Zack Cronin
In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, selecting the right digital curriculum is crucial for administrators tasked with ensuring student success. OpenSciEd’s digital science curriculum, combined with the powerful features of the Kiddom platform, by exposing and equipping students to be college and career ready.
OpenSciEd’s curriculum is made even better on the Kiddom platform as it empowers administrators and teachers to create engaging and effective learning experiences.
OpenSciEd’s Digital Science Curriculum
OpenSciEd’s curriculum has earned a stellar reputation for its commitment to research-based practices and alignment with state standards. By leveraging this comprehensive and dynamic curriculum, educators can foster a deeper understanding of scientific concepts among their students. With a focus on inquiry-based learning and hands-on investigations, OpenSciEd’s curriculum equips students with the skills necessary to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
It does this through its storyline approach. A logical sequence of lessons that are motivated by students’ questions that arise from students’ interactions with scientific phenomena.
To help teachers and students advance through a unit storyline, the instructional model takes advantage of five routines—activities that play specific roles in advancing the storyline with structures to help students achieve the objectives of those activities. The routines typically follow a pattern as students kick off a unit of study, investigate different questions they have, put the pieces together from those investigations, and then problematize the next set of questions to investigate.
Why OpenSciEd + Kiddom
Customization for State Standards and Student Needs:
OpenSciEd’s curriculum, integrated within the Kiddom platform, provides administrators with the ability to customize the curriculum to meet specific state standards and cater to diverse student needs. This flexibility ensures that educators can tailor the learning experience to address the unique requirements of their students and maintain alignment with academic standards.
Time-Saving Features of Kiddom’s Built-in Presentations:
Kiddom’s platform offers a valuable feature for educators: built-in, expert-created, and standards-aligned presentations. These ready-to-use materials save teachers valuable time in lesson planning and enable them to focus on delivering engaging and interactive science lessons. With access to a repository of high-quality presentations, teachers can enhance student learning experiences and foster a deeper understanding of scientific concepts.
Streamlined Navigation and User-Friendly Interface:
Navigating the Kiddom platform is a breeze for both students and teachers. The user-friendly interface ensures that educators can easily access OpenSciEd’s curriculum, assignments, and assessments. Intuitive design and smooth functionality enable teachers to focus on delivering engaging lessons rather than grappling with complex technology.
Automated Grading and Data Analysis:
The integration between OpenSciEd’s curriculum and the Kiddom platform streamlines the grading process by automating assessments and assignments. Teachers can effortlessly grade student work, providing prompt feedback and identifying areas of improvement. There is no limit when it comes to question types, either.
OpenSciEd provides specific “look-fors” when grading and reviewing assignments and assessments. This a powerful tool that educators can use to understand exactly where their students are
Additionally, the platform’s data analysis capabilities allow teachers to gain insights into student performance and identify knowledge gaps, enabling targeted interventions to support student learning.
Curriculum Adoption and Impact Measurement for Administrators:
Administrators play a pivotal role in curriculum selection and implementation. With the Kiddom platform, administrators can track the adoption and usage of OpenSciEd’s curriculum across classrooms. Furthermore, the platform provides valuable insights into the impact of the curriculum, helping administrators make data-driven decisions to optimize instructional practices and support student achievement.
Data helps more than just the students as well, based on trends district administrators can align professional development directly with teacher needs.
OpenSciEd’s digital science curriculum, combined with the robust features of the Kiddom platform, empowers administrators and teachers to create transformative learning experiences. The ability to customize the curriculum, leverage time-saving features, analyze data, and measure curriculum impact makes OpenSciEd on Kiddom a game-changer for science education. By embracing this dynamic combination, schools can unlock the potential for student growth, engagement, and success in the ever-evolving world of science.
Kiddom seamlessly connects the most critical aspects of teaching and learning on one platform.
For the first time, educators can share and manage digital curriculum, differentiate instruction, and assess student work in one place. Learners can take assessments online, see student performance data with the click of a button, and teachers have the insight and tools they need to create individual learning paths.
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