Free Materials Bring NGSS to Life Without Adding to Your Team’s Workload
Our free, phenomenon-driven, high-quality instructional materials are designed to make science relevant and engaging for every student. Materials that make real-world connections to science through the context of agriculture. We'll focus on relevance and rigor; you focus on a science curriculum that works.
Badged Units
Students deserve science that matters. Our NGSS badged units deliver rigorous, high-quality instruction that helps you meet standards and achieve your district goals.
Transfer Tasks
Measuring growth drives improvement. Our NGSS-aligned assessment tasks provide authentic, three-dimensional evaluations that capture true student progress.
Phenomena Bank
Students deserve science that connects to their world. Our Phenomena Bank offers student-vetted, real-world phenomena to help you design curriculum and assessments to engage learners.
Professional Development - Empower Your Teachers. Transform Student Learning.
You want educators to feel confident, inspired, and equipped to teach science that matters. But finding professional development that’s both practical and engaging can be challenging.
Our learning experiences energize teachers and elevate instruction through immersive workshops, dynamic online courses, and interactive webinars. We connect educators with cutting-edge science, real-world agricultural applications, and classroom-ready strategies.
Every session blends hands-on activities with expert guidance, so teachers leave with fresh ideas, ready-to-use materials, and the confidence to spark curiosity and critical thinking.
Your teachers deserve PD that works. Your students deserve science that inspires. Let’s make it happen—together.
Utilizing Transfer Tasks
This program will lead you through the process of accessing, implementing, and interpreting student results of an NGSS transfer task.
On The Farm STEM
This immersive program enables you to collaborate with experts in science education and agriculture to explore real-world phenomena.
Creating Culture that Makes it Work
This module will help you make the shift in your classroom from students learning to figuring out. What does it actually look like? How it will work in my classroom? Get ready... that's where we're headed.
Selected Downloads
Our featured downloads give you quick, ready-to-use activities that fit right into your day—whether you have five minutes or a full class period. From Puzzlers and science challenges to short demonstrations, these resources bring science concepts to life. They are phenomenon-based, designed to spark curiosity, build connections to real-world agriculture, and encourage active learning. Perfect for classrooms, afterschool programs, and special events, these activities are simple to prep, fun to do, and packed with educational value.
Recognized for Excellence
Our units proudly carry the NGSS Design Badge, a mark of quality awarded by NextGenScience for materials that fully embody the vision of the Next Generation Science Standards. This recognition affirms that our resources integrate three-dimensional learning, use compelling real-world phenomena, and support equitable, rigorous science education.
- 30+ Free NGSS aligned materials and activities
- 3 NGSS Badged Units
- 10,000+ Educators Served Nationwide
- 50 States where our materials are in use
- 10 Years of inspiring youth
- 50+ Professional Development Events completed
Seeding Sensemaking. Cultivating Curiosity.
We inspire the next generation of innovators by connecting students to the real-world wonder of agriculture. By equipping teachers with tools, training, and authentic experiences, we’re planting the seeds for a sustainable, food-secure future.
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