We strive to create mind-expanding learning experiences that a non-specialist can teach in any G5-12 classroom with 15 minutes of prep time!
Each unit has 2-6 lessons created through 100s of collaborative hours by scientists, teachers, artists, and filmmakers.
And they're all free!
Tinkering with Light
Looking to Biology for Better Solutions
How group behavior can produce surprising problems...and solutions!
Exploring how crystal symmetry can power everyday life
How perception, emotion, and cognition shape our preferences
Chemical Engineering Dyes to Brighten Lives
Why Exceptions Matter in Biology and Everyday Life
Challenging long-held assumptions about birdsong through data visualization
Preventing extinction through gene flow
Free lessons to engage students in current research, real world problems, and interdisciplinary thinking.
Discover the secrets printed on the US dollar bill using a water drop-lens, and explore lens innovations throughout history with a timeline puzzle sort.
Part of: Photon Engineers
Learn how lenses bend light through an interactive video, and brainstorm new materials to design a sight-correcting lens.
Part of: Photon Engineers
Illustrate the anatomy of a wave by linking together as a human wave-medium to transmit waves with different amplitudes and frequencies. Then, investigate the full spectrum of light waves with a ranking game.
Part of: Photon Engineers
Expand on the advanced properties of light. Then design a code that uses waves to send a message to Mars!
Part of: Photon Engineers
Students self-reflect and draw mind maps to identify a product in their lives that could be more interesting, sustainable, or functional.
Part of: Bioinspired Design
Students find a functional bridge to biology. They use field guides, AI chatbots, and other resources to find adaptations that are analogous to the design challenge they have set for themselves.
Part of: Bioinspired Design