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Standards Based

Meeting Everyone’s Standards

Missions are a hands-on science curricula for the elementary school grades. The Missions system was developed to meet rigorous educational standards while providing an exciting, motivating science experience for learners of even the youngest ages. Missions curriculum correlates to state and national standards. Teachers, principals, and schools are held accountable today more than ever for meeting educational standards. Pitsco Education maintains a comprehensive database of state and national standards that can provide correlations for each activity and event in a Mission. The most important goal of the Missions is generating enthusiasm for science. More than 95 Mission topics are available to challenge and excite your students to learn. Every Mission is packed with activities, ensuring the students will be so engaged with the “cool” stuff that they won’t even realize they’re learning.

Meeting Needs Across the Country

This system addresses educational standards for every state, especially in the higher elementary grades. Below is an example of the science standards addressed by a typical Missions classroom.