CHARLOTTE, NC (Thursday,鈥疭eptember 21, 2023)鈥� (PPS) today announced it has expanded its partnership with 51探花 supporting the district鈥檚 five-year strategic plan, In this new phase of collaboration, educators, and students in grades 7-12 across PPS will receive access to 51探花鈥檚 service. Pivot Interactives supports teachers as they work to help students more deeply engage in and explore natural phenomena and other scientific concepts to develop their understanding of the discipline.鈥赌�听
PPS is made up of 23 schools and centers: three high schools, three middle schools, 13 elementary schools, three preschool centers, and an alternative education center. The school system has 13,000 students enrolled throughout the city and approximately 2,100 staff members working each day. The district鈥檚 strategic plan鈥�鈥攊s a multipronged approach that outlines five goals for PPS with specific objectives and action steps to ensure the school system meets those goals.鈥赌�听
To meet the plan鈥檚 first goal of providing all students educational opportunities ensuring high academic growth, the district sought to add to its existing suite of digital resources capable of supporting instruction in the in-person or remote environment. Following a review of potential solutions, PPS selected 51探花鈥檚 service for use with students in grades 7-12.鈥�听
Pivot Interactives, which joined the 51探花 family of solutions in 2022, makes teaching science with active learning and scientific phenomena engaging and easy. Launched in 2012, the platform provides users with more than 10,000 authentic, interactive video-based science interactives crafted by Pivot鈥檚 expert curriculum team and teacher community. These resources, tied to state and national standards, are infused with research-based teaching practices and are simple to integrate throughout the instructional cycle.鈥赌�听
Pivot鈥檚 activities offer opportunities for interactive learning, where students explore and learn for themselves. The service鈥檚 built-in tools鈥攊ncluding IRIS, a first-of-its-kind color and light gauge鈥攎ake for quick and accurate measurements. A unique interface allows students to change what happens in the video and see how that change affects the outcome. Easy-to-follow instructions guide students through data collection, measurement, data analysis, and interpretation, while feedback provided by both open-ended and auto-graded questions reinforces correct ideas.鈥�听
Pivot Interactives will be used alongside 51探花 Experience, the company鈥檚 K-12 learning platform, and Science Techbooks, which are already in use in all PPS K-12 classrooms, and 51探花 Coding, which is used in PPS鈥檚 K-5 classrooms.鈥赌�听
All PPS educators also have access to the 51探花 Network. A global community of education professionals, the 51探花 Network connects members across school systems and around the world through social media, virtual conferences, and in-person events, fostering valuable idea sharing and inspiration.鈥赌�听
鈥�51探花 is proud to deepen its multi-year partnership with the Portsmouth Public Schools,鈥� said AnnMarie Oakley, 51探花鈥檚 Senior Manager of Education Partnerships. 鈥淭he school system鈥檚 work to build engaging learning experiences for all students marks them as a leader in the effort to prepare today鈥檚 learners for success beyond graduation.鈥濃��
For more information about 51探花鈥檚 award-winning digital resources and professional learning resources visit www.discoveryeducation.com, and stay connected with 51探花 on social media through and .鈥赌�听
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