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• PhD Science Texas
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Wonder, Investigate, Know

Phd science texas by great minds ®, a phenomenal new science program.

Introducing  PhD Science® Texas –the new 100% TEKS- and ELPS-aligned science curriculum .  PhD Science Texas is recommended by TEA and was approved in November 2023 by the Texas State Board of Education.

PhD Science Texas brings a new coherent, evidence-based learning approach where students act as real scientists and engage with authentic, real-world phenomena through hands-on investigations. 

PhD Science Texas  inspires students to wonder about the scientific world and empowers them to make sense of it.

Everything Needed to Teach and Do Science

PhD Science Texas  includes print, digital, and hands-on materials kits designed to spark student curiosity and provide teachers with high-quality instructional materials to lead every science lesson with confidence.

For Teachers

PhD Science Texas  provides teachers with the following materials and resources necessary to support high-quality science instruction:

• A  Teacher Edition  for three module topics covered in a school year includes all lessons and teacher support items.
• The  Great Minds Digital Platform  teacher access provides lesson facilitation slides along with all the same content found in the Teach  book.
• Formative and  summative  assessments embedded in every module with additional  Assessment Packs  available. 
• Implementation support including in-depth professional development and personalized coaching, Implementation Guides  explaining the curriculum's philosophy and learning design,  Pacing Guides that overview each module with options for differentiation, and more. 

For Students

PhD Science Texas  includes the following materials and resources to support students in building knowledge of the scientific world:

• Science Logbooks,  print and digital, where students will synthesize information and reflect on what they're learning.
• Student Science Packs  for additional lesson resources.
• Knowledge Deck™ Cards  to help students in Levels K–3 build knowledge on the module topic with engaging images and informational text. 
• Complex Trade Books  carefully selected to support each module's anchor phenomenon and provide students with additional literacy practice.
• Materials Kits  that include most materials students will need to conduct the hands-on investigations in each module.
• Family Tip Sheets  provide caregivers with guidance on how best to support their young scientists at home.

Great Minds Digital Platform

There's more to  PhD Science Texas  than can fit on the pages of a book. With  PhD Science Texas  on the Great Minds Digital Platform, students can continue building science knowledge anywhere, anytime. 

• Digital Assignments and Assessments  provide teachers with the means of tracking,  managing, monitoring, and reviewing progress at the student- or class-level with  in-depth reports and analytics.
• Projectable  lesson slides  for each day's lesson.

Supporting Teachers   Before, During,   and   After   Implementation

The  PhD Science Texas  teacher-writers have created a series of  professional development  and  personalized coaching  sessions available for the  2024–2025 school year  to support initial implementations of the curriculum and sustain successful implementations in the future.

Experience the Coherent Journey of PhD Science Texas

Access our free  PhD Science Texas  webinar series covering a wide range of topics, from how to support students in making sense of phenomena to components of well-balanced engineering activities during instruction. 

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Release Notes: School Year 20-21

Dec 22, 2021 • knowledge, information, may 14, 2021, wit & wisdom in sync™ .

The remaining grades K-8 Module 4 Learn Anywhere Plan Days are now available:  

• Grade K Days 25-32 
• Grade 1 Days 25-32 
• Grade 2 Days 25-30 
• Grade 3 already complete at Day 25 
• Grade 4 Days 25-30 
• Grade 5 already complete at Day 23 
• Grade 6 Days 25-29 
• Grade 7 Days 25-26 
• Grade 8 Days 25-26 

This completes Module 4 for Grades K-8.   

April 30, 2021

Grades K-8 Module 4, Learn Anywhere Plan Days 19-24 are now available and include all teacher and student resources. 

This is the final release of Grades 3 and 5.  

PhD Science in Sync™ 

PhD Science is releasing the last new content for Levels 3, 4, and 5. 

• Module 4 (Forces and Motion): Lessons 19b-30 
• Module 4 (Light): Lessons 25-27 
• Module 4 (Orbit and Rotation): Lessons 24-26 

April 16, 2021

Grades K-8 Module 4, Learn Anywhere Plan Days 13-18 are now available and include all teacher and student resources. 

PhD Science is continuing to add content for Levels 3, 4, and 5. 

• Module 4 (Forces and Motion): Lessons 15-19a 
• Module 4 (Light): Lessons 18-24b 
• Module 4 (Orbit and Rotation): Lessons 19-23b 

In addition to updated content, documents from the Teacher Resource Pack are being added to support implementation. The grade level resources include the Implementation Guide, Materials lists, Planning and Preparation Guides, Vertical Alignments and investigations Supports.  

Eureka Math in Sync™  

Continuing from prior releases, Eureka Math adds another ten days of instruction to all grades in Eureka Math in Sync covering days 171-180 of instruction.

April 5, 2021

In sync™ platform updates .

Teachers can “download all” student submissions for a given assignment in a combined zip file on the assignment monitoring page; the zip file will contain a folder for each student with their submitted file(s).  

After a teacher has closed an assignment, assignments are either completed or not completed for a student. Student monitoring columns have been updated to reflect these two status options more clearly.  

