Twig Science Next Gen challenges students to experience real-world STEM roles and become creative problem solvers, making sense of engaging phenomena and deepening their knowledge, skills, and confidence. Whether in print or digital, Twig Science Next Gen is flexible and fun, providing teachers with a system of support to bring aha! moments to every lesson.
Investigate 3-D learning with real-world science and engineering designed by world-class scientists and award-winning storytellers.
Twig Science Next Gen lays out exactly how and where to apply NGSS standards—and it breaks them down into clear, achievable learning goals while giving teachers all the support they need.
No other program comes close to the quality, depth, and student appeal of Twig Science Next Gen’s content—students love our world-class videos, digital investigations, and amazing imagery.
Twig Science Next Gen is designed to meet you wherever you are on your NGSS journey. Whether you’re a 3-D learning expert or you don’t know your SEPs from your CCCs, we provide ideal professional learning content, including short refreshers on subject knowledge, module overview videos, and activity demonstrations from expert teachers—plus just-in-time support whenever you need it.
Students love building their skills and knowledge through investigations to solve real-world problems and design challenges—just like real working scientists and engineers.
We’re proud of our partnerships with leading universities, including Imperial College London and Stanford. No other program delivers this much engagement, reward, or pedagogical excellence.
Our multidimensional assessments (created with Stanford University’s SCALE team) are the best way for students to demonstrate their growing mastery of all three dimensions in the NGSS.
The program meets all of the NGSS three-dimensional standards, while integrating English Language Arts, WIDA, and Math standards—maximizing instructional opportunities and ensuring there is always time for science.
English Language Learner support and Language Development tasks include scaffolds for Emerging, Developing, and Bridging levels of proficiency.
Twig Science Next Gen gets students excited about science and maximizes instructional time by encouraging students to link science lessons to ELA, ELL, Math, History, Social Science, and the Arts.
Promoting equitable, responsive, and safe learning environments through highlighted cultural connections.