Program Overview-Experience Science
Program Overview-Experience Science
Overview
Grades K–5
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“Unlock the explorer inside you.”
Mike Heithaus, Ph.D.
Biologist, Florida International University
Co-founder, Symbio Education
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Program Resources Included
Experience Science is a hands-on, station-friendly curriculum that incorporates
three-dimensional learning. Flexible enough to fit into any classroom situation,
the print and digital resources are manageable and simple to use. Accessible lab
materials make experiential science affordable and doable.
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Experience Science Grade 5
Seamless integrations with more than two dozen major edtech applications offer plug-and-play interoperability with top
classroom tools.
PLEDGE
Endorsed
CERTIFIED
And Many More!
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Three-Dimensional Learning
Experience Science K-5 seamlessly integrates three-dimensional learning within
a 5E model through dynamic small group rotation stations. Students engage
in hands-on investigations, explore concepts deeply, and connect real-world
phenomena, making every rotation an opportunity for discovery and growth.
Transform your classroom into a hub of scientific inquiry and excitement!
T O P I C L AU N C H EXPERIENCES
Literacy
Station
Topic
Everyday
Anchoring Small Group Sensemaking
Phenomenon
Phenomenon Collaboration Activity
Activity
Activity
Hands-on
Science or
Engineering
Station
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TOPIC WR AP- UP
EVALUATE
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Ultimate Teacher Support
Experience Science supports your teaching style and minimizes prep time. Whether
you are a new or experienced teacher, planners, presentations, prompts, and prep
videos make it easier to fit science into the day and teach with confidence.
EXPERIENCE X | AT-A-GLANCE
Energy Transfer
ANCHORING CONNECT TO Literacy!
PHENOMENON Energy in a Pinball Machine
READING Supported Standarads RL.4.1, RL, 4.3 VOCABULARY Supported Standards L.4.4
Literacy Station: Students focus on the reading skill make Literacy Station: Students use context clues to
3-Dimensonal Objective NGSS SEP, DCI, CCC connections as they identify the movement of energy through determine the meanings of vocabulary words and
Students will investigate and make observations to 4-PS3-2 Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred motion, waves, and sound in their own lives. then draw pictures to show the meaning.
provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. WRITING Supported Standarads W.4.2, W.4.8, W.4.9
by moving objects, waves in water, and sound.
SEP-3 Make observations to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence for an Literacy Station: Students will write a summary of the main a
Vocabulary: sound, energy, transfer, waves explanation of a phenomenon or test a design solution. idea of the Read About It.
b
Hands-On Science Station and STEAM Art Activity: c
PS3.A Energy can be moved from place to place by moving objects or through
Teacher Prep Video Remember to watch or Students categorize data and information in tabls and write
sound, light, or electric currents.
listen to the Teacher Prep Video to prepare to about their conclusions.
teach this Experience! PS3.B Energy is present whenever there are moving objects, sound, light, or heat.
CCC-5 Energy can be transferred in various ways and between objects.
Also: 4-PS3-2, SEP-3, PS3.A, CCC-5
Engage (15–30 min) Explore (30–45 min) Explain (15–45 min) Elaborate (20–40 min) Evaluate (5–20 min)
How does energy What happens when energy transfers
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EXPERIENCE
1 2 3 1 2 3
Hands-On Station | Energy Transfer
into the water and observe every day. Use a new term and from your daily life.
the effects on the paper boat. you learned.
4 Draw Conclusions
Analyze your data. Describe patterns you find about
the transfer of energy by waves in water.