Various bug fixes and improvements, including: 

Font color fix for Science module titles in student Find library 

Teacher previews of PDF resources: bug fix to view on iPad all pages of certain PDFs  

Consistency in draw & text tool size labels in student PDF annotations. 

Affirm Platform Updates 

Teachers who are scoring assessments in Affirm will now have a filter to view all students’ attempts who need scoring 

Teachers will now be able to click Finish Scoring at all time, and if there are students who still need scoring, teachers will be given a list of which students need to be scored and directed to a filtered view of those students 

Teachers will now have the choice to either Complete, or Complete on Paper, students assessments attempts who started, but did not submit, an assessment. Note that a teacher will have to make this choice before finishing scoring. 

April 2, 2021

Grades K-8 Module 4, Learn Anywhere Plan Days 7-12 are now available and include all teacher and student resources. 

• Module 4 (Forces and Motion): Lessons 9b-14b 
• Module 4 (Light): Lessons 10-18 
• Module 4 (Orbit and Rotation): Lessons 13-18 
• All Modules are complete! 

Continuing from prior releases, Eureka Math adds another ten days of instruction to all grades in Eureka Math in Sync covering days 161-170 of instruction.

March 19, 2021

Wit & wisdom in sync™  .

Grades K-8 Module 4 start today!  

• Learn Anywhere Plan Module 4 Overviews and Days 1-6 with the related teacher and student resources are now available.  
• All Module 4 Projected teacher slides and student handouts are now available. 

PhD Science is continuing to add content for Level K–2 and Levels 3, 4, and 5. 

• Module 4 (Forces and Motion): Lessons 4a-9a 
• Module 4 (Light): Lessons 1-9 
• We found a successful resolution to our issues with Amelia Lost and have resumed content posting. Thanks for your patience! 
• Module 4 (Orbit and Rotation): Lessons 6-12b 
• Module 4 (Level 2.2 Earth Changes): Lessons 18-24 concluding the module. 

Continuing from prior releases, Eureka Math adds another ten days of instruction to all grades in Eureka Math in Sync covering days 151-160 of instruction.

March 11, 2021

In sync™ platform updates.

Improvements and bug fixes to the in-browser PDF annotation tool experience for students include: 

Top toolbar has been streamlined to improve screen size responsiveness 

Draw tool undo & redo consistency: each stroke drawn counts as a separate annotation, so students have more control over undoing specific lines   

Improvements for text tool on iPads: edit an existing text annotation by double-tapping the annotation    

For the teacher view of assignments:  

As currently implemented in Affirm, teachers will see assignments only from classes they are currently rostered to; a co-teacher removed from a class will no longer see that class’ previous assignments 

On the assignment details page, for active (open) assignments, addition of a new “Viewed” column that indicates which students have opened an assignment, but not  have yet not submitted the assignment 

Note: once an assignment is closed, assignments are either completed or not completed for a student (no students will appear under the “Viewed” column). Adjustments to column labels once an assignment is closed to reflect this will be included in the next platform release.   

Various bug fixes, including:   

Restoring “To Do” label on resources with active assignments in the ‘Find’ section for students  

Affirm™ Platform Updates 

Teachers can see unattempted student names from Reports

EM teachers can see raw score values in reports

Student names are alphabetized in Reports

EM Admins will now be able to see overall assessment score details in Standards CSV output

W&W Admins can now export Vocabulary assessment Data

Admins can now print all assessments from Affirm

March 5, 2021

The remaining grades K-8 Module 3 Learn Anywhere Plan Days are now available:  

• Grade K Days 25-29 
• Grade 1 Days 25-31 
• Grade 2 Days 25-31 
• Grade 3 Days 25-30 

Grade 4 Days 25-27 

• Grade 5 Days 25-32 
• Grade 6 Days 25-32 
• Grade 7 Days 25-30 

Grade 8 Days 25-32 

This completes Module 3 for Grades K-8.   

• Module 3 (Traits): Lessons 25b–28 
• Module 4 (Forces and Motion): Module introduction and Lessons 1–3b 
• An alternate item for Problem 5 of the End-of-Module Assessment is now available. The alternative item better aligns to the lessons in the module. The End of Module Assessment Support has also been updated to reflect the change.  
• Module 4 (Light): We are having issues getting permission from the publisher of Amelia Lost to read the text in our videos. We are working on another alternative. Thanks for your patience as we work through this. We will post as soon as possible and update all when a timeline is confirmed. 
• Module 4 (Orbit and Rotation): Lessons 1b–5 
• Module 4 (Level 2.2 Earth Changes): Lessons 13a–17 

Continuing from prior releases, Eureka Math adds another ten days of instruction to all grades in Eureka Math in Sync covering days 141-150 of instruction.

February 21, 2021

Grades K-8 Module 3, Learn Anywhere Plan Days 19-24 are now available and include all teacher and student resources. 

PhD Science in Sync™  

PhD Science is continuing to add content for Level K-2 and Levels 3, 4, and 5. 

