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Join our network of teachers enjoying free, editable STEM lessons based on real research.

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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.

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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.

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FUN STEM LESSONS FOR STUDENTS

Explore sample STEM lessons

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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.

What other teachers are saying

  • Students were highly engaged with SciJourneys Lesson 1 and loved participating in the Question Web Challenge. I have noticed an immediate improvement in how students ask, answer, and debate higher level questions as a result of teaching this!

    Winifred Waters, Horizon Science Academy Southwest Chicago, IL

  • I loved the visuals that showed habitat loss and fragmentation within the video...I also loved the various perspectives presented, it felt like the information was presented in a way that allowed students to form their own views.

    Stephanie Rapciak, Greenwich Country Day School, CT

  • Just the overall presentation and quality of it is next level. My students are very engaged and love the lessons. The first data graph analysis allows them to create their own graphs based on their own words that they're searching for, so it really drew them into the intrinsic value of looking for answers.

    Ethan Oltean, Wichita Public Schools

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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.

  • 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)

  • 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