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OpenSciEd® elementary materials are an open education resource and therefore free to download, copy, use, and/or modify. To download the instructional materials free of charge along with handouts, slides, and other unit resources, visit www.openscied.org/access-the-materials/ and complete the free registration.
Most of the digital materials are hosted in Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets—making it even easier for teachers to use the materials in Google Classroom.
This content invites students to explore science through a phenomenon-based, three-dimensional approach that promotes curiosity, understanding, and equitable learning. Crafted with insights from teachers and students across the country, each unit features thoughtfully selected phenomena and engaging storylines that draw students in. Along the journey, students develop essential skills like problem-solving, asking meaningful questions, and building arguments supported by evidence. With an interdisciplinary design, these units also seamlessly integrate literacy and math, nurturing critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills. For content-related questions, please contact OpenSciEd at info@openscied.org.
In an effort to lower barriers for all educators to use OpenSciEd, Kendall Hunt and OpenSciEd have partnered to sell high-quality print books. Professional learning and lab kits will be coming soon.
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- K.1 Energy: Sunlight – Why do some surfaces get hot and how can we make them less hot? Released
- K.2 Weather – How can we be prepared for the weather? Released
- K.3 Forces & Motion – How can we move things to where we want them to go?
- K.4 Ecosystems: Plants, Animals, and their Environment – What do plants and animals need and should we help them?
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- 1.1 Waves: Light – How can we read under covers when it is dark? Released
- 1.2 Waves: Sound - How do objects make and use sound to communicate? Released
- 1.3 Space: Sky Patterns – How do patterns of the Sun, Moon, and stars affect what we see in the sky?
- 1.4 Animal & Plant Traits – How do animals and plants use their parts to survive?
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- 2.1 Earth: Land Changing Shape – How do you wind and water change the shape of the land and what can we do about it? Released
- 2.2 Structure & Properties of Matter – How can we design a new toy? Released
- 2.3 Habitats & Biodiversity – What plants and animals live in different lands, waters, and other places?
- 2.4 Plants – How is that growing there?
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- 3.1 Forces & Interactions – How can we design objects to balance and move in different ways? Released
- 3.2 Weather & Hazards – Why do plants only grow well in certain places, and how can we protect them? Released
- 3.3 Trait Variations – Why do animals look and act the way that they do?
- 3.4 Ecosystem Change & Survival – How do changes to ecosystems affect what lives there?
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- 4.1 Energy Transfer: Collisions – Why does an object’s motion change? Released
- 4.2 Energy Transfer: Electricity – How do we power computers and other electrical devices? Released
- 4.3 Earth Processes – What causes Earth’s landscape to change and how do the changes impact humans?
- 4.4 Structure & Function – How do the structure and function of traits of living things benefit them?
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- 5.1 Ecosystems & Matter Cycling - How does a nurse log help other things live and grow? Released
- 5.2 Matter Properties - How can we make water healthy for all living things? Released
- 5.3 Earth Systems - How does changing the flow of water impact Earth's systems, and how can humans help?
- 5.4 Earth in the Universe - How and why does what I see in the sky change?
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