• Module 3 (Traits): Module introduction including Lessons 18b-25a 
• Module 3 (Sense and Response): Lessons 25a-29 
• Module 3 (Earth Systems): Lessons 18b-27 
• Module 4 (Orbit and Rotation): Module Introduction and Lesson 1a 
• Module 4 (Level 2.2 Earth Changes): Lessons 8-12 

Continuing from prior releases, Eureka Math adds another ten days of instruction to all grades in Eureka Math in Sync covering days 131-140 of instruction. 

February 18, 2021

In sync™  platform updates.

Improvements to the assignment list filters for teachers include a new filter for assignment status (active or closed), as well as options to select “All subjects” for the curriculum filter and “All sections” for the class filter.  

Minor adjustments to the in-browser PDF annotation tool experience for students include:  

After creating a text annotation, students can adjust the size of the text.  

K-2 students can adjust zoom of the PDF via percentage dropdown or “Fit” option.   

For more information, please see the updates to the Completing and Submitting Student Work help center article.   

Assignment list section filter has been adjusted to improve display of longer class names.  

Some users encountered an ‘infinite scroll’ bug (returning to top) when scrolling down to load older assignments in the assignments list.  

Affirm  Platform Updates  

Wit & Wisdom Admin Reports Updates: 

CSV Outputs for New Read Assessments 

CSV Outputs for Focusing Question Tasks 

Admin Class Reports Drill Down 

Wit & Wisdom Assessment Filters added to Library 

Eureka Math Admin Class Drill Down will now give admins access to class Standards Reports that teachers see 

Major Bug Fixes: 

Resolution for: Admins do not see all classes in the Class Drill Reports 

Resolution for: Admins and Teachers can only print the first question in a report 

February 5, 2021

Grades K-8 Module 3, Learn Anywhere Plan Days 13-18 are now available and include all teacher and student resources. 

• Module 3 (Traits): Module introduction including Lessons 11b-18a 
• Module 3 (Sense and Response): Lessons 19-24 
• Module 3 (Earth Systems): Module introduction including Lessons 13a-18a 
• Module 4 (Level 2.2 Earth Changes): Lessons 5-7b 

Continuing from prior releases, Eureka Math adds another ten days of instruction to all grades in Eureka Math in Sync covering days 121-130 of instruction.   

January 28, 2021

In sync™  platform updates: .

New in-browser PDF annotation tool option:   

Teachers now have an additional option when creating an assignment that enables students to complete and submit the PDF within the  in Sync  platform. Teachers can still utilize the existing assignment options to enable students to download and upload a file, or not require a student submission for the assignment at all.    

Students can draw, create shapes, and type text directly on the PDF in their browser, without having to download and upload the completed file. Progress is automatically saved approximately every minute.  

For more information and brief demo videos, please see our updated Help Center articles:  Creating and Completing Assignments  and  Completing and Submitting Student Work .  

An anticipated issue was resolved: Student annotations using the new tool on the Spanish version of the PDF will be autosaved.

in Sync  support for multiple/new teachers in a class to access all class assignments: 

Any teacher associated with a class will now be able to create, review, close, and delete assignments for that class. 

If a Primary teacher is removed from a class and a new Primary teacher is added to the class, the new teacher will see all historical assignments for that class. 

Similar support was previously released last month for the  Affirm  platform. 

Teachers can filter their assignment list by curriculum and class.

If you use multiple curricula, first select the relevant curriculum, then select a class (“section”).  

An anticipated issue was resolved: Assignment list filter selections will be saved when a teacher navigates away from the assignments page. 

Easy access to greatminds.org user dashboard from the “Other Resources” button: 

When a user clicks on the “Other Resources” button in the App Switcher (the accordion icon in the upper right corner) they will be taken to their greatminds.org user dashboard.

The user will be automatically logged into their  https://greatminds.org/  account and will be able to access any resources they have previously added to their dashboard, in addition to those available at  https://greatminds.org/resources    

Some users with earlier versions of Chrome (browser version 86 or earlier) encountered an unexpected error when viewing html-based  Learn Anywhere Plan  pages.  

Teachers rostered to more than 20 classes were unable to select some classes when creating an assignment.  

Affirm  Platform Updates

New Eureka Math Administrator Standards Performance Report: Provides performance data against standards for each assessment submitted by a student. This report generates a row for each assessment taken by each student and provides performance data against standards in columns.   

New Eureka Math and Wit & Wisdom Administrator Participation reports provide data on how many assessments have been assigned per class and how many have been submitted by students. This data can help understand implementation trends within the district. Rows are generated for each class/grade combination, and only submitted attempts are counted. *note- within the Teacher UI, partial submissions are counted in the teacher visual reports, whereas within the Admin Participation Report, only full submissions are counted. For this reason, there are occasionally minor differences in calculated values. 

Updates to Live Monitor:  

Legend added 

Language change from “Score Submitted” to “Score Submissions” 

January 22, 2021

Grades K-8 Module 3, Learn Anywhere Plan Days 7-12 are now available and include all teacher and student resources. 

