Real science,
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READY TO TEACH
Aligned to NGSS standards
Every lesson is built to meet Next Generation Science Standards — so you don’t have to worry about alignment or compliance. Our lessons promote easy collaboration with other subject teachers with these standards:
- Common Core Math and ELA standards,
- The C3 Social Studies Framework,
- The UN Sustainable Development Goals
BIG THINKING
Interdisciplinary STEM lessons
From biology and chemistry to ethics and storytelling, these lessons stretch beyond the lab to spark critical thinking and cross-disciplinary conversations with your students.
CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE
Created by scientists, not textbook publishers
Our content comes straight from scientists at the frontier of discovery— curated and adapted by our expert team of educators, scientists and artists for your K-12 classrooms.
FUN STEM LESSONS FOR STUDENTS
Explore sample STEM lessons
Take a peek at our editable lesson materials and see how they fit your teaching style. Go deeper with full STEM units to engage your students in immersive big thinking connecting to the frontiers of scientifi c research.
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Free fully editable STEM Lessons. Adjust them all to suit your student’s needs.
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STEM units to fit seamlessly into your curriculum.
Why teachers love our STEM lessons
Hear from Abigail about the impact our interactive STEM mini-unit has had on her classroom.
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The Perks of GP+
Full Library Access
Browse every Galactic Polymath lesson — past, present, and future— right on our Google Drive.
Bulk Copy Entire Lessons
Save time with one-click transfer of entire lesson sets to your own Google Drive.
Editable Lessons
Customize materials to fit your teaching style, grade level, and classroom needs.
Still have questions?
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✏️ Editable teaching materials
📂 Bulk copy a unit to your Google Drive
🎁 Bonus materials in select units
🚀 Access to the upcoming “Classroom Activator” and improved “JobViz Career Explorer” Apps that are in the works.
⏩ More benefits coming soon!
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Yes. You can cancel anytime with no fuss.
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Yes! All our units are inherently interdisciplinary and fully documented!
On any unit page in our teacher portal, click the standards for a description of how we align!
We typically align to:
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
Common Core ELA
Common Core Math
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
CASEL Social and emotional learning (SEL) standards
For a few units, we have also aligned to the New Zealand Curriculum.
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Free Accounts get:
Presentations in View-Only Google Slides
Printables as PDFs
GP+ Accounts get:
Access to bulk copy all unit materials to their own Google Drive “My GP+ Units” Folder"
Download any file as PDF or Office ( .PPTX, .DOCX, .XLSX depending on file type)
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No, because we align to all widely used subject standards, our units are great for:
any subject teacher who wants to show how abstract concepts connect across disciplines in the real world
team teaching across subjects
Project Based Lessons (PBLs)
STEAM courses that want higher rigor, while still connecting STEM content to art and creativity