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Design Guide

Decode Science is designed with the realities of classrooms today in mind. Diverse learning profiles, large class sizes, and limited time make one on one instruction for every student difficult to sustain.

This page explains how the platform is structured and how teachers use it to supplement classroom instruction.

Teacher Dashboard

Assign content, manage student access, and view learning patterns across your class.

Student Dashboard

A predictable and focused space that reduces decision making and supports independent learning.

How Each Unit Is Structured

Units are organized to reflect how science is taught and assessed. Language, concepts, skills, and calculations are treated as distinct learning components. Some units include additional skill sets that are essential for that specific content, such as naming compounds in chemistry. These skills are grouped separately so they can be taught and supported intentionally.

Vocabulary
Core Concepts
Scientific Skills
Quantities and Calculations
Numbers & Ratios
Unit Specific Skills

This makes it easier to see where understanding breaks down and where support is most effective.

Targeted Support Without Reteaching

Separating learning components allows support to be precise and intentional rather than broad review.

Concept understanding can be supported independently of calculations
Calculation challenges can be addressed without revisiting concepts
Vocabulary gaps can be targeted without slowing the class

Vocabulary as the Foundation

Scientific language often assumes background knowledge that many students do not yet have.

Vocabulary support makes meaning explicit and reduces hidden expectations in scientific tasks.

Student Access Designed for Classrooms

Students log in using a username and password only. Access can be reset instantly from the teacher dashboard.

This reduces lost instructional time and supports quick whole class use.

Progress Tracking That Supports Instruction

Whole class patterns become visible early
Small groups needing support can be identified quickly
Individual students are less likely to be overlooked
Decode Science extends classroom instruction by making learning visible, structured, and easier to respond to.