Module 3 (Traits): Module introduction including Lessons 7b-11a

Module 3 (Sense and Response): Lessons 13-18

Module 3 (Earth Systems): Module introduction including Lessons 8b-12

Module 3 (Level 2.1 Matter): Lessons 19b-31 (the end of the Module)

Module 4 (Level 2.2 Earth Changes): Lessons 1-4 

Continuing from prior releases, Eureka Math adds another ten days of instruction to all grades in Eureka Math in Sync covering days 111-120 of instruction. 

January 14, 2021

Updates to Live Monitor: Teachers will have an assessment progress monitoring tool that includes historical assignment status data for teachers. Prior to this update, teachers only see live, in-session details about the student’s progress. 

Teachers will now be able to score student assessment submissions while the Assessment is still open/live. 

Wit and Wisdom  Only: District and School Administrators will now be able to export CSV outputs of Question Set Data 

Wit and Wisdom  Only: User Interface updates to teacher class reports:  

Vocabulary reports in grades 3-8 will now label items “word” instead of “criterion” in the report UI. 

Updated display of assessment names in the overtime and student reports will make it easier to read the full assessment title. 

Eureka Math  Only: District and School Admins will now be able to drill down into and view teacher class reports. Admins will only see reports for teachers in classes associated with that Admin’s school/district. 

Eureka Math  Administrators Only- all districts will now receive the item analysis data in admin CSV outputs of Student Performance Reports. 

January 8, 2021 

 Grades K-8 Module 3 start today!  

Learn Anywhere Plan Days 1-6 and related teacher and student resources are now available.  

All Module 3 Projected teacher slides and student handouts are now available.  

Level 3 

Module 3 (Traits): Module introduction including Lessons 4-7a 

Level 4 

Module 3 (Sense and Response): Lessons 9a-12 

Level 5 

Module 3 (Earth Systems): Module introduction including Lessons 4-8a 

Level K-2 

Module 3 (Level 2.1 Matter): Lessons 14b-19a 

Continuing from prior releases, Eureka Math adds another ten days of instruction to all grades in Eureka Math in Sync covering days 101-110 of instruction. 

December 18, 2020 

Grades K-8 Module 3 Learn Anywhere Plan Overviews are now available.   The Module 3 Grades Learn Anywhere Plans for Days 1-6 and related teacher and student resources will be available on January 8, 2021. 

Module 3 (Traits): Module introduction including Lessons 1-3b 

Module 3 (Sense and Response): Lessons 5b-8 

Module 3 (Earth Systems): Module introduction including Lessons 1-3b 

Module 3 (Level 2.1 Matter): Lessons 9-14a 

December 10, 2020 

Affirm  platform updates:   .

Admin Reports: 

Updated User Interface for all users 

All Admins in existing districts will now have access to Reports 

EM Summary and Student Performance Reports 

WW End-of-Module Assessment Performance Reports 

School Admins can now select a school to output reports from 

Affirm ONLY (not  in Sync ™ ) support for multiple/new teachers in a class to access all class data: 

Co-teachers will now have access to all Assessment Assignments, Reports, and Scoring flows in Affirm 

If a Primary teacher is removed from a class and a new Primary teacher is added to the class, the new teacher will see all historical Assessment Assignments, Reports, and open/ready for Review Assessments 

Any teacher associated with a class will be able to score and close assessment assignments; however, administrator roles cannot assign, close, or score assessment assignments. 

Various Bug Fixes, including 

Bug Fix: Assignments that teachers assigned to multiple classes were only being assigned to one class. 

December 4, 2020 

The remaining grades K-8 Module 2 Learn Anywhere Plan Days are now available:  

Grade K Days 25-31

Grade 1 Days 25-32

Grade 2 Days 25-30

Grade 3 Days 25-29

Grade 4 Day 25

Grade 5 Days 25-30

Grade 6 Days 25-32

Grade 7 Days 25-32

This completes Module 2 for Grades K-8. 

Grades K-8 Module 3 Learn Anywhere Plan Overviews will be available on December 18. The Module 3 Grades Learn Anywhere Plans for Days 1-6 and related teacher and student resources will be available on January 8, 2021. 

For teachers and students with Geodes access, flipbooks and read-aloud videos Module 4 Books 1- 9 are available for Level K and Module 4 Books 1-8 are available for Levels 1 and 2. This completes Module 4 for Geodes. 

Module 2 (Survival): Lessons 20-28 concluding the module 

Module 3 (Sense and Response): Lessons 2b-5a 

Module 2 (Ecosystems): Lessons 20b-26 concluding the module 

Module 3 (Level 2.1 Matter): Lessons 3c-8 

Continuing from prior releases, Eureka Math adds another ten days of instruction to all grades in Eureka Math in Sync covering days 81-90 of instruction. 

