Each module is built around an engaging storyline that places the phenomena and problems in real-world contexts. For example, in Grade 1 Module 1, students curate their own Museum of Leafology to explore why some plants are different and others are the same.
In Grade 3 Module 1, they make sense of how objects are pushed or pulled by designing their own Ultimate Playground. While in Grade 5 Module 2, students go undercover at Yellowstone National Park to figure out how matter and energy move through an ecosystem. At the start of each module, students are shown a movie-style trailer video, which captivates their imagination for the challenge ahead.
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Grade 1 Module 1 Museum of Leafology Trailer video
Grade 3 Module 1 The Ultimate Playground Trailer video
Grade 5 Module 2 Yellowstone: Uncovered Trailer video
Every module is broken down into chapters called Driving Questions, which students complete in a sequence. These are identified at the start of every Teacher Edition in the Module Contents (TE pp.ii–iii). The phenomena and problems that students investigate in each DQ scaffolds their acquisition of the DCIs, SEPs, and CCCs that are required to master the Module Phenomenon or Investigative Problem.
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Module Contents TE pp.ii–iii
In addition, each module is complemented with a magazine-style Leveled Reader (available in four levels, plus Spanish) that provides additional exposure to relevant phenomena/problems, as well as interviews with scientists and engineers from diverse backgrounds. Packed with stunning images, cartoons, and jokes, they are designed to appeal to students from a diverse range of learning abilities.
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Roller-Coaster Ride (Grade 3 Module 1 Leveled Reader p.6)
Our Leafy Friends (Grade 1 Module 1 Leveled Reader Cover)
Roller-Coaster Ride (Grade 3 Module 1 Leveled Reader Cover)
Shake, Rattle, and Roll (Grade 4 Module 4 Leveled Reader Cover)
Where Are the Bees? (Grade 2 Module 4 Leveled Reader p. 14)