Interactive Science

Interactive Science is a K-8 science curriculum from Savvas Learning Company, the publisher that took over Pearson's K-12 programs. It is built for three-dimensional learning, combining science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas and crosscutting concepts.

Lessons follow the Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate cycle. Savvas describes the approach as learning science by doing science: problem-based activities ask students to solve real-world problems using hands-on, investigative and collaborative skills, and STEM features and online STEM Quests are built into the program.

Teachers can run the course along an inquiry, digital or blended pathway. The digital side includes virtual labs, where students form their own hypotheses and test the outcomes, and is delivered through Savvas Realize, which also holds lesson planning and progress tools.

It is sold to schools and districts through Savvas Learning Company, which took over Pearson's K-12 programs. There is no consumer homeschool bundle on the Savvas site, so families buying for home use should contact Savvas or look for the student and teacher editions through used-curriculum sellers.