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Grades STEM Textbooks 
eSchool News
JUNE 16, 2025
Fortunately, a wide range of high-quality digital tools can help K-12 learners stay curious and build STEM skills throughout the summer months. Here are five online learning resources to support summer STEM learning: 1.
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eSchool News
JUNE 26, 2025
In the eighth grade, he started working on a math program that uses AI to provide just-in-time feedback and contextual hints. Another challenge is that many hints in textbooks and software programs are one-size-fits-all. Teachers work incredibly hard to help students meet grade-level expectations and excel.
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Edsurge
MAY 12, 2025
For example, Marylands state board has flagged that it wants every student career ready by the end of 10th grade. That includes how job skills play into math paths for students. As for Hatch Valley High School, Goins reports, students there saw improvement in test scores.
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eSchool News
APRIL 24, 2025
The survey polled 1,500 11th and 12th grade students from across the U.S. One in five educators believe that AI is the way of the future and both teachers and students will need to embrace it to succeed, while 17 percent stated that AI can be as valuable as textbooks to teach students concepts.
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eSchool News
MAY 5, 2025
The teacher and textbook arent the sole authorities in the classroom. Ill never forget a particular student in my Grade 8 math class. When grade-level rigor is built in, teachers are freed up to focus on how to deliver lessons in a way that invites all students into mathematics. These small choices can have waves of impact.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 28, 2025
Too many students don’t reach grade-level metrics and no one can agree on the cause. Today’s students demand more than just traditional lectures and textbooks; they’re looking for an engaging, flexible, and personalized learning experience. Something broke in American education these past years.
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eSchool News
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Whether in a decked-out lab space or a more traditional classroom setting, such as where I taught this summer, below are three tips for fellow educators looking to incorporate more hands-on learning into their STEM instruction. Start simple.
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eSchool News
APRIL 20, 2018
How can schools and districts prepare students for college and careers in STEM? Is it by asking them to passively read a textbook or listen to a teacher lecture? In Harmony Public Schools in Texas, we want students to become active learners, problem solvers, and STEM advocates. Student projects are vital to the STEM SOS model.
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eSchool News
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
The STEM Careers Coalition – the first-of-its-kind national STEM initiative powered by corporate leaders and anchored in schools by Discovery Education – invites educators, students, and communities to celebrate Black leaders in STEM year-round with the launch of dynamic careers content and a series of virtual educator events.
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eSchool News
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
. — IXL , the personalized learning platform used by more than 14 million students, announced that it has been added to Utah’s K-12 Math Personalized Learning Software Grant list by the state’s STEM Action Center. To further target instruction, the diagnostic provides educators with personalized action plans for each student.
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eSchool News
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Discovery Education Science Techbooks —which are currently used in classrooms across the United States and Canada—are a comprehensive, research-backed science solution for grades K-12 that combine digital-first teaching and learning resources to deliver impactful, blended instruction in person or at a distance.
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eSchool News
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
As a science teacher for grades 1-3, I wanted to create a completely different science lab experience for my young students. We started with a pilot for second grade students and then expanded that pilot to include first graders. All students in grades 1-3 currently use TinkRworks for science labs. It connected to our NGSS work.
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eSchool News
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
These are skills students rarely learn straight out of a textbook. The full report includes quantitative and qualitative evaluations of students’ problem-solving abilities after implementation of a pre-built, project-based STEM curriculum in science class. The fifth-grade group had similar results. Effectively implementing PBL.
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eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Two Kentucky school systems— Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) and the Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS )—recently selected Discovery Education to support STEM/STEAM education in their school districts.
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eSchool News
JULY 25, 2022
As a fourth-grade English/language arts and social studies teacher in an elementary collaborative learning magnet program–which is also a NASA Explorer School–I get the challenge of unlocking the minds of 9- and 10-year-olds who are more at home in the STEM subjects than in exploring literature or our country’s history.