December 1, 2020 

W&W Grades K-2 Vocabulary Assessments will now generate reports 

Update to FQT reports to change "Criteria" to "Criterion" 

New confirmation for teachers launching an assessment 

Bug Fix- Instances where the "Finish" button was inactive after teacher scoring have been resolved for Assessments going forward (retroactive fix still necessary for assessments already administered that contained the bug) 

Bug Fix- Equip reports were incorrectly grouping students who answered Core questions correctly with groups who did not answer subsequent branching questions correctly.  

Bug Fix- some cases where clicking "View EFK" were throwing an error in the student performance chart have been resolved 

Bug Fix: Updated language to correct a grammar mistake in W&W EOM reports 

in Sync™  Platform updates:

Teachers can now delete a specific file that a student has uploaded to an assignment. If a teacher would like to remove a file for any reason ( e.g.  the file contains inappropriate content, the student accidentally uploaded a file with personal information, etc..) they can do so by clicking the Remove Attachments trashcan button on the Student monitoring page. 

November 25, 2020: Cloud Service Outage

There are widespread reports that our cloud service provider is experiencing an outage. This appears to be impacting the ability to log into our digital platform. Our Technology team is actively working with our partners to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Once the issue has been resolved, we will post an update in this space. We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause and thank you for your continued patience.

Update : This issue has been resolved.

November 20, 2020: Administrators and Educators: As We Enhance the  Great Minds   in Sync  Experience, We Want to Know What You Think.

At Great Minds®, we’re committed to continuous learning and improvement. We listen to what teachers need to continue their critical work. Created by current and former teachers,  Great Minds ®  in Sync  is designed to meet instructional needs wherever teaching and learning take place.

As the school year progresses and learning grows and deepens, we want to hear from you about how the  Great Minds in Sync  platform is working for you and your students.

We know you’re busy. We greatly appreciate the time you have already taken to provide us feedback on your experience, whether through a previous survey, a phone call, or an email. We take your feedback seriously. If you have a few minutes to spare again or for the first time, we would greatly appreciate hearing your thoughts through our new survey. The administrator and educator survey is available here,  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CCCTT23 .

Thank you, and please reach out to us at  [email protected]  if you have any questions or additional feedback you would like to provide.

November 20, 2020 

Wit & wisdom in sync ™ .

Grades K-8 Module 2 Learn Anywhere Plans are now available for Days 19-24 and include all teacher and student resources. The remaining Module 2 resources will be available on December 4. 

Grades K-8 Module 3 Learn Anywhere Plan Overviews will be available on December 18. The Module 3 Grades Learn Anywhere Plans for Days 1-6 and related resources will be available on January 8, 2021. 

Module 2 (Survival): Lessons 16-20a 

Module 2 (Energy): Lessons 18-26 concluding the module 

Module 3 (Sense and Response): Module resources and Lessons 1-2a 

Module 2 (Ecosystems): Lessons 17-20a 

Module 1 (Level K.1 Weather): Lessons 29-30 concluding the module 

Module 2 (Level 1.1 Survival): Module completed 

Module 3 (Level 2.1 Matter): Module introduction, Lessons 1-3 

Continuing from prior releases, Eureka Math adds another ten days of instruction to all grades in Eureka Math in Sync covering days 71-80 of instruction. 

November 6, 2020 

Ability to easily print LAP pages. Our printing tool provides clean templates to print the LAP pages. We plan to continue to improve this feature. 

Teachers can now delete assignments from their assignments lists, which will also remove those assignments from their students’ To Do lists. 

Before clicking done on an assignment, students are now able to remove any files that they have mistakenly uploaded, and reupload a new file. Once a student clicks “Done” they will not be able to remove or reupload any files additional files for that assignment. 

Bugs fixed: 

“View” buttons for some links in the teacher experience were not working 

Improved experience assigning files to specific students and not the whole class 

Correct filenames are now appearing when a file is downloaded. Previously there were some additional characters that were being appended to the end of the filename.    

Printing Updates for Reports will now print multiple vertical browser pages 

Changes to prevent teachers from accidentally creating zero question custom assessments 

Fixes and updates for W&W Assessments (Updated new read reports will now show item analysis, numeric scores in the student performance charts, and the time on task bar chart has been removed 

W&W library filters will no longer show lesson or assignment types (previously it was showing irrelevant EM assignment types) 

W&W will now show CCSS in the assessment library and on assessments 

Scheduling modal for teachers with only one class will now auto select that class when a teacher schedules an assessment 

EM Equip reports will now have a toggle for teachers to switch between core and all items 

Grades K-8 Module 2, Learn Anywhere Plan Days 13-18 are now available and include all teacher and student resources.  For teachers and students with Geodes access, flipbooks and read-aloud videos Module 3 Books 1- 9 are available for Level K and Module 3 Books 1-8 are available for Levels 1 and 2. This completes Module 3 for Geodes. 

Module 2 (Survival): Lessons 12-15a 

Module 2 (Energy): Lessons 11-17 

Module 2 (Ecosystems): Lessons 12-16 

Module 1 (Level K.1 Weather): Lessons 23-28 concluding the module 

Module 2 (Level 1.1 Survival): Lessons 16-29 concluding the module 

Continuing from prior releases, Eureka Math adds another ten days of instruction to all grades in Eureka Math in Sync covering days 61-70 of instruction. 

