials supports teachers with clear prompts that move from curiosity to evidence to explanation. Because the Inquiry Arc is embedded within ready-to-teach slides and activities, districts can scale inquiry without increasing teachers’ planning workload.

Students are learning how to think, not just what to remember. And while inquiry is powerful, it’s even more so when connected to literacy and meaningful media.

Strengthening Literacy Skills with Balanced Media

Mr. Keller pointed out that Social Studies Essentials treats the discipline as literacy rich, where students encounter vocabulary with definitions and visuals at the right level for them and then “practice speaking, listening, reading, and/or writing as part of each lesson.” For example, they engage with primary and secondary sources using structured routines, building analysis and argumentation skills.

In lower grades, students access new content in the form of stories or quick videos and learn new vocabulary this way. In later grades, students engage with informational texts comprised of short sentences with clear vocabulary words.

The presentation then turned to how students will experience content-rich language in digital and non-digital environments when using Social Studies Essentials.

Option with Immersives

Digital videos support building new vocabulary through intentional visual cues, and then there’s Ǹ Sandbox, a virtual reality application that lets students explore simulations of the real world. Taken together, our original videos, images, and immersive experiences help students access complex ideas quickly and powerfully.

Option without Immersives

Lessons also include off‑screen activities and discourse since we know that movement and interaction are key to engagement, especially for younger students. With Social Studies Essentials, selective screentime supports rather than dominates instructional time. Our balanced approach makes lessons engaging and developmentally appropriate while reinforcing grade-level speaking, listening, and writing.

Built with Educators in Mind

In today’s classrooms, teachers need ready-to-teach resources, so Social Studies Essentials provides flexible lessons in the form of a slide deck with point-of-use notes, scaffolds, and timing cues. It also includes clear learning progressions that build on one another to support cumulative knowledge and skill development. Building block examples include:

  • Grades K–1: Learners get mostly story-driven lessons with strong visuals and emergent-literacy routines.
  • Grades 2–3: The Explore model gives students bite-size texts and quick activities.
  • Grades 4–5: Students conduct deeper source analysis, consider historical thinking, and make connections to today.

In addition, Social Studies Essentials includes a year-long scope and sequence with “consistent routines and check-for-understanding moments” supporting progress monitoring and instructional coherence.

Pairing with Other Ǹ Ǹ

How does Social Studies Essentials, a supplemental program, fit in with other Ǹ programs like Experience and Social Studies Techbook?

Experience provides high-quality, standards-aligned resources, with curated collections organized by topic, an extensive library of educator‑tested instructional strategies, career-connected learning opportunities, and AI-assisted tools. This makes it easy to extend lessons, differentiate, and minimize planning time.

Together, Social Studies Essentials and Experience empower educators to:

  • Deepen inquiry with authentic stories, videos, images, and interactives tied to state standards and topics
  • Broaden literacy practice through multimodal texts and leveled resources
  • Plan better and faster by taking advantage of curated channels aligned to common topics and need
  • Easily differentiate using multiple modalities that are accessible and assignment tools

Social Studies Essentials can set students up for success in core programs too. One to consider is Ǹ’s Social Studies Techbook for grades 6–8, which offers full‑course, standards‑aligned, inquiry‑based instruction with primary‑source analysis and built‑in differentiation.

Conclusion

If Social Studies Essentials or our other programs sound like solutions your school or district needs, we’d love to schedule a deeper demo with your team and talk about the best implementation model for you.

And as a thank you to everyone who brings social studies alive in their classroom, we’ve created a special guide commemorating America’s 250th birthday. It’s packed with free, curated educator resources from both Experience and Social Studies Essentials that you can start using immediately.