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eSchool News
DECEMBER 4, 2020
Following a comprehensive evaluation, the Oklahoma State Textbook Committee has unanimously approved the Elementary and Middle School editions of Discovery Education’s Science Techbook for statewide use as core instructional resources. Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5
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eSchool News
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Discovery Education and leading corporate and community partners are partnering to offer engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support National STEM Day observances. The STEM Careers Coalition is a leading contributor to the vast array of new STEM-focused resources now available.
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Catlin Tucker
SEPTEMBER 8, 2019
Science teachers can ask students to share images from a lab or STEM challenge. Plus, the students’ scores on a “quick check” are not something I would put into a grade book. When I was coaching a second-grade teacher, we used FlipGrid to capture a sample of each student reading to assess their fluency.
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eSchool News
MARCH 18, 2024
Math should be an exciting space to be in, one that’s connected to experiences outside of the textbook or classroom. Excel in math and you can pursue a wealth of STEM and other rewarding careers. Through my own work in the classroom with students and educators, I’ve discovered a few key ways to change the narrative around math.
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eSchool News
JUNE 10, 2021
Building upon the CITGO Fueling Education initiative with Discovery Education, students in grades 5-8 were asked to identify a community problem and share a solution aligned to one of the four following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: safety and well-being, quality education, sustainable cities and communities, and life on land. “At
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eSchool News
JUNE 3, 2021
The following selection of no-cost digital resources connect families to continued learning in essential topic areas like STEM, financial literacy, health, and social-emotional learning: STEM Activities. Amazing Me delivers the best in social-emotional learning (SEL), health, and confidence-building content for students in grades 4-5.
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eSchool News
APRIL 8, 2021
This virtual field trip is appropriate for students in grades 6-12. The Be Vape Free initiative has at its core the proven-effective CATCH My Breath program which equips students in Grades 5-12 with the science-based background knowledge and practical refusal skills necessary to avoid risky behaviors like vaping.
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eSchool News
APRIL 21, 2022
Available on Discovery Education’s Earth Day website, this collection of K-12 content is organized by grade band and has been curated by Discovery Education’s team of curriculum experts. and anchored in schools by Discovery Education – presents a curated collection of sustainability-focused professionals in STEM.
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eSchool News
MAY 26, 2022
SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, May 26, 2022) —The Aim Academy of Science and Technology in Minneapolis, MN, today announced it has selected Discovery Education — the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place— to support science and social studies instruction in all grades.
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Edsurge
OCTOBER 3, 2023
The need to strengthen the science, technology, math and engineering (STEM) careers pipeline has received renewed interest lately. So what would it take to make STEM truly open to would-be future scientists? So what would it take to make STEM truly open to would-be future scientists? That was geography.”
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Edsurge
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
He and his students happily use open educational resources for textbooks. So, the digital textbooks are free—or students can pay to print them; Lyryx prints well. Open Textbook Library (umn.edu) - Find reviews of available OER, and also visit Open Education Network (umn.edu). Then, online grading would be another $40.
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eSchool News
JUNE 14, 2024
In just a few months, I transitioned from being a student at the University of Montana’s College of Education to leading the instruction of a room of rambunctious middle school students interested in STEM. Then, I moved into a new role as a K-8 STEM Director at my school. To say that the year has been a whirlwind is an understatement.
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eSchool News
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Among the no cost activities are four new Virtual Field Trips open to students, educators, and their families, a professional learning event from the STEM Careers Coalition , and the Discovery Education’s celebrated Discovery Educator Network VirtCon. EST. Grade Level: K-5. EST. Grade Level: 6-12. EST. Grade Level: 4-5.
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eSchool News
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
As the nation’s premier middle school science competition, the annual 3M Young Scientist Challenge invites students in grades 5-8 to compete for an exclusive mentorship with a 3M scientist, a $25,000 grand prize, and the chance to earn the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist.” Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5
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Edsurge
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
But by fifth grade I should understand more specific science and medical related careers, maybe something like biotechnology or biochemistry, and be aware of these other professions. When I first started, on July 28, 2014, the superintendent before me had ordered close to a million dollars’ worth of textbooks.
