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Unlock Your K–5 Students' Curiosity with Social Studies and Science

Spark a love of learning—where every discovery helps students understand the world around them. 

Empower young minds to explore their world, ask big questions, and connect with their community. IMPACT Social Studies and Inspire Science for Grades K–5 equip educators to maximize limited instructional time and deliver engaging, hands-on, and cross-curricular learning experiences.

Try these inquiry-based programs today and discover fun resources you can use with your students!  

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Use these social studies and science resources in your class today 

Revolutionize Your Classroom With McGraw Hill + Kahoot!

Our partnership with Kahoot! takes learning to the next level—gamifying your classroom to simplify teaching and ignite learning. Designed to complement and expand our world class content library in Science and Social Studies, these ready-to-play kahoots use quizzes, puzzles, True/False questions, polls, drop pins, and more to drive engagement and participation from all learners.

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Impact News for Social Studies and Science

Students build knowledge and enrich reading comprehension by using Impact News reading response pages. Each article is paired with at least one reading response page to encourage students to engage with what they read. Response pages are available in English and Spanish.

Explorer Magazine

The Explorer Magazine is a fun, easy-to-use student resource with accessible and interesting social studies content. Use it as a supplement during your literacy block or as an individual and/or collaborative resource during dedicated social studies instruction.

Inquiry Project

IMPACT Social Studies Inquiry Projects place students at the center of the learning experience. Engaging Essential Questions make learning fun and relevant as students unpack historical concepts and discover unique perspectives as they answer lesson questions and analyze high-quality primary and secondary sources.

Dinah Zike's Foldables®

Created by award-winning author, educator, and inventor Dinah Zike, Foldables are interactive graphic organizers that enhance vocabulary, strengthen notetaking skills, and unlock content.

Science Read Aloud and Investigator Magazine

In grades K–1, the Science Read Aloud Books pair a narrative story and informational text together to introduce each module. In grades 2–5, the Investigator Magazine provides a collection of engaging articles about real-world science and engineering stories, available in two levels

Inquiry Activities

Inquiry Activities are student-led and inquiry-driven experiences that promote both scientific literacy and proficiency with the science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, and crosscutting concepts.

Page Keeley’s Formative Assessment Science Probes

Found at the beginning of each lesson, the Probes present the lesson phenomenon in an engaging way while promoting discussion and revealing commonly-held preconceptions students may have.

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