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Ǹ Host and Presenters

Jennifer Elliot, Senior Director of Product

Ben Keller, Product Manager for Social Studies Essentials

Lauren Gomez, Senior Subject Matter Expert

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]]> 4 Classroom Activities for Earth Day: Small Steps, Big Impact /blog/teaching-and-learning/earth-day/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:44:42 +0000 /?post_type=blog&p=212682 Key takeaways Earth Day learning does not require a full unit or complex materials. Short, intentional classroom activities can spark curiosity, critical thinking, and meaningful conversations about sustainability in just minutes. Hands-on activities help students see themselves as environmental problem solvers. When students explore waste, innovation, ecosystems, and real‑world challenges, they begin to understand how […]

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Key takeaways

  • Earth Day learning does not require a full unit or complex materials. Short, intentional classroom activities can spark curiosity, critical thinking, and meaningful conversations about sustainability in just minutes.

  • Hands-on activities help students see themselves as environmental problem solvers. When students explore waste, innovation, ecosystems, and real‑world challenges, they begin to understand how their everyday choices connect to larger environmental solutions.

  • Earth Day works best as a starting point, not a one‑day lesson. Classroom-ready resources and ongoing student activities help extend learning beyond April 22 and build lasting habits of environmental stewardship.

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Earth Day in Action: Small Steps, Big Impact in the Classroom

On April 22, classrooms across the country pause to celebrate Earth Day, a moment to reflect on our responsibility to care for the planet and empower the next generation to do the same. What began in 1970 as a national teach-in about environmental issues quickly became a global movement that highlighted the importance of environmental education in building environmentally responsible communities. Earth Day continues to serve as a reminder that meaningful change often starts with awareness, curiosity, and small daily actions.

Earth Day is an opportunity to engage students in real-world problem solving. Environmental education helps students strengthen critical thinking, build essential life skills, and recognize how their daily choices influence the world around them. When students begin to see themselves as stewards of their environment, they naturally connect science, innovation, and community responsibility in meaningful and lasting ways.

The good news? You don’t need elaborate materials or a full unit plan to begin. Sometimes the most impactful learning starts with a simple, energizing classroom activity.

Classroom Activity 1: “Trash or Treasure?” (Earth Day Warm‑Up)

Time: 10–15 minutes

Grade Levels: 3–8 (easily adaptable)

Materials:

  • A small collection of everyday items (plastic bottle, cardboard box, aluminum can, food wrapper, paper towel roll, etc.)
  • Chart paper or whiteboard

Directions:

  1. Place items on a table or display them to the class.
  2. Ask students to quickly sort each item into one of three categories:
    • Reuse
    • Recycle
    • Reduce
  3. Invite students to justify their choices.

Conclude by asking:

  • What happens to these items after we throw them away?
  • How could we redesign them to reduce waste?
  • Why does reducing waste matter?

Why this works:
This quick activity introduces the concept of responsible consumption and waste reduction while sparking curiosity. It also builds a natural bridge to the idea of a circular economy, where products are designed to be reused, repaired, or recycled rather than discarded.

Classroom Activity 2: Explore the Circular Economy Through Innovation

Once students begin thinking about waste and sustainability, it’s the perfect time to introduce the concept of innovation. The circular economy encourages us to rethink how products are made and used, focusing on reducing waste, conserving resources, and designing smarter systems for the future.

A powerful way to extend this learning is through the Generation Innovation: Circular Economy resource from the Ǹ Environmental Education Initiative.

This resource helps students:

  • Understand how everyday products impact the environment
  • Explore innovative solutions to reduce waste
  • Develop problem-solving and design-thinking skills
  • See how science and creativity can work together to protect the planet

You can access the lesson and classroom materials here:

These materials are designed to be standards-aligned and classroom-ready, making them an easy addition to Earth Day lessons or STEM units focused on sustainability.

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Classroom Activity 3: Student‑Led Environmental Challenges and Projects

Earth Day should be a starting point, not a one-day event. Ongoing environmental learning helps students build habits that last a lifetime. Fortunately, there are many ready-to-use activities that make it simple to integrate environmental topics into daily instruction.

