Kindergarten
S Five senses (one per day in Week 1), weather, plants. T Unplugged sequences — child programs, parent is the robot. E 5-block tower that survives a blow. M Count/compare to 20, shapes.
STEM by grade
Every grade year already has 36 weeks. This map names the STEM that year is built to teach — playful K–5, serious 9–12.
1st Grade
S Solids/liquids, magnets, plant life cycle, weather tools. T Patterns as algorithms; simple data (weather tally). E Magnet car or paper-ramp tests. M Add/sub within 20, place value to 100.
2nd Grade
S Habitats, push/pull, water cycle, rocks/soil. T Bar graphs; step-by-step instructions that another person can follow. E Push-pull vehicles; improve a design. M Regrouping within 100; equal groups.
3rd Grade
S Forces, safe electricity demos, plant adaptations, scientific method. T Tables, scaled graphs, debug a broken sequence. E First engineering notebook (sketch → test → change one variable). M ×÷ within 100, fractions on a number line.
4th Grade
S Energy, waves, ecosystems, rock cycle. T Measure, record, chart; intro to “the computer only does the steps.” E Energy / structure challenges with a constraint (budget of materials). M Multi-digit ×, fraction operations intro, decimals via money.
5th Grade
S Kitchen chemistry, solar system, weather systems. T Coordinate plane + simple spreadsheets on paper. E Elementary design capstone — build, test, improve, present. M Fraction ×÷, decimals, volume, pre-algebra thinking.
6th Grade
S Cells & body systems; weather/climate; energy & forces. T Data tables, device boundaries, intro models. E Multi-week prototype (ask–imagine–plan–create–improve). M Ratios, rates, expressions, one-step equations.
7th Grade
S Ecosystems, earth systems, waves. T Probability simulations; media vs measurement; AI as “a guess from patterns.” E Constrained design (materials + time). M Proportional reasoning, integers, equations both sides.
8th Grade
S Chemistry of matter, genetics intro, climate & human impact. T Read a real-ish data set; cyber-hygiene; academic honesty with tools. E Design challenge with a public explanation. M Pre-Algebra (linear thinking → systems readiness; Algebra I is 9th).
9th Grade
S Biology + CER lab notebook. T First Python/pseudocode lab; variables, loops, when not to let a chatbot write your lab. E Experimental design (independent vs dependent variable). M Algebra I.
10th Grade
S Chemistry labs (stoichiometry intro, safety). T Data tables from labs; significant figures as honesty. E Procedure design — write a method another student could repeat. M Geometry proofs.
11th Grade
S Physics or Anatomy / Environmental (family chooses the lab science). T Modeling, error, AI bias case study. E Research methods + mini prototype. M Algebra II.
12th Grade
S/E Capstone science/engineering — question, prototype or investigation, public demo, notebook as credit evidence. T Data analysis with Statistics tools; ethics of automation. M Precalculus or Statistics.