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eSchool News
AUGUST 30, 2022
The Discovery Education Science Techbook series is a comprehensive, research-backed science solution for grades K-12. Virtual and hands-on investigations, STEM activities, and a variety of instructional supports enhance the delivery of impactful, blended instruction, in person or at a distance. STEM Connect. STEM Connect ?blends
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eSchool News
MARCH 5, 2020
Laura Zangori, assistant professor in the MU College of Education, and Laura Cole, assistant professor of architectural studies, collaborated with the school district in Columbia, Missouri, to examine the impact of a certified green school building on 37 fifth-grade students.
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eSchool News
MAY 5, 2021
comprehensive, research-backed science solution for grades K-12. Virtual and hands-on investigations, STEM activities and a variety of instructional supports enhance the delivery of impactful, blended instruction, in person or at a distance. creating immersive STEM experiences, and improving academic achievement around the globe.
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eSchool News
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Numerade , the AI-powered online STEM learning platform, announced the company is offering a free year of access to its Numerade Plus subscription to all Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) K-12 students and teachers. Numerade Plus can also help them save time with lesson plans, quizzes and even grading assignments.
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Edsurge
JANUARY 19, 2018
Carnegie Learning , a Pittsburgh-based provider of math curriculum and training resources, is teaming up with the Smithsonian Institution on a “strategic alliance” to “develop new product solutions to help address the growing need for improved and expanded STEM education,” wrote Barry Malkin, Carnegie’s CEO, in an email. school districts.
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eSchool News
JANUARY 5, 2021
Through this new collaboration, NPS educators and students in all grades and all district locations are receiving access to dynamic K-12 digital resources that keep students connected to their natural curiosity at home, in school, or wherever learning is taking place. Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5
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eSchool News
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
For The Win Robotics focuses on fostering critical thinking and lifelong curiosity through the power of experiential STEM and computer science education through drone technology. Reading Horizons shared how its education customers are using its solutions to target pandemic-related learning gaps and reading deficits at all grade levels.
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eSchool News
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Created by hand2mind in 2012, Hands-On Standards reinforces key, grade-level math concepts and helps students deepen their understanding with hands-on manipulatives and activities. An industry-leading author, speaker, and educator, Fennell is widely published in professional journals and textbooks related to PreK–8 mathematics education.
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eSchool News
MAY 16, 2022
Davidson, NC and Silver Spring, MD (Monday, May 16, 2022) — Today, Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator, and Discovery Education, a worldwide edtech leader, announce they have teamed up to launch a multimedia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education experience for students in grades 5 to 10.
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eSchool News
APRIL 6, 2021
Through this new collaboration, educators, students, and families in grades K-12 in 20 schools across the United States are empowered with exciting digital resources, standards-aligned activities, and vetted, high-quality content carefully curated by grade level. Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5
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eSchool News
MARCH 16, 2021
Content in the Center is aligned to SEL competencies and is organized into tabs that focus on educator professional development and school culture, ready-to-use instructional activities, and multimodal, student-facing digital content for all grade bands. Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5
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Catlin Tucker
SEPTEMBER 8, 2019
Science teachers can ask students to share images from a lab or STEM challenge. Plus, the students’ scores on a “quick check” are not something I would put into a grade book. When I was coaching a second-grade teacher, we used FlipGrid to capture a sample of each student reading to assess their fluency.
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eSchool News
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Designed for students in grades 6-12, Dose of Knowledge empowers pharmacists and educators to discuss the importance of healthy lifestyle choices with students. Intended to spark critical discussions about prescription medication misuse awareness, the Day of Learning will showcase these new resources for educators, students, and families.
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eSchool News
APRIL 11, 2018
Districts around the country are moving away from teaching models based on lectures and textbooks—but transition isn’t always simple. A few years ago, this question inspired me to begin exploring a route for K–4 and 5th- and 6th-grade students that would allow us to stray from the traditional model of lecture and testing.
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