EINSTEIN PROJECT CURRICULUM OPTIONS
Kindergarten
Life in the rainforest
Available 2025-26
life science
Anchoring Phenomenon
The Amazon rainforest is home to many plants and animals. The rainforest is being cut down.
Driving Questions
What are the needs of plants and animals living in the rainforest?
How can we protect things in the rainforest?
Unit Description
6 Lessons | 29-33 Days of Instruction
In the first section of this unit, students will explore the living and nonliving things in a rainforest. They plant seeds to figure out what plants need to grow and complete a card sort activity to figure out what animals need to grow and survive. They match animals to their environments and think about how they get what they need from where they live. In the second section, students read about the rainforest being cut down and think about how this impacts the organisms that live there. They develop models to communicate to others about protecting the rainforest.
Learn more in the Unit Overview.
MAterials for 1 Class | $250
PLAYGROUND COOLDOWN
earth and space systems
Anchoring Phenomenon
The school playground can get very hot.
Driving Question
What do we notice about the weather on the playground?
How can we keep cool on the playground?
UNIT DESCRIption
7 Lessons | 26-33 Days of Instruction
In this unit, students are tasked with designing a structure that can help keep them cool on the playground. In order to do this, students explore how sun and shadows change over the course of a day. Students also explore how weather changes throughout the seasons, what causes the seasons, and how weather forecasting can help us prepare for different types of weather.
Learn more in the Unit Overview.
MAterials for 1 Class | $250
make it go!
New version coming 2025-26
physical science
Anchoring Phenomenon
A galimoto toy moves back and forth.
Driiving Question
How can we make a galimoto toy and use it to demonstrate pushes and pulls?
Unit Description
6 Lessons | 19 Days of Instruction
In this unit, students will investigate how push and pull forces affect the motion of an object. Through hands-on experimentation, students will develop their own toy to demonstrate forces and changes in motion.
Learn more in the Unit Overview.
MAterials for 1 Class | $250
River rescue
physical science
Anchoring Problem
There is garbage in the Mississippi River.
Driving Questions
Why is the garbage a problem?
What can we do about the garbage in the water?
Unit Description
6 Lessons | 24-27 Days of Instruction
Students view photographs of garbage in the Mississippi River. Throughout the unit, students will investigate the problem to gather information about why the garbage got there, the types of garbage in the water, and how the garbage impacts living things. They will use their learning to design, test, and communicate solutions to clean up the garbage in the Mississippi River.
Learn more in the Unit Overview.