The Student Activities collection from the Ǹ Environmental Education Initiative provides engaging options such as:

  • Hands-on experiments
  • Data collection and observation activities
  • Environmental challenges and projects
  • Collaborative problem-solving tasks

These activities support inquiry-based learning and encourage students to explore real environmental issues while developing communication and teamwork skills.

You can browse the full collection here:

Classroom Activity 4: Explore Ecosystems Across America

One of the most exciting ways to build environmental awareness is by helping students understand how ecosystems vary across regions. The Excursion Across America series introduces students to environmental topics through engaging videos and interactive lessons that highlight regional differences in climate, resources, and sustainability practices.

These experiences allow students to:

  • Explore forests, waterways, and ecosystems across the United States
  • Learn how communities protect natural resources
  • Understand the connection between local actions and global impact

The program includes animated videos and ready-to-use classroom activities that show how students can make a positive difference in their own communities.

You can explore the series here:

Corporate Insights by ours Partners Nucor & Itron

Nucor

For more than 50 years, Nucor, North America’s largest recycler, has been quietly leading the way in showing what sustainability can look like in action. At the heart of their work is the idea of a circular economy—keeping materials in use instead of throwing them away. Items like old cars, appliances, and even buildings can be recycled into new steel, which is then used to build bridges, schools, and vehicles. And when those products reach the end of their life, the steel can be recycled again, creating a cycle that reduces waste and keeps materials out of landfills. Beyond their operations, Nucor teammates partner with local schools and collaborate with Ǹ to help students understand sustainability through hands-on activities like can drives and classroom learning experiences showing young people that small, everyday actions can be part of a much bigger solution for our planet
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Itron

At Itron, the focus is on helping utilities and cities make smarter decisions about how energy and water are used—two resources that are deeply connected to the health of our communities and our planet. In celebration of Earth Day 2026, Itron is offering the Resourcefulness Digital Badge, a free, self-paced learning opportunity developed by global energy expert Michael E. Webber and supported by University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs. Through this online experience, learners build a deeper understanding of the energy-water connection and explore practical solutions to today’s resource challenges, while earning a recognized credential they can add to resumes, college applications, or professional profiles, empowering them to take meaningful steps toward a more sustainable future.
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Bringing It All Together: From Awareness to Action

Earth Day reminds us that environmental stewardship begins with education, and education begins with engagement. A simple classroom activity can spark curiosity. A hands-on challenge can build understanding. And the right resources can help students turn ideas into action.

This Earth Day, start small.
Start with a conversation.
Start with curiosity.

Because the future of our planet may begin with one classroom, one idea, and one student ready to make a difference.

Discover great Earth Day materials by visiting the Environmental Education Initiative or logging into Ǹ Experience and bookmarking the Earth Day channel.

Earth Day FAQs:

Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22.

Earth Day is a global movement that began in 1970 as a national teach-in focused on environmental issues. It serves as a time to reflect on our responsibility to protect the planet and to empower students through environmental education.

The first Earth Day was held in 1970.

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]]> earth-day de-quote-left-square-filled de-quote-left-square-filled Engage K–12 Webinar: The All-New K–5 Science Techbook /blog/de-news/engage-k12-webinar-new-k5-science-techbook/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:58:17 +0000 /?post_type=blog&p=212405 Key takeaways Science Techbook is a phenomena-driven, 3D elementary science curriculum built on the 5E inquiry model and aligned to the NGSS Lessons come in ready-to-teach, editable slideshow format with embedded teacher guidance at point of use, reducing prep time while allowing easy customization Literacy and math skills are intentionally included in science instruction: students […]

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Key takeaways

  • Science Techbook is a phenomena-driven, 3D elementary science curriculum built on the 5E inquiry model and aligned to the NGSS

  • Lessons come in ready-to-teach, editable slideshow format with embedded teacher guidance at point of use, reducing prep time while allowing easy customization

  • Literacy and math skills are intentionally included in science instruction: students read, write, analyze data, and communicate while doing real science

