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Elementary Science Curriculum

K-5 science curriculum designed to develop young students’ curiosity and inspire them to be tomorrow’s explorers.

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Explore the Elementary Classroom

The K-5 science classroom is where the foundations of great scientific inquiry begin. Aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), see how TCI’s curriculum drives student engagement and spurs inquisitive minds to consider, question, collaborate, and create.

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Giving Teachers Everything They Need

We understand the challenges teachers face today—we’ve been there. TCI’s programs come with classroom strategies, time-saving tips, and easy-to-use resources to streamline your day.

  • Flexible Lesson Plans and Teacher Manuals
  • Embedded Literacy Standards
  • Interactive Student Journals
  • Print and Digital Supplements
  • Artifacts and Lesson Materials
  • Investigation Kits and Engineering Challenges

 

Science Journals That Spark Curiosity

Ignite a passion for reading and learning science concepts with our easy-to-use, colorful science journals.

  • Students get access to everything they need in one place.
  • The Unit Checkpoint helps students build an explanation of the phenomenon as each unit progresses.
  • With hands-on engineering investigations, students master each lesson’s three-dimensional learning while acting like scientists to solve real-world problems.
  • Our Text with Notes feature allows students to capture key information while they read, helping them build a comprehensive—and personal—repository of three-dimensional learning.
  • With engaging performance assessment, students apply what they’ve learned, making it simple to evaluate their understanding across the three dimensions.
Science Journal

Designed For NGSS

TCI ‘s curriculum is built from the ground up for NGSS. We ensure the standards are covered so teachers can focus on aiding students in the development of scientific skills, such as observation, inquiry, argument, collaboration, and communication.

  • Integrated Science and Engineering Practices
  • Explorations of Disciplinary Core Ideas
  • Embedded Crosscutting Concepts

Download NGSS Guide for K-5 Curriculum Programs

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TCI’s K-5 Elementary Science Curriculum

TCI’s elementary science curriculum is built in alignment with NGSS and is constructed with three-dimensional, inquiry-based instruction at its core.

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Kindergarten

Nurture the youngest learners with structured, fun activities that help strengthen skills of observation, analysis, and inquiry. Explore plant science, movement, and weather in easy-to-manage hands-on activities that promote student-led learning.

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Grade 1

Seize on first graders’ propensity for questioning with investigations and engineering challenges that explore plants and animals, light and sound, and astronomy. Captivate inquisitive minds with engaging lessons and activities.

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Grade 2

Promote rational argument and the construction of simple models that represent the scientific world as learners explore plant and animal survival, materials and their uses, and how Earth’s features change over time.

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Grade 3

Cultivate the creative and inventive nature of third graders with a hands-on curriculum that promotes data interpretation and analysis through the study of habitats, weather systems, life cycles and traits, and forces of motion.

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Grade 4

Discover fourth-graders’ capacity to create and solve real-world problems with immersive investigations that explore plant and animal structures, energy, Earth’s changing surface, and waves.

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Grade 5

Propel fifth graders into deeper explorations of the world with investigations and challenges that inspire observation, examination, and the construction of models. Students explore the roles of weathering, erosion, and deposition in shaping the Earth’s surface. They analyze patterns in wave motion, and how energy is transferred by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

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Literacy In Science

Our curriculum interweaves literacy and science to strengthen communication and scientific understanding.

  • Reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language skills are introduced in every science unit.
  • The rich content promotes a close reading of the text.
  • Blended informational and literary text selections are included.
  • Students use all three types of writing to draw evidence and support claims.
  • Structured “Science Talks” promote collaboration and communication.

Learn More About Our Embedded Literacy Frameworks

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