The civilization of ancient China forms the central content of the unit, with exploration of systems of language, leadership, economics, and architecture in this ancient culture. Students broaden their understanding by comparing the ancient Chinese civilization with aspects of their own lives and communities.
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The OpenSciEd elementary science program aligns with all NGSS standards for elementary education. This comprehensive curriculum encourages students to explore, design, investigate, and solve problems in the world around them.
OpenSciEd High School addresses all high school NGSS standards. This comprehensive science curriculum empowers students to question, design, investigate, and solve the world around them.
Yolanda’s Genius, a Newbery Honor winner, is the story of an African-American family’s love and courage in difficult times. Yolanda is smart, tough, and big for her age. Her brother, Andrew, doesn’t talk much and has trouble reading. But Andrew can create beautiful music on his harmonica. Yolanda wonders if her brother is a musical genius. Can his talent be developed and shared with other people? One day some boys destroy the harmonica – and Andrew’s music stops. Soon Yolanda must make an important decision: whether to try to find another harmonica for Andrew, or to obey her mother
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Have you ever wondered about the letters and words we use in talking and writing? What did people do before there were letters? Why are there only 26 letters in English? Often you are unaware that your questions drive your curiosity and exploration into language and communication. In this unit, your job is to decipher (figure out) the patterns, similarities, and differences of letters, word families and origins, sounds, and languages. Why are there so many languages in our world? Human language is unique and may help you to think in a different way as you explore the amazing variety o