  • Flexible pacing and pathways help districts and teachers fit rigorous science into packed schedules without sacrificing instructional quality or coherence

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The fourth session of our Engage K–12 webinar series introduced the brand new Science Techbook, which is due to launch in the 2026–2027 school year! It’s a three-dimensional elementary science curriculum that engages students through phenomena-driven inquiry and incorporates literacy and math instruction as well. Lance Rougeux, SVP Curriculum Instruction & Student Engagement at Ǹ, explained that educator and leader input on their must-haves helped shape its development. Requests included:

  • Alignment to standards based on the Framework for K–12 Science Education
  • Helping students do real science in hands-on experiences
  • Embedded teacher guidance
  • Connections across disciplines that don’t require extra work from teachers

Designed for Today’s Science Classroom

The new Science Techbook reflects the current demands on science instruction, in which students are expected to investigate, explain, model, and make sense of the world. Districts are expected to demonstrate impact on students, accelerate academic recovery, and make smart curriculum decisions. Any technology involved must be intentional to prevent digital fatigue, integrate literacy and math development, and align tightly to standards and assessments while fitting into packed instructional schedules.

Jennifer Elliott, Senior Director of Product Management, pointed out that Ǹ’s challenge was to make three-dimensional science clear, practical, and sustainable for elementary classrooms. This happens through:

  • Phenomena-driven storylines that pique interest and keep students curious and invested as their understanding grows
  • Requiring learners to read and write, communicate, model, and analyze data while doing science, which serves to reinforce core skills with meaningful context
  • Slideshow format lessons that are editable and include guidance at point of use to reduce prep time, keep pacing clear, and increase consistency

With Science Techbook, districts get effective instructional materials that they can scale to meet their needs and teachers get greater confidence and clarity.

The Vision of Science Techbook

The elementary science experience is fundamentally different now versus what we might remember from our time as students. Rather than sitting through isolated lessons, students return to a real-world phenomenon repeatedly throughout each concept.

Hailey Adams, Director, Curriculum, Instruction & Student Engagement, explained, “Each investigation, discussion, and model adds another layer of understanding, so students aren’t just learning what happens, they’re trying to figure out why it happens.” With Science Techbook, learners ask questions and make predictions, collect and analyze data, build and revise models, make evidence-supported claims, and refine their thinking via peer communication—just like real scientists! Science isn’t a spectator activity but is instead sense-making.

Educator Support

Educators get instructional support at point of use that allows them to focus on listening to their students, responding to their ideas, and pushing their learning forward. Science Techbook lessons are in ready-to-teach slideshow format accompanied by clear instructional purposes. Teachers also get:

  • Suggested pacing and time estimates
  • Talk prompts and discussion cues
  • Guidance for facilitating hands-on investigations
  • Indicators and reminders about where critical three-dimensional learning is taking place

Because lessons are editable, educators can easily adapt them to student needs or their own instructional style without losing standard alignment or coherence. Plus, flexible pathways within Teacher Resources ensure that districts and teachers can make science fit their schedule without sacrificing instructional integrity.

Building Core Skills Through Science

Since students using Science Techbook get to act like real scientists, they actively strengthen literacy and math skills as they progress through lessons. Examples include reading complex texts after hands-on experiences, writing scientific explanations of phenomena, collecting data, and creating graphs or other models.

An Inside Look at Science Techbook

Moving from vision to reality, Science Subject Matter Expert Jennifer Fine noted, “We’re going to take a look at what teachers see, what students experience, and how this supports 3D instruction in both usable and teacher-friendly ways.” Each grade level offers four units organized into concepts, which are aligned to the NGSS. Each concept is built on the 5E inquiry model, so there are Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate lessons. And throughout each concept, students stop to reflect, explain, and revise their thinking.

Engage Lessons

These introduce a real-world phenomenon that students will return to throughout the concept, giving them a purpose for learning and investigating. They can experience the phenomenon through an image, dataset, hands-on activity, or video.

