The Lab Bench - STEM Resources

This Algebra 2 Pre-Assessment Diagnostic is a teacher-created tool designed to assess the essential prerequisite skills students need to be successful in an Illustrative Mathematics (IM) unit - before instruction even begins. While I'M units include a pre-assessment, this diagnostic goes a step further by: (1) Focusing on foundational skills students must already have; (2) Providing multiple ways for students to demonstrate understanding; (3) Giving teachers actionable data to plan instru

Keep your students engaged and organized with these custom progress tracker templates, designed to support student learning throughout the OpenSciEd curriculum. While OpenSciEd encourages students to track their understanding in notebooks, these templates provide a structured, student-friendly format for recording ideas, reflecting on learning, and connecting lesson questions to the unit’s essential question. This resource was adapted from materials originally developed by OpenSciEd and licensed

Keep your students engaged and organized with these custom progress tracker templates, designed to support student learning throughout the OpenSciEd curriculum. While OpenSciEd encourages students to track their understanding in notebooks, these templates provide a structured, student-friendly format for recording ideas, reflecting on learning, and connecting lesson questions to the unit’s essential question. This resource was adapted from materials originally developed by OpenSciEd and licensed

Keep your students engaged and organized with these custom progress tracker templates, designed to support student learning throughout the OpenSciEd curriculum. While OpenSciEd encourages students to track their understanding in notebooks, these templates provide a structured, student-friendly format for recording ideas, reflecting on learning, and connecting lesson questions to the unit’s essential question. This resource was adapted from materials originally developed by OpenSciEd and licensed

Keep your students engaged and organized with these custom progress tracker templates, designed to support student learning throughout the OpenSciEd curriculum. While OpenSciEd encourages students to track their understanding in notebooks, these templates provide a structured, student-friendly format for recording ideas, reflecting on learning, and connecting lesson questions to the unit’s essential question. This resource was adapted from materials originally developed by OpenSciEd and licensed

Keep your students engaged and organized with these custom progress tracker templates, designed to support student learning throughout the OpenSciEd curriculum. While OpenSciEd encourages students to track their understanding in notebooks, these templates provide a structured, student-friendly format for recording ideas, reflecting on learning, and connecting lesson questions to the unit’s essential question. This resource was adapted from materials originally developed by OpenSciEd and licensed

Learning doesn’t just happen in correct answers—it happens in the thinking along the way. This poster helps students understand that showing their thinking, even when they’re stuck or confused, is valuable, expected, and meaningful. By making student thinking visible, teachers can better assess understanding, identify misconceptions, and support productive struggle. At the same time, students build confidence, persistence, and a growth mindset as they learn that effort, strategies, and question