Curriculum/Virginia

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.

Grades 3-124 subjects6 products

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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