Fancy standards
The NGSS standards… and us
Honestly? We sorta hate the official Next Generation Science Standards.
Their goal is wonderful: to identify the most important knowledge so as to help teachers convey science to students.
Their reality is… less wonderful. Too often, standards come across like bureaucracy. They feel soulless — if you don’t believe us, try to read them! They seem to suck the life out of science’s heart.
We don’t just teach a different way — not lectures, but fast-paced, interactive riddles — we also build our six-year curriculum on a different set of standards.
But we bit the bullet, and figured out how our six years of topics align with the Next Generation Science Standards “Disciplinary Core Ideas”.
Their core ideas, our topics
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Q: Why should I care about these?
We don’t think you should! But if you need a course that matches up with the highest standards, yeah, we do that. We meet all of the NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas each year.
Want to understand more?
We’re building something that, at present, barely exists — a cumulative science curriculum.
Wanna see what this unlocks? Take a look at our introduction to the whole six years.
Wanna see the science concepts that we are building the course around? Take a look at our list of all the concepts.
And want to join in our adventure?