October 23, 2020 

For Grades K-8 Module 2, Learn Anywhere Plan Days 7-12 are now available and include all teacher and student resources. 

PhD Science in Sync™

Module 2 (Survival): Lessons 8-11 

Module 2 (Energy): Lessons 6-10 

Module 2 (Ecosystems): Lessons 8-11 

Module 1 (Level K.1 Weather): Lessons 17b-22 

Module 2 (Level 1.1 Survival): Lessons 4b-14

Eureka Math in Sync™

Continuing from prior releases,  Eureka Math  adds another ten days of instruction to all grades in  Eureka Math in Sync,  covering days 51-60 of instruction. 

October 19, 2020 

Update to in sync  assignment tools  .

New!  Watch this video on the assignment submission functionality along with the ability to select individual or groups of students.

Student Submission of Assignments functionality is now available for  Great Minds   in Sync™.  Through  digital.greatminds.org ,  students can now submit their completed assignment files (including documents, images, and PDFs) back to their teachers with an easy-to-use upload tool. 

Teachers are now able to create assignments for individual and/or selected students, in addition to the previously released entire class assignment functionality. 

Update to  Eureka Math Equip  Reports  

Teachers are now able to filter for core items only in their class-level reports as well as sort by student performance at the item level.  

Updates to  Wit & Wisdom Affirm  Scoring and Reporting  

Teachers can now expand and collapse their scoring rubric during the assessment review process as well as view a detailed scoring guide for rubrics in the single assessment report. 

October 19, 2020:  Administrators and Educators: We Want to Hear from You

At Great Minds, we listen to what teachers need to continue their critical work. Created by current and former teachers,  Great Minds in Sync  is designed for teachers and students to meet instructional needs wherever teaching and learning take place.

Now that the school year is under way, we want to hear from you about how the  Great Minds in Sync  platform is working.

We know you are busy. If you have a few minutes to spare, we would greatly appreciate hearing from you. The administrator and educator survey is available here,  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TWP7QLL .

October 9, 2020

PhD Science  is continuing to add content for Level K-2 and Levels 3, 4, and 5. Level K-2 will be releasing content to support Level K and Level 1. 

Module 2 (Survival): Lessons 3-7 

Module 2 (Energy): Lessons 2-5b 

Module 2 (Ecosystems): Lessons 3-7b 

Module 1 (Level K.1 Weather): Lessons 11-17 including the Engineering Challenge 

Module 2 (Level 1.1 Survival): Module Welcome Video and Lessons 1-4a 

Wit & Wisdom in Sync™

Grades K-8 Module 2 start today!  

Learn Anywhere Plan Days 1-6 are now available.  

All Module 2 teacher slides and student handouts are available.  

For teachers and students with Geodes access, flipbooks and read-aloud videos Module 2 Books 1-6 are available for Level K and Module 2 Books 1-8 are available for Levels 1 and 2. 

Continuing from prior releases,  Eureka Math  adds another ten days of instruction to all grades in  Eureka Math in Sync,  covering days 41-50 of instruction. 

September 25, 2020

Continuing from prior releases,  Eureka Math  adds another ten days of instruction to all grades in  Eureka Math in Sync,  covering days 31-40 of instruction. 

PhD Science  is continuing to add content for Level K-2 and Levels 3, 4, and 5. Levels 3, 4, and 5 are completing Module 1 and starting Module 2.  

Module 1 (Weather and Climate): Lessons 26-29 including the End of Module Assessment 

Module 2 (Survival): Module Resources and Lessons 1-2 

Module 1 (Earth Features): Lessons 24-26 including the End of Module Assessment.  

Module 2 (Energy): Module Resources and Lesson 1 

Level 5  

Module 1 (Matter): Lessons 24-25 including the End of Module Assessment 

Module 2 (Ecosystems): Module Resources and Lessons 1-3a.  

Level K-2*  

Module 1 (Weather): Lessons 8-10 

*To access the K-2 resources, please contact  [email protected] . 

The following Module 1 Learn Anywhere Plan Days are now available: 

Grade K Days 25-30 

Grade 1 Days 25-28 

Grade 2 Days 25-28 

Grade 3 Days 25-28 

Grade 5 Days 25-26  

Grade 6 Days 25-31 

Grade 7 Days 25-32 

Grade 8: Module 1 previously completed on September 11, 2021 

This completes Module 1 for Grades K-8. Module 2 Learn Anywhere Plan Days will start publishing on October 9, 2021. 

September 11, 2020:  Assignment Tools for  in Sync , New Continuous Learning Resources, and More!

In sync  assignment tools.

Assignments functionality  is now available for  Great Minds   in Sync™.  Through   digital.greatminds.org,   teachers can now assign resources to students, and students can track active assignments on their To-Do list.   

In addition,  Eureka Math  and  Wit & Wisdom   Affirm®  users can now activate  text to speech  for student assessments,  delete assessments , and  Wit & Wisdom  teachers can now access student reports for some assessment types.   

