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Mystery Science

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Overview

Overview
Mystery Science is Discovery Education’s elementary science lesson program. Teachers use short videos, guiding questions, discussion, readings, and low-preparation hands-on activities organized into standards-connected units.
A lesson produces observations, discussion, and hands-on evidence beyond the digital content. Teachers connect that work with the unit sequence and any locally maintained records of student understanding. The adopted edition and implementation determine the available digital records. Curriculum teams and teachers coordinate materials, access, and the interpretation of locally assessed work.

Features

Features
Audience and instructional role

Grades / learners:

elementary science learners
Primary users:

elementary teachers, students, curriculum leaders, and families
Learning focus:

phenomena, inquiry, discussion, hands-on investigation, and science explanation — Discovery Education’s elementary science lesson program
How it supports learning

  • Teachers use short videos, guiding questions, discussion, readings, and low-preparation hands-on activities organized into standards-connected units.
  • Teachers should connect use to explicit learning goals and inspect student work rather than rely on completion or engagement alone.
Implementation and instructional decisions

  • Confirm whether it serves core science or supplementation and ensure adequate instructional time, materials, writing, assessment, and local standards coverage.
  • Districts should confirm accessibility, language support, student-data practices, assignment workflow, reporting, and the continuing role of teacher judgment.

Student Data Privacy

Student Data Privacy
Review the Common Sense Privacy Rating:
N/A

Mystery Science Privacy Policy:
https://www-media.discoveryeducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Discovery-Education-Privacy-Policy-01-03-23.pdf

Signed California Student Data Privacy Agreement?
Yes

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Standards-aligned curriculum that inspires kids to love science!
Mystery Science is an innovative, standards-aligned, hands-on curriculum that teaches children how to think like scientists.  Our phenomena-driven instruction helps kids to better understand and communicate about the world around them through writing, discussion, and exploration.

Standards-aligned curriculum that inspires kids to love science!
Mystery Science is an innovative, standards-aligned, hands-on curriculum that teaches children how to think like scientists.  Our phenomena-driven instruction helps kids to better understand and communicate about the world around them through writing, discussion, and exploration.

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