Tyto Online provides student-driven Next Generation Science learning — in a video game!

The student experience focuses on building science and engineering practices with exploratory learning, such as building ecosystems to learn ecology or exploring coral bleaching as an anchoring phenomena to understand the impact of climate change. It covers middle school life and earth science, right now with four Modules: Cells to Organisms, Growth & Genetics, Ecosystems, and Weather & Climate.

Teachers can search and assign standards-aligned content and view student performance from a dashboard. The assessment data focuses on key insights for where students are struggling to help them differentiate and personalize instruction. The content can be used to introduce in a student-driven, inquiry-based approach, or for extension and exploration of concepts.

Tyto Online is unique as we focus on helping students build their science and engineering practices, rather than simply presenting content or review information. They are engaging with replicated authentic problems, taking on the acts and behaviors of a real scientist.

Our product is backed with grant support from the National Science Foundation and Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences, and received a 2018 Top Pick for Learning from Common Sense Education.

(Editor's note: Tyto Online is designed for Chromebooks as well as Mac and PC. Our little website is getting an update soon and our categories will be updated as well!)