Programs – Because Learning

Our Programs

Our programs are designed to improve STEM education inside and out. We’ve built all of our learning resources with the NGSS and local state standards as a foundation.

STEM Curriculum

Learn about STEM curriculum that ignites imagination.

Science Labs

Because Learning’s engaging and interactive science labs are designed for schools, with a full set of classroom management tools and resources.

Ardusat Space Program

Bring real data from space into the classroom.

Professional Development

Explore workshops, demos and webinars meant to help you develop your professional skills and expand your knowledge.

STEM Curriculum that Ignites Imagination

Our Learning Team is constantly creating exciting experiments and curriculum which use Arduinos, sensors, data, coding, and more. Apply these classroom-ready resources right away, or customize them to fit your learning objectives. It’s simple to add modules and edit lesson plans.

Once you’ve selected activities for your students, they will be able to edit code directly online, follow simple wiring diagrams, collect data through the online data logger, and analyze their data all in one simple web page.

Flexible, Classroom-Ready Resources

All labs are easy to integrate into current curriculum, so you can use them right away or personalize them to fit your learning objectives.

Intuitive STEM Curriculum

With Because Learning’s intuitive content and professional development, teachers don’t need to have an engineering background to teach engineering concepts, or a technology background to teach technical content.

Powerful Tools

Students conduct exciting experiments right in the platform, capturing data online and utilizing powerful graphing and logging tools to analyze findings.

Launch Your School’s Space Program

Make Space Accessible

Through Ardusat Space Program, students can run experiments on satellites to collect real space data. Our Mission Control team will help your students design their experiments, which includes: choosing sensors, collection frequencies, and locations around the globe, that will deliver the kind of data real scientists work with. Through our partnership with Spire we’ll run your experiment in space and deliver back the data the satellites collect.

Learn About Ardusat Space Program

Real-Time Satellite Tracking

With our live satellite tracker, your class will be able to monitor their experiment every step of the way. See what other schools are doing in space right now.

View Satellites

Training Options to Suit Your Needs

We have numerous professional development options to help you get started and expand your knowledge. Request onsite and online sessions, or watch recorded training at your convenience.

Workshops

Engineering for Science Teachers
Four hour, onsite training for science teachers who want to incorporate engineering into their curriculum.
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify engineering role in science courses
- Use Arduino and sensors to collect and analyze data
- Troubleshoot technology related problems
- Identify engineering projects appropriate for course
Topics: Arduino, Troubleshooting, Sensors, Experiments, Code, Engineering, Engineering Process.
Benefits: Increases hands on projects in the classroom, increases faculty comfort level with engineering, increases student problems solving skills.
NGSS Your Science Curriculum
Eight hour, onsite training for science teachers that covers the Engineering for Science Teachers Because Learning workshop with NGSS aspects
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify engineering role in science courses
- Use Arduino and sensors to collect and analyze data
- Troubleshoot technology related problems
- Identify engineering projects appropriate for course
- Run inquiry based lesson
- Increase problem solving
- Describe three parts of standards (core ideas, crosscutting concepts, practices)
- Build assessment tools for NGSS activities
Topics: Arduino, Troubleshooting, Sensors, Experiments, Code, Engineering, Engineering Process, NGSS Practices, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts, Building Models, Asking Questions, Data Analysis.
Benefits: Makes NGSS implementations easy, supplies teachers with lessons and assessment plans that are in line with NGSS.
Because Learning Launch Pack Getting Started for Teachers
Two hour, online training for science teachers who have purchased a launch pack or sensor kit.
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify parts in kit
- Connect components to Arduino
- Upload code to Arduino
- Identify sensors on space board
- Collect data for experiment
- Run experiment
- Customize experiments
Topics: Arduino, Space Board, Sensor Kit, Experiments, Lessons, Troubleshooting, DemoSat, Expansion Collection.
Benefits: Provides teachers with a fast, guided method to learn about the basics.
Learn by Experimenting with Because Learning
Two hour, onsite training for science teachers who want to learn more about incorporating labs in their classroom.
Learning Outcomes:
- Connect components to Arduino
- Upload code to Arduino
- Identify sensors on space board
- Collect data for experiment
- Run experiment
Topics: Arduino, Space Board, Sensor Kit, Experiments, Lessons, Troubleshooting, DemoSat, Expansion Collection.
Benefits: Builds excitement and enthusiasm for hands on projects; introduces teachers to the world of Arduino, code, and sensors; creates an “I did that!” moments for students.
Learn by Watching
Three hour, onsite training (plus a short planning call) to observe an instructor teaching Arduinos, NGSS, coding, etc.

Learning Outcomes:
Customizable based on need
Topics: Arduino, Troubleshooting, Sensors, Experiments, Code, Engineering, Engineering Process, NGSS, Lessons, DemoSat, Etc.
Benefits: Provides teachers with pre-session and post-session coaching and a live teaching example.