Everyday Phenomenon Stations Sense-Making Activity STEAM Art Activity Experience Quiz
Video Hands-On Science Station Complete the quiz for this Experience to
determine where students need additional
Tuning Fork in Water Activate student Check for student sense-making about Sound Energy and Dancing Salt Make a help with understanding energy transfer.
thinking about the transfer of energy with How does energy transfer by waves? Investigate the transfer forms of energy and various ways energy musical instrument from a tissue box and
this video. Students will revisit the Everyday of mechanical energy to a paper boat through the formation of can be transferred. rubber bands. Pluck the rubber bands to
waves due to an object being dropped in water. REVISIT ANCHORING PHENOMENON
Phenomenon after completing the Explore demonstrate sound energy and energy
stations. Key Ideas transfer to cause the movement of nearby Energy in a Pinball Machine Have
salt crystals. students revisit their previous thinking
Literacy Station Presentation about the Anchoring Phenomenon using
Everyday Phenomenon Facilitate student sense-making of the Legends of Learning the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning framework.
What happens when energy transfers from one object to
Activity another object? Have students use the Read About It to science content and practices they
Game
identify how energy is transferred in everyday life and make explored and connect it to the Anchoring
Tuning Fork in Water Engage students in Phenomenon. Energy Forms and Changes-Systems
thinking about the phenomenon by having connections to personal experiences.
Game Build your own system to visualize
them record their observations, thoughts,
and questions about the phenomenon.
Key Ideas Video and track how energy flows, transfers, and
changes.
Discover the different ways that moving
objects transfer energy.
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Ready-Made Lesson Presentations
Grab and go with editable, mini-lesson presentations that provide scripted
slides and differentiation suggestions.
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Phenomena-Based
Instruction
Explore the wonder. Experience Science uses
awe-inspiring phenomena to investigate science
concepts. The 5E Model scaffolds inquiry instruction
for students to actively build understanding. Students
explore, collaborate, and communicate as a whole group
and in small groups.
Anchoring
Phenomenon Videos,
Charts, and Activities
Spark curiosity and engage
students in scientific thinking with
thought-provoking media and
discussions.
Alternate Phenomena
Suggestions in the Teacher Guide
present familiar alternatives to
connect students to content.
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Station Cards
in English
and Spanish
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STEAM
Connections
Easily integrate Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM)
while connecting students to STEAM career
professionals.
Name
Forces such as friction, gravity, and push all affect how a rocket moves through
space. Potential and kinetic energy are also involved in a rocket’s movement.
You will design a balloon rocket and then modify your design to make it travel the
farthest possible distance.
Define a Problem
1. Write a statement describing your problem.
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Design
2. Draw a model of the design for your balloon rocket on a separate sheet of
paper or in your Science Notebook. Label which parts of your design you
might change to make the rocket fly farther.
Go on a Mission!
Access award-winning
video adventures
and projects.
Simulate It! PhET™ digital
simulations let students
interact with science
concepts and experiences.
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Real-World STEAM
Professionals
Savvas “Fab 4” Contributors
1 Kevin J. DeBruin 3 Dr. Tracy Fanara
Former NASA Rocket Scientist, Environmental Engineer
Founder of Space Class, Author Research Scientist for NOAA
SCAN TO
WATCH
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Targeted Support Features
Experience Science includes helpful diagnostic and progress-monitoring tools to
track student readiness and understanding. Point-of-use tools ensure guidance for
student support when needed most.
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Comprehensive Assessment Support
Experience Science K-5 provides comprehensive assessment support, including
formative and summative assessments, to track student progress and guide
instruction. Tailored feedback and insights help you address diverse learning
needs, ensuring every student thrives in their scientific journey.
Diagnostic Assessments
• Grade Readiness Tests with Remediation
• Topic Readiness Tests
• Scaffolded Question Probes
Formative Assessments
• Exit Tickets
• Reading Checks
• Sensemaking Activities
• My Progress Self-Check
• Vocabulary and Concept Games
• A
nchoring Phenomenon Activities,
Everyday Phenomenon Activities, Station
Activities, Topic Reader Activities
Summative Assessments
• Spiraling Activities
• Experience (Lesson) Quizzes
• Short Constructed Response Tests
• Topic Tests with Remediation if needed
• End-of-Year Tests
• Science Story Comics and Activities
• Cumulative Tests (Grade 5)
Performance-Based Assessments
• STEAM Stations
• Hands-on Explorations
• Science 3D Missions
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Experience ScienceStation
Literacy provides quality science instructional materials
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How do animal use their parts?
