The California Science Techbook Experience
Science Techbook Experience Program Components
Science Techbook
- Virtual labs and lessons and robust STEM challenges to motivate students and support teachers
- English version with two Lexile levels
- Authentic Spanish version
- Embedded tools for note taking, highlighting, and text-to-speech in multiple languages
- Availability on any device
Teacher and Student Print Editions
Combined digital and print teacher guides offer lesson overviews, standards connections, and differentiation activities to inform instructional planning and guide three-dimensional learning. Teacher editions also provide flexible pacing options, embedded teacher notes, and Pathways for Learning to address diverse learners at various levels. Print student editions and interactive worktexts are included for every grade level and integrate seamlessly with the digital and hands-on assets of this comprehensive program.
Hands-On Kits
Stimulating Hands-On Kits bring science to life! Students are immersed in science and engineering practices throughout the lesson, while teachers save time with instructional videos and pre-packaged supplies, making it easy to promote an active learning environment.
Discovery Education Experience
Discovery Education Experience is packed with a wide variety of teacher tools and classroom resources, including those from partners like MythBusters, NBA, Lockheed Martin, Shark Week, MLB, and Street Science. This flexible K-12 learning platform offers vetted instructional materials and high-quality content, curated by Discovery Education curriculum experts and differentiated by grade level. Choose from an extensive collection of content types—videos, images, audio, text—that mirror the unique interests of students and help them make relevant, lasting connections between science, the classroom, and their everyday lives.
Elementary
TK-5 Reviewer Guide
Comprehensive reviewer guide, program walkthrough, pedagogy and differentiators.Courses
List of Unit and Concepts by grade level.Toolkit: Kindergarten
Foundations, ways to monitor student progress, teacher support, and student work program responses.Toolkit: Grade 1
Foundations, ways to monitor student progress, teacher support, and student work program responses.Toolkit: Grade 2
Foundations, ways to monitor student progress, teacher support, and student work program responses.Toolkit: Grade 3
Foundations, ways to monitor student progress, teacher support, and student work program responses.Toolkit: Grade 4
Foundations, ways to monitor student progress, teacher support, and student work program responses.Toolkit: Grade 5
Foundations, ways to monitor student progress, teacher support, and student work program responses.Unit Outlines
Unit Storylines including Unit Outline, Concepts, Anchor Phenomena, Investigative Phenomena and Assessment.Literacy Cards
Literacy Connections and integration between Science Techbook and CA Literacy Programs.Hands-On Kits
Grade Level Materials list for Hands-On Kits.Concept Walkthrough: Grade 1; Light in Action
This grade 1 example represents how concepts are presented throughout the grades K-2 California Science Techbook.
Concept Walkthrough: Grade 3; Magnetic Force
This grade 3 example represents how concepts are presented throughout the grades 3-5 California Science Techbook.