Inquiry-based programs where students analyze primary sources, build evidence-based arguments, and take part in rich discussion, in print and digital.
See the Social Studies overviewSee how TCI engages all learners and provides comprehensive teach support to Bring Learning Alive! in K-12 classrooms.
Active learning, teacher-ready lessons, and a high-quality curriculum have always been at the heart of TCI. The new programs are sharper, more consistent, and built as a true K-12 system.
Bring Science Alive! is phenomena-driven and NGSS-aligned. Every unit opens on an anchoring phenomenon, then students investigate it the way scientists do.
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In this lesson from our Bring Science Alive! Weather and Climate program, students create their own wind, build a balloon barometer, and track atmospheric pressure.
Self-paced courses, live events, and opportunities to connect with or lead other educators — support that continues long after implementation week.
Join Brian Thomas and Loyal Frazier on October 20 at 6 pm ET for practical ways to help students evaluate sources and the growing volume of online and AI-generated information.
Research-backed guidance on the questions districts are actually asking — from HQIM adoption to AI in the classroom.
Michael Washington, a 22-year classroom veteran, sees differentiation as how a lesson itself, built through active learning strategies, can reach every student in the room at once.
Built by teachers, for teachers.
Bringing Learning Alive! since 1989.
Megan Forbes is in her 15th year of teaching, and the program bends to how she wants to teach that day. Some days, that's the textbook and interactive notebook. Other days it's a Video Activity.
Explore practical strategies, research, and classroom ideas from educators.
October 31, 2023
TCI’s social studies programs provide lesson planning tools so you can focus on what you do best: teaching.
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October 2, 2023
TCI’s programs are available in English and Spanish to support bilingual students and Spanish immersion classrooms.
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August 7, 2023
TCI’s middle and high school social studies programs help students develop a strong command of English and practice reading and writing.
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August 7, 2023
Social Studies Alive! integrates literacy with social studies, providing opportunities for elementary students to practice reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language skills.
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July 27, 2023
Explore first day of school icebreakers, activities, and strategies for K-12 classrooms to create rapport with students.
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July 27, 2023
Build student interest in engineering with Engineering Challenges in TCI’s Bring Science Alive! programs for elementary and middle school.
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May 15, 2023
TCI’s Bring Science Alive! programs are designed to meet the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). See how TCI’s programs make NGSS come alive.
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May 1, 2023
TCI’s K-12 social studies programs provide a wide variety of assessments. Pick from TCI-created games, processing assignments, and tests—or make your own with TCI’s test builder tool.
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May 1, 2023
TCI’s elementary and middle school science classrooms are rich with real-world phenomena that stoke students’ curiosity about the world around them.
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April 10, 2023
TCI's science videos for middle school classrooms. Key Science Concept videos reach students who prefer learning with visuals and animations.
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March 6, 2023
From hands-on investigations to simulations to video-driven activities, TCI’s NGSS-aligned science programs include engaging science activities and lessons.
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February 15, 2023
Our science and social studies curriculum provides various reading and english learner support tools, including closed captioning, text-to-speech, Spanish translations, reading levels, and more, to meet students’ unique learning needs.
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