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Explore Lessons

Students begin exploring a phenomenon through hands-on activity, interactive, video, or literacy lessons. Exploring involves making observations, testing ideas, and collecting evidence to support explanations of what they observe—step one of sense-making.

Explain Lessons

Two different Explain lessons built into the flow of instruction give educators real-time insight into what students are thinking and ways to help them in their sense-making as their understanding evolves. One lesson asks students to explain the phenomenon, and another asks students to explain the science ideas using a claim, evidence, and reasoning protocol.

Elaborate Lessons

These lessons help students build upon the science ideas they’ve been learning as they explore a STEAM career role and complete an engaging, hands-on STEAM project.

Evaluate Lessons

Next, students move to lessons that sum up the learning and let them demonstrate understanding of core ideas using assessments chosen by the teacher. One option is the Concept Summative Assessment, a tech-enhanced assessment that feeds directly into the Dashboard, and the other is Record It, Perform It, Find It, which allows students to choose how they deliver their answer.

Formative Assessments

Built‑in formative assessment prompts throughout Explore and Elaborate lessons and the two Explain lessons themselves help teachers quickly check understanding and adjust instruction.

Integrated Literacy and Science

Literacy development is intentional and seamless with Science Techbook. For example, students set purposes for reading and make connections to their prior knowledge. They also benefit from activities that draw from the Science of Reading to build comprehension, vocabulary, word analysis, and more. This means they’re not simply reading in isolation.

Interactive Glossary

Science Techbook’s interactive glossary supports vocabulary development using visuals, animations, and videos to deepen understanding, so students aren’t just memorizing the definitions of scientific terms.

Immersive Reader

Get language and literacy support for differentiation directly within core instruction and translate lessons into over 100 different languages with the Immersive Reader.

Teacher Guidance and Options

Ms. Fine noted a huge benefit to using Science Techbook over other programs: Instead of needing to flip between teacher editions, lesson plans, and slides, teachers can find instructional support exactly where it needs to be, at point of use. When opening a lesson, they’ll see it’s fully built out with teacher notes on each slide. Teacher notes contain tips on supporting a variety of learners and teaching three-dimensionally. Video and reading lessons provide before, during, and after reading strategies. And because lessons are fully editable, they can be easily adapted to student needs or local context.

Conclusion

Mr. Rougeux closed out the presentation by stressing that the new Science Techbook is about making high-quality science instruction “easier, clearer, and more impactful from day one,” not adding more to teachers’ plates. To summarize, you get:

  • Three-dimensional learning that’s practical to implement
  • Phenomena-driven instruction that truly engages students
  • Integrated literacy and math to make every instructional minute count
  • Ready-to-teach lessons that save teachers time

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Ǹ Host and Presenters

Lance Rougeux, SVP Curriculum Instruction & Student Engagement

Jennifer Elliott, Senior Director of Product Management

Hailey Adams, Director, Curriculum, Instruction & Student Engagement

Jennifer Fine, Science Subject Matter Expert

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]]> Coming Soon for 2026:ScienceTechbook /blog/de-news/coming-soon-science-techbook/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:22:22 +0000 /?post_type=blog&p=210626 Key takeaways Approachable Tier 1 instruction motivates students to keep learning Lessons build foundational math and literacy skills along with science and critical-thinking skills Teachers benefit from an intuitive interface, slideshow format lessons, and a range of time-saving tools and supports What’s New for 2026 Ǹ is constantly working to improve our programs so […]

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Key takeaways

  • Approachable Tier 1 instruction motivates students to keep learning

  • Lessons build foundational math and literacy skills along with science and critical-thinking skills

  • Teachers benefit from an intuitive interface, slideshow format lessons, and a range of time-saving tools and supports

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What’s New for 2026

Ǹ is constantly working to improve our programs so that teachers can be even more effective and students can make greater progress. Science Techbook is no exception! During the 2026–2027 school year, we’re launching a brand new program based on feedback from educators and leaders like you. We’ve heard that you want:

  • Ways to engage and motivate students each day
  • Help building foundational math and literacy skills
  • Reduced teacher workload and more instructional impact

How will the new Science Techbook address these priorities? Let’s look at three areas we’re especially excited about: motivating students with approachable Tier 1 instruction, strengthening critical-thinking and core skills, and empowering every educator.

