NGSS Science Techbook - Discovery Education Global

Designed to support the Next Generation Science Standards, Science Techbook for NGSS is a breakthrough K-12 digital curriculum. Built on the 5E model, this digital textbook helps teachers use the NGSS framework with model lessons, hands-on labs, STEM project starters, and embedded standards-aligned assessments. Everything students want and teachers need can be found in a single, dynamic resource.

Science Techbook for NGSS brings real-world, engaging educational content from national partners like MythBusters, Cheddar, NBA, Shark Week, MLB, and Street Science into the classroom. This ever-growing collection contains exciting resources that engage students through multimedia, STEM career highlights, and virtual field trips, creating lasting connections between science and their everyday lives.

Science Techbook for NGSS uses anchor and investigative phenomena-driven questions as catalysts for the inquiry process, triggering students’ natural sense of curiosity. Students identify crosscutting connections and demonstrate an understanding of science through the application of scientific practices and disciplinary literacy skills.

Every student is unique in their learning path. Science Techbook for NGSS is specifically developed for diverse student audiences and curated for ease of access. High-quality, multimodal content is essential to improving academic vocabulary, breaking down barriers to learning, providing all students with multiple ways to learn and engage in higher-level thinking. Science Techbook for NGSS supports students of different abilities, learning styles, and language needs by delivering information through interactive games, multimedia resources, text-to-speech, and the ability to adjust Lexile levels, along with authentic Spanish translations and integration with Google Translate.

Val Verde Unified School District, CA

"Discovery Education provided the guidance and structure we needed to switch to phenomena-based and inquiry-based instruction."

Doug Henderson STEAM Coordinator

Available Courses

Science Techbook for NGSS is available in Investigative and Unit Anchor Phenomena in the following courses:

Elementary Science (K-5)
Middle School Science (6-8)
High School Science (9-12)
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Earth & Space Science

Easy To Use. Anywhere. Anytime.

Whether you're using a one-to-one or one-to-many approach, Science Techbook for NGSS is designed to work seamlessly in any instructional setting. Accessible to teachers and students from any device 24/7 and combined with award-winning customer support, educators are equipped with the tools they need to succeed in the modern classroom.

Make Differentiation Easier

Meet the unique needs of your students with a variety of differentiation tools integrated at point of use. An extensive collection of Technology Enhanced Items (TEIs) and online entry items are embedded in digital text to help teachers uncover what students already know. Students can highlight, add sticky notes, and have the text read aloud. Reading levels can be modified and text can also be viewed in authentic Spanish.

Encourages Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Builds context and understanding of science concepts, providing students with opportunities to generate creative solutions to real-world problems and make career connections.

Inspire the Students of Today and Create the Scientists of Tomorrow

See Science Techbook NGSS Results

District leaders were initially attracted to Science Techbook because of its deeply rooted connection to NGSS. Powerful model lessons help teachers give students a relatable anchor point for learning about their world, inspiring all learners to discover the passion of a scientist in each of them.

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Inspire the scientist in every student with Science Techbook for NGSS

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Engage with Real-World Content

Critical Thinking & Scientific Practices

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