FOR ELEMENTARY SCIENCE TEACHERS
Build lessons with free elementary science resources. Let students put their knowledge to the test in a free Online Adventure. Then bring the mission off the screen with Discover, Identify and Collect.
Start a Free Adventure →LEARN AND PREPARE
Our ever-growing library covers Earth Science, Life Science and Physical Science. Worksheets, activities, vocabulary practice and teacher guides help students learn and reinforce the science for their next Adventure.
We want to put as much useful free material into teachers' hands as we can. Pick the resource that fits your lesson, print what you need and get your class ready to explore.
Explore Free ResourcesAPPLY AND ASSESS
Students enter a free Online Adventure, apply their science knowledge, solve challenges and defeat or drive off the Grumbly. Questions, feedback and retries turn a knowledge check into a story they want to finish.
Use the Adventure as a fun, low-stakes formative assessment. Each online mission is complete on its own, with no account, purchase or Dig Kit required.
Start a Free AdventureOPTIONAL HANDS-ON CONTINUATION
Ready to keep exploring? The hands-on mission has just three steps.
Dig in and uncover the missing specimens.
Use your science skills and specimen cards to identify what you discovered.
Keep your real specimens and collectible Gemlings, and grow your collection.
We are building more ways to fund Dig Kits for classrooms, including teacher-sponsored classroom and grade-level opportunities. Start with the program page to see current availability.
Teachers can start a Free Dig Kit campaign now. Kits follow full funding and school confirmation; funding is not guaranteed. Free resources and Online Adventures remain available without a kit.
Get Free Dig KitsGemlings give specimens a personality and students a story connection. Characters make discoveries easier to remember, care about and talk about.
The collection gives children a reason to return and try another science topic. A favorite Gemling can open the door to a completely different area of science. The characters pull kids toward the science.
The dig is the hook. The science can go anywhere.
Years of teaching have shown us how powerfully real specimens and hands-on digging capture attention. We use that excitement to extend learning in chemistry, ecosystems, the human body, forces and more.
The resources and Online Adventure teach the actual subject. The specimens are the hands-on discovery and collection experience, not a claim that a mineral is part of an unrelated science topic.
Our activities, pacing, characters and hands-on moments draw on what has held children's attention in real classrooms.
Use the dig as one big culminating experience, or spread discoveries across up to six science subjects or Adventures.
Each Excavating Adventures Dig Kit includes one six-part excavation dig with six real specimens, six specimen identification/trading cards and six collectible Gemlings. Match the pacing to your classroom plan and follow the kit instructions with adult supervision.
No Excavating Adventures Dig Kit is locked to a single science subject. Free online learning never depends on having a kit.
Useful lessons today. A free Adventure next. Hands-on discovery when your classroom is ready.