Continuing from prior releases,  Eureka Math  adds another ten days of instruction to all grades in  Eureka Math in Sync,  covering days 21-30 of instruction. 

PhD Science  is continuing to add content for Levels 3, 4 and 5:

Level 3 Module 1 (Weather and Climate): Lessons 18-26 including a Conceptual Checkpoint and the Engineering Challenge. 

Level 4 Module 1 (Earth Features): Lessons 20-23 including a Conceptual Checkpoint and the start of Concept 4. 

Level 5 Module 1 (Matter): Lessons 16-23 including a Conceptual Checkpoint and the Engineering Challenge. 

Available on September 15,  PhD Science  will be releasing lessons for continuous learning for Levels K–2. Levels K-2 will be accessing the same Lessons exploring  Weather.  Resources including Getting Started with  PhD in Sync™  video,  PhD Science in Sync  User Guide,  PhD Science®  implementation Guide, and an overview Family Tip Sheet will be available. To access the K-2 resources, please contact  [email protected] . 

Level K-2 (Weather): Lessons 1-4a introducing the concept “What is weather?”

For Grades K-7 Module 1, Learn Anywhere Plan Days 19-24 are now available; LAP Days 19-20 are available for and complete Grade 8 Module 1. For teachers and students with Geodes access, flipbooks and read-aloud videos for Books 3-6 for Grades K-2 are also available; this completes Module 1 for Geodes. 

September 9, 2020:  Eureka Math Equip  Releases New Modules

Eureka Math Equip  has released the following Teacher Guides and Supporting Content along with Pre-Module Assessments:

Grade 2 Module 3

Grade 5 Module 2

Grade 8 Module 2

August 30, 2020:  More Great Resources for  in Sync

Continuing from prior releases,  Eureka Math  adds the following lessons to  Eureka Math in Sync :

Prekindergarten: Module 1, Lessons 21-30 

Kindergarten: Module 1, Lessons 21-30 

Grade 1: Module 1, Lessons 21-30 

Grade 2: Module 3, Lessons 3-12 

Grade 3: Module 1, Lesson 21 – Module 2, Lesson 9 

Grade 4: Module 2, Lesson 2 – Module 3, Lesson 6 

Grade 5: Module 2, Lessons 5 -14 

Grade 6: Module 1, Lesson 21 – Module 2, Lesson 1 

Grade 7: Module 1, Lesson 21 – Module 2, Lesson 8 

Grade 8: Module 2, Lesson 8 – Module 3, Lesson 1 

Algebra I: Module 1, Lesson 21 – Module 2, Lesson 2 

Geometry: Module 1, Lessons 21-30 

Algebra II: Module 1, Lessons 21-30 

Precalculus: Module 1, Lessons 21-30 

In the Latest release, a new “Completing the Science Journal on Chromebooks” video has been added as a resource for students and families.  

P hD Science  is continuing to add content for Levels 3, 4 and 5:

Level 3 Module 1 (Weather and Climate): Lessons 13-17 including a Conceptual Checkpoint for Concept 2 (Lesson 15b) and the start of Concept 3 (Lessons 16-17) 

Level 4 Module 1 (Earth Features): Lessons 11-19 including a Conceptual Checkpoint for Concept 2 (Lesson 11b) an Engineering Challenge (Lessons 12-17) and the start of Concept 3 (Lessons 18-19) 

Level 5 Module 1 (Matter): Lessons 11-15 including a Conceptual Checkpoint for Concept 2 (Lesson 12b) and the start of Concept 3 (Lessons 13-15) 

Beginning September 14,  PhD Science  will be releasing lessons for continuous learning for Levels K–2. The lessons are based on the pilot content and are available for free to all Great Minds in Sync users. To access the resources, please contact  [email protected] . 

For Grades K-8 Module 1, Learn Anywhere Plan Days 13-18 are now available and include all teacher and student resources. For teachers and students with  Geodes  access, flipbooks and read-aloud videos for Books 1-2 for Grades K-2 are also available; additional  Geodes  will be released every two weeks. 

August 16, 2020:  New Content Available for  in Sync

The following content has been added to  Great Minds in Sync™  products. Check back frequently for updates on the latest content available in our continuous learning tools.

Continuing from prior releases, Eureka Math added the following lessons to  Eureka Math in Sync :

Prekindergarten: Module 1, Lessons 11-20 

Kindergarten: Module 1, Lessons 11-20 

Grade 1: Module 1, Lessons 11-20 

Grade 2: Module 2, Lessons 3-10, Module 3, Lessons 1-2 

Grade 3: Module 1, Lessons 11-20 

Grade 4: Module 1, Lessons 11-20 

Grade 5: Module 1, Lessons 11-16, Module 2, Lessons 1-4 

Grade 6: Module 1, Lessons 11-20 

Grade 7: Module 1, Lessons 11-20 

Grade 8: Module 1, Lessons 11-13, Module 2, Lessons 1-7 

Algebra I: Module 1, Lessons 11-20 

Geometry: Module 1, Lessons 11-20 

Algebra II: Module 1, Lessons 11-20 

Precalculus: Module 1, Lessons 11-20 

In the latest release, PhD Science Sync is continuing to add content for Levels 3, 4 and 5:

