Open SciED Exemplar Units

Open SCI Ed SIGNALS High Quaility Instructional Materials.
EdReports is in the process of reviewing OpenSCIED now.

The Open SciED middle school science materials and free online science resources for teachers are phenomenon-based, three-dimensional units that prioritize student coherence and equitable science sense-making. The units are developed with teacher and student voices from across the country informing the selection of the phenomena and the storyline of the unit. Throughout our units, students develop their ability to solve problems, ask and answer questions, and argue from evidence.

The OpenSciEd Middle School science program follows the OpenSciEd Scope and Sequence and addresses all of the middle school NGSS standards. Learn more about the materials in our Program Overview document.

1. The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) signals high-quality science curriculums like OpenSciEd which is being used in this professional development.

1. As an Open Education Resource (OER), this curriculum is available online for free but professional development and science materials do come at a cost.

1. In Arkansas, school districts locally adopt standards-aligned materials based on a process determined at the local level. If local school districts choose to use a curriculum, they have the responsibility of reviewing specific content in the program they select for bias and divisive elements and adapt for use by the district.