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Closing the Gap Between Data and Decisions: From Scattered Data to One Clear Picture

Tier 1 instruction is where learning happens, but too often, data doesn’t translate into action. Discover how HMH Pulse turns assessment insights into clear, next-day instructional decisions teachers can trust.

How to align multilingual instruction with the science of reading

Is AI improving learning—or just performance?

AI can make learning faster—but are we improving performance or deep thinking where it matters most?

Latest Posts

Multilingual students collaborate on a science investigation using observations, models, and evidence-based discussions.

Discover how NGSS-aligned science instruction helps multilingual learners build scientific understanding and language skills through hands-on, collaborative learning experiences.

Aaron Levy
Content Specialist, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Discover fun winter solstice classroom activities that celebrate the shortest day of the year.

Christen Spehr
Shaped Editor

WF2396139 Shaped 2025 Blog Post National STEM STEAM Day Hero

Explore 7 National STEM/STEAM Day activities that provide students in all grades the opportunity to develop key skills that will serve them throughout their lives.

Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor

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Explore these back-to-school science activities and experiments for the first day of science class.

Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor

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Honor our home planet with these 10 Earth Day activities and games for elementary students.

Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor

Famous Female Scientists

Teach students about eight famous women in science by downloading these posters. These women have contributed to fields ranging from engineering to astronomy to chemistry.

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Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage your child in objects in the sky.

Great outdoors

Explore a variety of kindergarten learning activities to engage your child in scientific exploration of the great outdoors.

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Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage your child in environmental conservation.

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Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage your child in objects in the sky.

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Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage students in the great outdoors.

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Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage students in environmental conservation.

WF2045303 Shaped 2024 Blog Post Fall Science Experiments Hero

Get into the spirit of the season with these 7 fun fall science experiments and activities for elementary school students.

Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor

WF1517050 Shaped 2022 NTL Blog Post Math Activities Lesson Plans

Find engaging math lessons and activities for every grade level.

Zoe Del Mar
Shaped Executive Editor

WF1289060 Shaped 2020 Revamp Elementary Science

Get your kids developing hypotheses, performing experiments, and gathering evidence with these interactive science activities for elementary students.

Jordan Friedman
Former Shaped Editor

WF1289060 Shaped 2020 Revamp Grade 1 2 Science

Use these science activities for 1st and 2nd grade to get kids conducting hands-on experiments and labs, brainstorming invention ideas, exploring space and constellations, and much more.

Kindergarten science

Our free, downloadable science activities for kindergarten will get kids planting, observing weather patterns, composting, and much more.

Science Formative Assessment: Assessing with Purpose

Dynamic science formative assessment engages students and promotes their thinking; additionally, it informs instruction for educators.

Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor

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Shorty Awards

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Finalist, 2023, Shaped

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People’s Choice Podcast Awards

Finalist, 2021 & 2023, Teachers in America

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