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Animal Parts, Vocabulary Activity Cards
readers WHAT
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EXPECT Help students explore the Read About It text. Students will Read Literacy Station
connect examples of animal parts from the text to prior knowledge they have b
to build academic vocabulary, comprehension, and writing skills. about animals. They will also practice using newly acquired vocabulary in various
activities to develop their understanding of how animal parts help different animals
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squirrel or a chipmunk grasp an acorn or a peanut. (Accept reasonable answers.)
Vocabulary Water Cycle and Weather
Vocabulary Support
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Multiple Meanings Point out that some
words can have more than one meaning,
Reading 4F, 4G Have students use their prior knowledge and photos to
enhance and confirm understanding of how animal parts help animals survive.
Anchor dependingChart on how they are used. The
word part is one of those words. Present Name
Direct students to the Anchor Chart Activity. You will find an editable/printable
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climate Write vocabulary on weather in a and read
sticky notes version of this activity online and also in the Experience Science Activity
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if it will help them. They can write notes in English or increase
• Advanced Ask students to echo-read the passage after you as they follow their use of formal terms as they become more familiar with the language.
along. Then have peers look back at the Read About It and name animal • I will play a part in the school play.
• Ask What forces act on the skateboarder? (Accept any answer. The specific
parts and actions they see in the photos to confirm understanding. (“a role”)
correct answers are the forces, pushes, gravity, and friction, but students may
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animalterms, such as
has many by drawing
parts. arrows to indicate the directions
(“something Ancho
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water
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acquired vocabulary words such as grasp:asAnrain, snow,claws
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REVISIT EVERYDAY PHENOMENONaround Earth in different
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Have students apply what they have learned in the stations to the Everyday
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partner any new understandings they have about the phenomenon.
Present Address Misconceptions
and read through this topic’s Vocabulary Cards as a class: attract, contact
force, friction, gravity, interaction, magnetism, motion, noncontact force, pattern,
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the Vocabulary Activity. They can return
to this page as a reference for this topic’s vocabulary terms. This activity can be
printed and added to Science Notebooks. Topic Reader
• Consult the Station Card pages for strategies that build toward science
vocabulary proficiency and fulfill the Texas ELPS. Objec
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Topic Readers
Present this topic’s set of Topic Readers. Encourage students to select books from
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content. These books may be read at any point before, during, or at the end of this
combustible topic.
fossil fuel • Energy and Motion Around Us (Lexile: 570L)
fósil • Objects in Motion (Lexile: 800L)
a substance formed
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Evaporation
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opic Readers provide additional Imagine you are walking to school and rain suddenly
starts to fall. This change in weather is the result
opportunities to reinforce concepts. of water moving from one place to another. The
water cycle is the way that water moves around
Earth in different forms.
So where did the rain that fell on you come from? It
may have come from a lake, river, or ocean. Energy
from the sun causes water on Earth’s surface to
evaporate. Evaporation is a slow change from
liquid to gas.
For example, imagine a lake that is filled with water.
On a sunny day, water evaporates from the lake and
moves into the atmosphere, the air above Earth. As The diagram
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Science Notebooking
Vocabulary, writing, and lab activities provide ample daily opportunities
for students to record in their science notebooks and demonstrate their
understanding of science concepts.
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Science + Social Studies
In some instances, time can run short, and flexibility is essential. That’s why
Experience Science includes ready-made and editable social studies lessons.
With a range of social studies Topics and holidays, each lesson consists of
mini-lesson slide presentations with teacher notes and activities.
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Science + Math
Mathematics skills and strategies are integrated into hands-on and data
analysis activities. Students frequently practice and apply their math skills
using a number of print and digital resources, like Virtual Labs and the
Student Activity Companion.
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Experience Partnership
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to meet targeted goals. We offer a full continuum of professional
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