Trail Mixes

Bite-sized lessons for STEM

These little lessons were designed to make technology use in the classroom

easy, approachable, and fun! Just like the real stuff, with TRAIL Mix, you can

take just a small handful of immersive technology lessons (or gobble up a

whole lot!) to fuel your class’ learning experiences.

Length: Single Lesson (30-60 minutes)


Grades: K-12

Gravity and Air
Resistance

GRADE 3-5 This TRAIL Mix includes

combination of science and technology

skills. Students will make predictions and

conduct an experiment about the rate at

which 2 different items made from the

same material fall to the ground. Students

will examine how the force of gravity

affects falling objects and develop

a beginning understanding of how air

resistance counteracts gravity.

Trail Guides

Multi-lesson learning adventures

These rigorous lessons follow the research based 5E Model of instruction, and

are organized into 5-lesson thematic units that cover multiple weeks of

instruction. TRAIL Guides are tightly aligned to Next Generation Science and

ISTE Standards. Also, TRAIL Guides follow Universal Design For Learning

guidelines to ensure they accommodate every learner.

Length: Full Unit(4-6 lessons)


Grades: K-12

Eclipses

GRADE 3-5  In this 2-3 day lesson, students

will explore what happens during solar and

lunar eclipses. Students will experiment

with physical models to develop a better

understanding of how the positions of the

Sun, Earth and Moon create eclipses, and

conclude the lesson by creating Flipgrid

videos to explain and showcase their

understanding of eclipses.