Motivate Students with Approachable Tier 1 Instruction

Phenomenon Check-In

When learning is engaging, relevant, and developmentally appropriate, that’s a recipe for capturing student interest and motivating them to continue exploring. Science Techbook provides phenomena-driven storylines with hands-on activities and interactives thatask students to take on the role of scientist or engineer. They get to make discoveries by asking questions, investigating, analyzing, and collaborating. These types of authentic, yet accessible, experiences with science content help learners better understand and retain concepts—plus, they’re fun!

Strengthen Critical-Thinking and Core Skills

Phenomena-based instruction in Science Techbook asks students to solve real-world problems, during which they develop their critical-thinking skills. Teachers can extend learning by incorporating STEAM Project and STEAM Careers activities, which help students grasp the how and why behind STEAM and engineering topics (and don’t require extra work from teachers!).

That’s not all phenomena-based instruction can do. It also puts math and literacy practice into context to help students understand and remember. And since Science Techbook lessons naturally incorporate math/ELA standards, teachers can reinforce multiple skills at one time. Here are some examples:

Authentic, Applicable Math

Students collect and analyze data as they conduct hands-on and virtual investigations. They also learn to use mathematical models to explain scientific phenomena.

Lifelong Literacy Skills

Learners complete readings after hands-on experiences that introduce phenomena, so they have context for what they’re reading about. They also have accessible ways to improve their literacy skills with lessons presented in slideshow format and tools such as interactive glossaries and the Immersive Reader. With before, during, and after literacy strategies, teachers can focus on vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and phonics.

Empower Every Educator

Regardless of their background or experience,educators can make an instant impactwith Science Techbook’s classroom-ready lessons offering implementation guidance. Slideshow format lessons with hands-on activities and an intuitive interface translate into less time needed for planning and prepping! What’s more, clear time estimates, lesson sequencing, and built-in scaffolds help teachers stay on track and meet instructional goals.

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Incorporate Three-Dimensional Learning

Crosscutting Concepts Example

Three-dimensional learning aligned to the NGSS is built into Science Techbook: you’ll find science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas in embedded, point-of-use notes and prompts. Plus, discussion prompts throughout lessons offer helpful ideas for getting students to talk about the science they’re doing with peers.

We’ve got an interactive overview of our new program that you can check out.

Would you like to get a more in-depth look at the new Science Techbook?Watch our on-demand Engage K-12 webinar!

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Key takeaways

  • New Focused Adaptive Pathways use the Intelligent Adaptive Learning engine to align DreamBox Math to a district’s highest priorities for standards mastery

  • Leaders can boost teacher impact and save time with DreamBox Math

  • The new in-lesson vocabulary tool expands student access to learning math with clear definitions, audio, and Frayer models for key terms

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Session three of Ǹ’s K–12 Series of webinars focused on DreamBox Math. Travis Barrs, Chief Strategy and Information Officer at Ǹ, identified three themes that characterize how Ǹ helps educators take the great work that they’re already doing to new heights:

  • Filling gaps for districts and delivering positive learning outcomes
  • Promoting student thinking through engaging and meaningful learning experiences
  • Adding efficiency and recouping teachers’ time so they can deepen connections with students

Mr. Barrs noted that the latest updates to DreamBox Math all relate to those themes and that this webinar will explain how DreamBox Math is the instructional partner that supports a cohesive curriculum and enables stronger connections with students.

Align and Focus Instruction

Melanie Lugo, Senior Director, Product Management, brought up an exciting district-oriented update to DreamBox Math: Focused Adaptive Pathways. These pathways use the Intelligent Adaptive Learning engine to align DreamBox Math to a district’s highest priorities using either State-Assessment Focus or Priority-Standards Focus.

