The Tuva
Companion
Supporting Student Sensemaking of Data in the OpenSciEd Classroom.
A Shared Vision
Tuva and OpenSciEd share a fundamental belief: to do science as scientists, students must have the power to follow their own curiosity. While OpenSciEd provides a free, high-quality, NGSS-aligned science curriculum, Tuva provides the specialized tools to bring inquiry to life through the lens of data.
How The Tuva OpenSciEd Companion Enhances OpenSciEd
Streamlines Data Workflows
If a lesson in OpenSciEd involves data, then Tuva has digitized it using our drag-and-drop data tools. These tools streamline OpenSciEd investigation-based data setup, organization, entry, and visualization.
Focuses Energy on Sensemaking
Tuva supports OpenSciEd's emphasis on sensemaking by reducing time spent on data visualization tasks, allowing students to devote their cognitive energy to making sense of data, exploring representations, and deepening science ideas.
Empowers Inquiry
Tuva expands how students investigate data, providing additional ways to explore, visualize, and re-visualize data to test ideas and refine explanations. Tuva's intuitive tools let students agilely explore complex, multi-variable datasets. Students can instantly swap variables and experiment with visualization types, evolving their analysis as quickly as new questions arise.
What does The Tuva OpenSciEd Companion include?
The Tuva OpenSciEd Companion is a targeted supplement rather than a full curriculum, specifically designed to support the data-intensive portions of OpenSciEd. The Companion fits naturally within OpenSciEd lessons, providing interactive ways for students to collect, visualize, and analyze investigation data.
Types of ResourcesStreamlined Investigations
Digitized OpenSciEd Worksheets and Data Tables
The heart of OpenSciEd is the student-led investigation. Traditionally, students record their findings on paper. We have digitized the OpenSciEd investigation worksheets and data tables to support efficient and interactive data use in instruction:
- Direct Data Input: Students can input the data they collect during OpenSciEd labs directly into a custom Tuva interface that mirrors their curriculum worksheets.
- Instant Analysis: As soon as data is entered, it becomes an interactive dataset. Students can immediately visualize their own classroom findings.
- Low-Friction Data Visualization: Interactive tools enable accessible graphing so students focus on sensemaking—the why behind the science.
Same data, transformed — from hand-drawn paper to drag-and-drop interactive visualization.
Dynamic Data Tasks
Interactive Versions of OpenSciEd Data Tables and Graphs
The OpenSciEd curriculum provides rich opportunities for students to engage with authentic, scientific data in tabular and graphic formats. Tuva gives students additional ways to visualize, analyze, and interpret this data.
- Interactive Visualization: Students instantly sort, filter, and color-code data to uncover hidden patterns.
- Multi-Dimensional Tools: Pivot between dot plots, line graphs, bar charts, pie charts, box plots, histograms, and maps with one click.
- Evidence-Based Explanations: Students can easily submit their visualizations to include as evidence in their CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) statements.
Same dataset, transformed: static table becomes drag-and-drop interactive visualization in Tuva.
Searchable, Lesson-Level Integration
We know that educators have a lot to manage, so we've made finding supplementary resources effortless. The OpenSciEd Companion is organized exactly like your curriculum. Teachers can quickly navigate through resources filtered by:
How does the Tuva OpenSciEd Companion Product Fit?
A Flexible Resource for Every Version
Because Tuva is an official companion, our alignment guide is universal.
Our guide acts as the connective tissue that ensures your data investigations remain rigorous and engaging, regardless of your delivery method.
Classroom-Ready: Seamless LMS & Technical Integration
We know that "one more tool" can feel like one too many if it doesn't work with your existing systems. Tuva is built to be “friction-free” for IT departments and teachers alike:
Single Sign-On (SSO):
Students and teachers can log in instantly using their existing school credentials via Google, Clever, or ClassLink.
LMS Syncing:
Effortlessly assign Tuva OpenSciEd Companion investigations or tasks and sync rosters with Google Classroom, Canvas, and Schoology.
Cross-Platform Accessibility:
Tuva is a web-based platform that works beautifully on Chromebooks, iPads, laptops, and interactive whiteboards, requiring no software installations or complex setups.
Tuva OpenSciEd Companion for Middle School
Tuva OpenSciEd Companion for High School Biology
Accessibility & Equity: Science and Data Literacy for All
OpenSciEd and Tuva share a commitment to inclusive science education.
Inclusion by Design:
Built on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to provide multiple modes of engagement and scaffolded learning paths.
Technical Standards:
WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance, featuring keyboard navigation, screen-reader compatibility, and high-contrast displays.
Language Support:
Supports 10+ languages and includes translation widgets to support Multilingual Learners (MLLs).
Financial Equity:
We offer intentionally affordable pricing.
Get Started with The Tuva OpenSciEd Companion
The Tuva OpenSciEd Companion is ready to support your middle and high school science sequences today. Whether you are an individual educator looking to enhance a specific unit or a district leader scaling OpenSciEd across dozens of schools, we provide a clear, affordable path to integration.
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