These tip sheets provide an overview of each module’s concepts and how you can support your student scientist at home with ongoing conversations, activities, books, and websites.
Curriculum Overview for Families
WELCOME FAMILIES
An Introduction to PhD Science.
Great Minds®, creator of Eureka Math2® and Wit & Wisdom®, is proud to offer PhD Science®. This Levels K–5 science curriculum inspires students to be curious about the world and empowers them to make sense of it. PhD Science is a knowledge-building, phenomenon-driven curriculum. The instruction provides students with a real-world context for their learning by focusing on an observable event (a phenomenon) that can be explained or predicted. Through these real-world phenomena, PhD Science sparks students’ curiosity, drives their investigations, and leads to deep understanding of scientific concepts.
Making Sense of the World Around Them
Explore activities and other helpful resources related to PhD Science below.
PhD Science Module Map
Learn more about how students will learn complex science concepts with PhD Science. See what module topics and phenomena are taught per grade level.
At Home Activities
All students, whether they use PhD Science or not, can enjoy these hands-on activities. We’d love for all students to engage in the joyful rigor that PhD Science offers. In PhD Science, students do science to make meaningful connections and deeply understand scientific concepts.
Family Tip Sheets
With PhD Science, students think and act like real scientists and engineers. Help your student understand how the world works by exploring phenomena at home and in your community. PhD Science Family Tip Sheets help parents understand the science concepts students explore in the program and provide tips to support your scientist at home.
Available in English and Spanish.
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