Grade Level: Elementary
Subject: Science (Physical Science)

The S2M2 curriculum unit consists of three discourse-rich, model-based inquiry kindergarten lessons (Models and Modeling, States of Matter, and Phase Changes) that align with core science ideas and skills.

Grade Level: Middle
Subjects: Science (Biology, Earth Science)

 

Journey to El Yunque provides a set of free, web-based investigations in which students compare scientific models to long-term data about the rainforest and construct causal models that explain trends in the long-term data.

Grade Levels: Middle, High
Subject: Science (Earth Science)

Tectonics Explorer (TE) is a dynamic model of plate interactions on an Earth-like planet. In this web-based three-dimensional simulation of multiple plates, students can change the properties of plates such as density, direction of movement, and locations of plates and continents.

Grade Level: High
Subject: Science (Biology)

The Deep Structure Modeling (DSM) project addresses the pressing need to more effectively organize science teaching and learning around “big ideas” that run through disciplines and includes a freely available two-week unit on teaching cellular respiration by modeling the big idea of energy.