Level 3 Module 1 (Weather and Climate): Lessons 8, 9, 10a, 10b (Conceptual Checkpoint), Concept 2 Lessons 11, 12 

Level 4 Module 1 (Earth Features): Concept 2 Lessons 6a, 6b, 7, 8, 9, 10 

Level 5 Module 1 (Matter): Lessons 6, 7, 8a, 8b (Conceptual Checkpoint), Concept 2 Lessons 9, 10 

For all Grades K-8 Module 1, Learn Anywhere Plan Days 7-12 are now available and include all teacher and student resources.  

August 7, 2020:   in Sync  Student Experience is Live

The Student Experience for  Great Minds   in Sync™  is now available. Through  digital.greatminds.org , students will find a variety of resources to support their learning, including daily video lessons and worksheets, and will be able to access and complete assessments assigned by their teachers.

August 3, 2020:  Welcome

This is your hub for information on Great Minds® continuous learning, a suite of products designed specifically to support teachers, students, and families during this unprecedented time.

Our commitment to you

The team at Great Minds is working hard to bring you the right resources to keep students on track this school year. We’re dedicated to supporting you, which is why over the next few months we’ll introduce new content and tools to ensure that you have everything you need to teach  Eureka Math ®,  Wit & Wisdom ®, and  PhD Science ® in any learning scenario. 

Check this page frequently for updates and information on our continuous learning and assessment products  Great Minds in Sync ™,  Great Minds Equip ™, and  Affirm ® and to learn about other digital tools and features designed to support you at school, at home, and everywhere in between.

What's available today?

Starting today, content publishes every two weeks for  Eureka Math in Sync  until Grades PK-12 modules are complete in May 2021. To support teaching preparation and planning, our goal is to publish ahead of where a classroom teacher might be in the curriculum.

Today, for Grades K-8 Module 1, we published the resources for the first ten days of instruction, including Learn Anywhere Plan (LAP) Days, videos, and  Eureka Math  Navigator. The  Eureka Math in Sync  User Guide is also available.

The first release of  PhD Science  content is now available including portions of Module 1 for Levels 3, 4 and 5:

Level 3 Module 1 (Weather and Climate)  covers the first 7 lessons from the Digital teacher edition split into 9 Daily Lessons (some lessons are split for distance learning). 

Level 4 Module 1 (Earth Features)  covers the first 5 lessons from the Digital teacher edition split into 10 Daily Lessons (some lessons are split for distance learning). 

Level 5 Module 1 (Matter)  covers the first 5 lessons from the Digital teacher edition split into 9 Daily Lessons (some lessons are split for distance learning). 

Resources available for each level include: Digital Teacher editions, welcome videos, daily lesson videos, downloadable PhD Projected slides, End-of-module assessments, Science Journals, Science Journal support, and Family Tip Sheets. Many of these resources are available in both English and Spanish. Teachers also have access to the Getting Started with  PhD in Sync™  video,  PhD Science in Sync  User Guide,  PhD Science®  implementation Guide, and an overview Family Tip Sheet that can be shared with families and students.  

Starting today, content publishes every two weeks for  Wit & Wisdom in Sync  until Grades K-8 Modules 1-4 are complete in May 2021. To support teaching preparation and planning, our goal is to publish ahead of where a classroom teacher might be in the curriculum. Here are the publishing start dates for each module for all grades:

K-8 Module 1: August 3, 2020

K-8 Module 2: October 12, 2020

K-8 Module 3: January 11, 2021

K-8 Module 4: March 22, 2021

Today, for Grades K-8 Module 1, we published the resources for the first six Learn Anywhere Plan days (LAP Days) along with the teacher edition. The  Wit & Wisdom in Sync  User Guide and Getting Started with  Wit & Wisdom in Sync  video are also available.

Did you know?

Great Minds in Sync  includes print and digital resources for  Eureka Math ,  PhD Science , and  Wit & Wisdom  that allow teachers to seamlessly toggle between classroom and virtual instruction to keep students building knowledge no matter where they are.

And because we know your students may need help catching up, we also recently introduced the assessment tools  Eureka Math  Equip ,  and  Affirm  for  Eureka Math  and  Wit & Wisdom .

Eureka Math Equip  is a digital pre-module assessment tool that helps teachers identify and bridge knowledge gaps from the past year and even earlier so students get up to speed without adding instructional days.

Affirm , our digital assessment tool, allows teachers to monitor student progress during and at the end of each module.

We’re here to help.

Learn more about  Great Minds   in Sync ,  Great Minds   Equip , and  Affirm  by selecting the link(s) below and find resources that highlight frequently asked questions and key topics related to these new products. And don’t hesitate to contact us at  202-223-1854 . We’re here Monday through Friday from 8:00AM - 8:00PM ET to answer any questions you may have. Or email us at  [email protected] .

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