Inquiry-based programs where students analyze primary sources, build evidence-based arguments, and take part in rich discussion, in print and digital.
Explore Social Studies ProgramsSee 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.
Stop by to meet the TCI team. We'll be at NSTA National Conference on Science Education (NSTA), California Science Education Conference (CASE), and STANYS Annual Conference this month.
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.
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Lesson Experience
In this lesson from our Social Studies Alive! My School and Family program, students explore cooperative behaviors with the “Two on a Task” game, a song, videos, and acting out ways to get along.
Explore the Lesson about How Do We Get Along in School?
Lesson Experience
In this lesson from our Bring Science Alive! Grade 4 program, students plan and carry out an investigation using stream tables to simulate water flow and erosion.
Explore the Investigation about How Does Water Change Earth’s Surface?
Lesson Experience
In this lesson from our Social Studies Alive! The Western Hemisphere, students use historical recall and critical thinking skills to win big points in the What’s That Tool? game.
Explore the Lesson about Latin American Cultures: Past and Present
Lesson Experience
In this lesson from our Social Studies Alive! America’s Past program, students examine aspects of colonial life, such as government, society, and religion.
Explore the Lesson about Life in Colonial Williamsburg
Interaction
Students listen to episodes of Alive in Five to learn about the Reformation, including the factors that weakened the Catholic Church and leaders who ignited the Reformation movement.
Try it! about Listen in on Historical Podcasts
Interaction
Students explore rich primary sources, including first-hand accounts from immigrants who came to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Try it! about Listen to Immigrant Stories
Interaction
Students watch a video and read about eight key physical features of India as they answer questions about how early settlement was affected by its geography.
Try it! about Make an Illustrated Physiographic Map
Interaction
Students work as a deckhand on a container ship that travels around the globe. As they do, students learn about the impact of globalization and journal.
Try it! about Manipulate a 3D Model
Lesson Experience
In this lesson from our Bring Science Alive! Matter program, students observe images for various materials and use an investigation to explore chemical bonds.
Explore the Investigation about Molecules and Extended Structures
Interaction
Students use navigational clues to enter archways in the beautiful Sha Mosque and answer riddles about the flowering of Islamic civilization.
Try it! about Navigate Historically Significant Buildings
Lesson Experience
In this lesson from our Social Studies Alive! New York and Its People program, students learn about New York's history, diverse communities, and rich geography through hands-on investigations and real-world connections.
Explore the Lesson about New York and Its People
Interaction
Students act as photojournalists to learn about the nine Indigenous cultural regions of North America, watching a video and reading about the Indigenous groups of the Northwest Coast.
Try it! about Photolog About Indigenous Cultural Regions