10k Science
Real science experiences for every student, every day
| Categories | STEM Learning Platforms |
|---|---|
| School types | K-12 |
| Pricing | Paid — Annual school and district licenses; per-course and whole-school pricing; contact for quote |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Free trial | Yes (30 days) |
| Rating | No reviews yet |
| Website | https://10k.science/ |
About 10k Science
10k Science is a phenomenon-based science curriculum and virtual lab platform designed to make authentic scientific inquiry accessible to every K-12 student, regardless of school lab resources or teacher science content expertise. The platform's curriculum is built around the NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) three-dimensional learning framework, starting every unit with a real-world phenomenon that students immediately want to explain — a viral video of an unexpected natural event, a compelling local environmental issue, or a puzzling scientific observation. Students then develop explanations through a combination of virtual lab simulations, data analysis activities, collaborative sense-making discussions, and culminating engineering design challenges. 10k Science's virtual labs are particularly notable for their fidelity to real scientific equipment and data: students use tools that behave exactly as physical instruments would, collecting noisy data they must analyze and interpret rather than receiving clean, pre-packaged results. Teacher resources include three-dimensional lesson plans, pacing guides, differentiation strategies, formative assessment probes, and video demonstrations of every lab. A built-in student response system captures observations, predictions, and explanations throughout each lesson, giving teachers real-time data on student thinking. Used across middle and high school physical, life, and earth science courses.