State-Assessment Focus

This is for districts in states that prioritize specific standards for end-of-year assessments. DreamBox Math will steer students down a pathway toward those standards first while still ensuring they build foundational skills.

Priority-Standards Focus

This is for districts with their own focus standards or math initiatives. District administrators choose the standards across all grade levels that they want to emphasize.

Either way, intelligent adaptivity is the driving power behind a personalized learning experience for each student. And Ms. Lugo pointed out that “DreamBox Math remains fully prerequisite aware. If a student needs foundational skills before progressing to a priority standard, DreamBox Math fills those gaps first, then moves them forward.” Check the Standards Report to see proficiency cluster around priority standards as students spend more time where it matters most. The result is multifaceted: easy implementation, focused instruction, deep personalization, and improved outcomes.

Engage and Activate Thinking

David Woods, Senior Director, Curriculum & Assessments at Ǹ, went over what “powered by student thinking” means with DreamBox Math. He talked about how every student gets a unique pathway for learning through the built-in Intelligent Adaptivity. As learners indicate their thinking by using virtual manipulatives to build models, DreamBox Math responds instantly to the strategies they’re using, not just right and wrong answers.

Immediate feedback and just-in-time scaffolds address misconceptions, and intentional numbers build on prior knowledge and continuously adjust as students struggle purposefully—leading to more “aha” moments!

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Empower Great Teaching at Scale

Sara Scarbrough, Director, Curriculum & Instruction at Ǹ, noted that Intelligent-Adaptivity-driven differentiated learning fuels continuous formative assessment, so student thinking gets turned into evidence of understanding. Ms. Scarbrough explained, “While students complete lessons, DreamBox captures their strategies, struggles, and the progress they make, translating it into ongoing data by domain and grade-level proficiency by your state standard.” This way, teachers gain instant, consistent insights that can inform targeted support for each student throughout the school year.

Vocabulary Support

DreamBox Math provides much more than just vocabulary memorization. Ms. Scarbrough explained that students “need support that helps them understand what a term means right in the context of the problem they’re solving.” To that end, DreamBox Math will offer a new in-lesson vocabulary tool that provides immediate support as learners see key mathematical terms, deepening understanding and giving access to all learners, including multilingual learners and developing readers. Embedded vocabulary provides clear definitions and optional audio, so students can hear a term, use it in context, and then explain it themselves. This is an important step in building academic language and enabling learners to engage in mathematical discourse. In addition, the vocabulary tool strengthens prior knowledge with Frayer models for the key terms.

AI Assistance

How is AI going to help educators who use DreamBox Math? Ms. Lugo noted that Ǹ is beta testing an AI classroom assistant that’s fully integrated into the DreamBox educator experience. They can start with prepopulated prompts to identify the most important student learning insights that can guide instructional decisions. The AI assistant can also:

  • Recommend students who have recently struggled developing the same skill for small-group support together
  • Flag students who haven’t started or are struggling with their assignments
  • Identify those with lesson completion patterns that are low
  • Detect when students may be rapidly guessing and rushing through lessons

There is no extra setup or additional training for teachers to use the AI assistant.

Closing

DreamBox Math is more than a learning program—it’s a teaching partner. It helps students become confident learners, teachers make clear instructional decisions, and leaders gain insight into what really matters. Districts can rely on its personalized, intelligently adaptive learning pathways; embedded instructor tools; and professional learning to support consistent teacher usage and the student outcomes they care about.

