The Compass Curriculum is where curiosity meets real-world application. Designed for middle schoolers, this course helps students connect STEM to their lives, interests, and future possibilities.

The course contains eleven exciting units wherein students explore diverse fields from flight and electronics to environmental science and medical tech — while strengthening core skills in problem-solving, collaboration, and creative thinking.

Within each unit you will find three levels. These levels allow the teacher the flexibility to pick and choose which units and levels best meet the abilities and needs of their students. For example, the teacher may choose to progress through all three levels of a unit in order or choose to only complete one or two levels in a unit. The levels are designed to work independently, while increasing in rigor.

Total Hours: 139-236 Hours (AVG: 188 Hours)

Designing with STEM introduces students to the fun and powerful tools of designing and problem solving.  The activities and academic applications engage the learner to embrace Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics while they examine each of the integral steps of critical design and problem solving.

74-117 Clock Hours Total

The Investigating STEM Skills course uses project-based and hands-on learning activities to prepare students for real-world applications.  Each of the units in the course includes relevant, rigorous and blended instruction through project-based and hands-on learning.  Units include baseline experiences like teamwork, problem solving and design and modeling as well as more specific areas of study like Medical Technologies, Engineering, Agriculture and related Biotechnologies and Coding/3D Design.

138-178 Clock Hours Total