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Core Curriculum
HMH Science Dimensions motivates students to ask questions, state claims, test their ideas, and find resolution through reasoning—skills needed for next-generation careers.
Engineered for success with NGSS
Empower students in Grades K–12 to learn science through self-directed exploration, analysis, application, and explanation.
Designed to address the Next Generation Science Standards*
HMH Science Dimensions K–12 and HMH Dimensiones de las Ciencias™ K–8 + Biología put students in charge of their learning and enable teachers to seamlessly guide their students on a proven instructional path.
Cohesive curriculum engages students
With its cohesive, spiraled approach, the HMH Science Dimensions provides a consistent and engaging experience from kindergarten through high school.
K–12 hands-on activities equipment kits
To save teachers and districts time sourcing and organizing equipment and materials, every grade and course has the option of consumable and non-consumable equipment kits.
Distinguished authorship team ensures success
Developed by science thought leaders and education experts, HMH Science Dimensions gives teachers the tools they need to prepare students for the world beyond the classroom.
Appropriate component configurations
HMH Science Dimensions provides a consistent pedagogical approach from kindergarten through high school, with component configurations across grade bands that ensure ease of implementation and standards alignment.
Inspire the next generation of scientists and innovators
STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Elevate science literacy and engineering to meet the NGSS with ease
Build confidence with authentic investigations
Each lesson opens with a Can You Explain It? question that sparks curiosity and sets the stage for three-dimensional learning and active exploration.
Drive learning with hands-on activities and labs
Students explore science through interactive activities that build critical thinking, evidence gathering, and argumentation skills, supported by online lessons with media, personalization, and simulations.
Inspire students to consider a career in STEM
Each unit integrates STEM, emphasizing engineering design and scientific literacy. Take It Further highlights STEM careers to show real-world applications.
Teacher Experience
Three-dimensional learning made simple
This science curriculum uses the 5E Instructional Model and each lesson has unique interrelated 3D Learning Objectives that ensure 100% coverage of the NGSS. The HMH NGSS trace tool allows teachers to quickly view what students should already know and what they need to learn next.
Let students show what they know
Flexible assessment tools are available in various formats, including formal, performance-based, and technology-enhanced assessments, to evaluate student learning according to NGSS.
Built on learning science, designed for teaching
Grounded in decades of learning science, HMH AI Tools help you plan faster, differentiate with confidence, and deliver standards-aligned instruction that gets results.
Components of HMH Science Dimensions
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Grades K–5
Single-grade elementary editions feature complete print and digital curricula, including write-in textbooks and Interactive Online Student and Teacher Editions with built-in professional development support.
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Grades 6–8
At the middle school level, 12 topical modules (write-in texts plus full digital editions) covering Life, Earth & Space, Physical Science, and Engineering can be matched to a district’s curriculum.
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Dimensiones de las Ciencias
Components include interactive write-in Spanish worktexts for Grades K–8 (including a hardcover Spanish text for Biology), Spanish assessment guides for Grades K–8, and a Spanish Teacher Edition for Grades K–5.
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Biology
A complete, rigorous, print and digital curriculum that provides three-dimensional, phenomena-based instruction options to address the NGSS. Available with lab equipment and material kits through AquaPhoenix.
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Chemistry
An NGSS-designed program with a focus on student-centric, three-dimensional learning. Optional consumable student editions and AquaPhoenix lab equipment and material kits available.
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Earth & Space Science
A hands-on, NGSS curriculum that builds student inquiry through three-dimensional instruction. Material and equipment kits available through AquaPhoenix.
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Physics
An engaging, three-dimensional approach to Physics instruction designed to meet the NGSS. Either consumable or hardcover student editions support students, and course-specific lab equipment and material kits are available through AquaPhoenix.
Personalized professional development for teachers and leaders
Personalized coaching. Real results.
HMH Coachly® connects educators with expert coaches for live, year-round 1:1 instructional coaching available on HMH Ed™. Teachers receive support in planning, goal setting, assessment, classroom management, and more, building teacher confidence and improving student outcomes. Leaders can align coaching with district goals, while also monitoring program implementation.
Program-aligned courses
We offer professional learning grounded in research and best practices:
- Built-in alignment: Professional development courses for teachers connect directly to HMH program resources, ensuring a seamless transition from integration to daily instruction.
- Implementation support: Educators receive evidence-based support for effective program implementation.
Year-round support
Educators can access implementation support on Ed:
- For teachers: Teacher Success Pathways and Teacher’s Corner® offer unlimited access to live and on-demand sessions, videos, model lessons, and related resources.
- For leaders: Leader’s Corner® features live and on-demand events, plus tools for leading a successful implementation.
Building capacity for long-term success
The Center for Model Schools, led by former superintendents and district leaders, supports leadership development and sustainable growth through:
- Leadership coaching for new educators
- Proven strategies and continuous learning
- The 5Essentials® Framework from UChicago Impact®
- The annual Model Schools Conference
Simplify the transition to next-generation science.
Insights and resources
Learn about the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Crosscutting Concepts and how teachers can use them to elicit student sense-making.
Learn how integrating science and literacy in the classroom helps students behave and think like real scientists and engineers.
Dynamic science formative assessment engages students and promotes their thinking; additionally, it informs instruction for educators.
- Report Type: Research Evidence Base
- Grade Level: Elementary, Middle, High
- Report Type: Efficacy Study, Study Conducted by Third Party
- Grade Level: Middle
- Region: Midwest, Northeast
- District Urbanicity: Suburban, Rural
- Report Type: Efficacy Study, Study Conducted by Third Party
- Grade Level: Elementary
- District Urbanicity: Suburban, Rural
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