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Ǹ Host and Presenters

Travis Barrs, Chief Strategy and Information Officer

Melanie Lugo, Senior Director, Product Management

David Woods, Senior Director, Curriculum & Assessments

Sara Scarbrough, Director, Curriculum & Instruction

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]]> 4 Easy Ways to Bring Ǹ Experience to Students /blog/teaching-and-learning/favorite-ways-to-bring-discovery-education-experience-to-students/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 18:53:53 +0000 /?post_type=blog&p=210232 To me, Ǹ Experience is more than just another educational technology platform. It’s my professional treasure chest. Whenever a teacher reaches out to me for help with unit planning, I immediately turn to Ǹ as my ultimate thought partner. The treasures within are plentiful, providing a steady stream of curated, high-quality content, along […]

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To me, Ǹ Experience is more than just another educational technology platform. It’s my professional treasure chest. Whenever a teacher reaches out to me for help with unit planning, I immediately turn to Ǹ as my ultimate thought partner. The treasures within are plentiful, providing a steady stream of curated, high-quality content, along with supplements and innovative ideas that never let me down.

Ǹ Experience makes it easy to bring their resources to the classroom through interactives, SOS strategies, career connections, and ready-to-use activities. These jewels from the Experience treasure chest keep the lessons current and applicable, meeting both standards and student needs.

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Uncovering the Magic

Spotlight on Strategies (SOS)

The true magic of Ǹ Experience isn’t just having the resources available; it is how easy they seamlessly integrate with the classroom and align with instructional goals. The SOS (Spotlight on Strategies) is the perfect way to take a lesson from average to immersive.

SOS Strategies are research-based instructional strategies specifically designed to integrate digital media into the classroom in ways that demand interaction. They’re the perfect way to take a lesson from average to immersive.

One example would be using a strategy like “Pause, Play, Proceed.” In this lesson, students are given a specific task to “look for” or “listen for” before the video begins. The students move from being spectators to investigators, hunting for evidence. The lesson now requires the student to actively participate by using this simple strategy. This is just one example of the many strategies hidden within the SOS channel.

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Career Connect

Career Connect is certainly a jewel to discover within the Ǹ Experience. How often does an educator teach a lesson only to hear, “How will I use this in life?” With Career Connect, there are answers to this question! This digital platform connects classrooms with real-world industry professionals through virtual visits, helping students explore careers and understand how classroom learning links to future opportunities. The inquiries are now a launchpad for more discovery and immersive learning.

A great example of this is a concept lesson, such as water filtration. Students not only learn about the concept but also deepen their understanding by connecting with a professional who explains why this work is important and how it may look in a real-world application.

Immersive Resources

Ǹ Experience‘s immersive resources are a suite of next‑generation digital learning tools, such as augmented reality apps, narrative-driven adventures, gamified learning experiences, and interactive simulations, that are designed to deeply engage students by placing them inside realistic, sensory-rich environments where they can explore, problem‑solve, and experience content as if they were “there.”

For example, you can take the agricultural concept, which can be hard for students to understand in certain situations, and apply it to a gamified simulation. Within the Cooperative Minds resources, you’ll find a 3D gamified learning experience where students step into the role of a co‑op farmer. Students analyze soil, choose crops and fertilizer, decide when to harvest, and even operate a combine in the simulation. 

Using a real simulation allows students to step into an environment where they can put their knowledge into practice.  This allows students to “see” the direct consequences of their actions.  

Virtual Field Trips

A Ǹ Virtual Field Trip is a curated, multimedia learning event that features video tours, expert interviews, and interactive resources. They’re designed to connect classroom instruction to authentic, real‑world environments and experiences through digital technology. Following up on any lesson with a Virtual Field Trip further solidifies understanding of the concept. These hidden treasures within Career Connect and STEM Coalition level up instruction and active learning, and ignite students’ interest. A simple concept lesson can be elevated to spark genuine curiosity in a student’s chosen field.

Every time I open Ǹ Experience, I uncover something new – another gem that transforms learning. From research-backed SOS strategies to the real-world magic of Virtual Field Trips and Career Connections, these jewels are an easy way to turn an average lesson into one that sparkles and shines, sparking curiosity and igniting discovery.

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Brandi Bergeron

Brandi is the Academic Technology Coordinator for the Episcopal School of Baton Rouge in Louisiana.

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