Virginia Standards of Learning Alignment: Science, Mathematics, English, and Computer Science
Forward Education's hands-on STEM kits are aligned to the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL): the Science SOL (including Virginia's Scientific and Engineering Practices at every grade), the 2023 Mathematics SOL, the 2024 English SOL, and the 2024 Computer Science SOL. Our alignment uses Virginia's own SOL codes and language exactly as published by the Virginia Department of Education, anchored by our verified Climate Action Kit and CodeCTRL Virginia alignments. Each alignment was built by reviewing individual lesson activities against specific standards, one lesson at a time, across all six products in our kit ecosystem. Teachers in Virginia can confidently connect our resources to the SOL they are already teaching.
How we count: Each percentage reflects how many individual standards are addressed by at least one lesson, project, or tutorial within that product. Because many of our activities are interdisciplinary, multiple lessons may align to the same standard, so your students will often have more than one opportunity to practice each expectation throughout the kit.
Coding for Good Kit
Lessons connecting coding and computational thinking to social impact projects through micro:bit
Grade 3-5 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 3-5 Mathematics: Computation and Estimation; Measurement and Geometry; Number and Number Sense; Patterns, Functions, and Algebra; Probability and Statistics · Grade 3-5 English Language Arts: Writing; Foundations for Reading; Foundations for Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage · Grade 3-5 Computer Science: Data and Analysis; Impacts of Computing; Cybersecurity; Algorithms and Programming; Computing Systems; Networking and the Internet · Grade 6-8 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 6-8 Mathematics: Computation and Estimation; Measurement and Geometry; Number and Number Sense; Patterns, Functions, and Algebra; Probability and Statistics · Grade 6-8 English Language Arts: Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage · Grade 6-8 Computer Science: Data and Analysis; Impacts of Computing; Cybersecurity; Algorithms and Programming; Computing Systems; Networking and the Internet · Grade 9-12 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 9-12 Mathematics: Course Standards · Grade 9-12 English Language Arts: Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage
Climate Action Kit
Hands-on coding and robotics for real climate solutions, from flood alarms to smart farms, through micro:bit
Grade 3-5 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 3-5 Mathematics: Computation and Estimation; Measurement and Geometry; Number and Number Sense; Patterns, Functions, and Algebra; Probability and Statistics · Grade 3-5 English Language Arts: Writing; Foundations for Reading; Foundations for Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage · Grade 3-5 Computer Science: Data and Analysis; Impacts of Computing; Cybersecurity; Algorithms and Programming; Computing Systems; Networking and the Internet · Grade 6-8 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 6-8 Mathematics: Computation and Estimation; Measurement and Geometry; Number and Number Sense; Patterns, Functions, and Algebra; Probability and Statistics · Grade 6-8 English Language Arts: Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage · Grade 6-8 Computer Science: Data and Analysis; Impacts of Computing; Cybersecurity; Algorithms and Programming; Computing Systems; Networking and the Internet · Grade 9-12 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 9-12 Mathematics: Course Standards · Grade 9-12 English Language Arts: Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage
Smart Hydroponics Kit
Hands-on plant science, sensors, and automation through micro:bit
Grade 3-5 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 3-5 Mathematics: Computation and Estimation; Measurement and Geometry; Number and Number Sense; Patterns, Functions, and Algebra; Probability and Statistics · Grade 3-5 English Language Arts: Writing; Foundations for Reading; Foundations for Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage · Grade 3-5 Computer Science: Data and Analysis; Impacts of Computing; Cybersecurity; Algorithms and Programming; Computing Systems; Networking and the Internet · Grade 6-8 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 6-8 Mathematics: Computation and Estimation; Measurement and Geometry; Number and Number Sense; Patterns, Functions, and Algebra; Probability and Statistics · Grade 6-8 English Language Arts: Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage · Grade 6-8 Computer Science: Data and Analysis; Impacts of Computing; Cybersecurity; Algorithms and Programming; Computing Systems; Networking and the Internet · Grade 9-12 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 9-12 Mathematics: Course Standards · Grade 9-12 English Language Arts: Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage
Smart Solar Kit
Renewable energy investigations and solar-powered builds through micro:bit
Grade 3-5 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 3-5 Mathematics: Computation and Estimation; Measurement and Geometry; Number and Number Sense; Patterns, Functions, and Algebra; Probability and Statistics · Grade 3-5 English Language Arts: Writing; Foundations for Reading; Foundations for Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage · Grade 3-5 Computer Science: Data and Analysis; Impacts of Computing; Cybersecurity; Algorithms and Programming; Computing Systems; Networking and the Internet · Grade 6-8 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 6-8 Mathematics: Computation and Estimation; Measurement and Geometry; Number and Number Sense; Patterns, Functions, and Algebra; Probability and Statistics · Grade 6-8 English Language Arts: Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage · Grade 6-8 Computer Science: Data and Analysis; Impacts of Computing; Cybersecurity; Algorithms and Programming; Computing Systems; Networking and the Internet · Grade 9-12 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 9-12 Mathematics: Course Standards · Grade 9-12 English Language Arts: Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage
CodeCTRL
Game design and physical computing with the handheld micro:bit controller
Grade 3-5 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 3-5 Mathematics: Computation and Estimation; Measurement and Geometry; Number and Number Sense; Patterns, Functions, and Algebra; Probability and Statistics · Grade 3-5 English Language Arts: Writing; Foundations for Reading; Foundations for Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage · Grade 3-5 Computer Science: Data and Analysis; Impacts of Computing; Cybersecurity; Algorithms and Programming; Computing Systems; Networking and the Internet · Grade 6-8 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 6-8 Mathematics: Computation and Estimation; Measurement and Geometry; Number and Number Sense; Patterns, Functions, and Algebra; Probability and Statistics · Grade 6-8 English Language Arts: Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage · Grade 6-8 Computer Science: Data and Analysis; Impacts of Computing; Cybersecurity; Algorithms and Programming; Computing Systems; Networking and the Internet · Grade 9-12 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 9-12 Mathematics: Course Standards · Grade 9-12 English Language Arts: Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage
CHARGE with micro:bit
Wearable computing and hands-on AI lessons powered by CHARGE
Grade 3-5 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 3-5 Mathematics: Computation and Estimation; Measurement and Geometry; Number and Number Sense; Patterns, Functions, and Algebra; Probability and Statistics · Grade 3-5 English Language Arts: Writing; Foundations for Reading; Foundations for Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage · Grade 3-5 Computer Science: Data and Analysis; Impacts of Computing; Cybersecurity; Algorithms and Programming; Computing Systems; Networking and the Internet · Grade 6-8 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 6-8 Mathematics: Computation and Estimation; Measurement and Geometry; Number and Number Sense; Patterns, Functions, and Algebra; Probability and Statistics · Grade 6-8 English Language Arts: Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage · Grade 6-8 Computer Science: Data and Analysis; Impacts of Computing; Cybersecurity; Algorithms and Programming; Computing Systems; Networking and the Internet · Grade 9-12 Science: Engineering Design · Grade 9-12 Mathematics: Course Standards · Grade 9-12 English Language Arts: Writing; Developing Skilled Readers; Reading Literary Text; Reading Informational Text; Communication and Multimodal Literacies; Research; Language Usage
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