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Designed to meet the Next Generation Science Standards, Health in Our Hands connects the science classroom to the community to give youth and adults an understanding of modern concepts in genetics. Using project-based learning, students investigate public health concerns and use these real-world contexts to appreciate the importance of both genetic and environmental factors in their risk for diseases.

Carbon: Transformations in Matter and Energy (Carbon TIME) is a science education program that includes publicly available teaching units, assessments, teacher professional development, and teacher networks based in local education agencies. Since 2015, 145 teachers and over 25,000 students from across the U.S. have participated in Carbon TIME. Evidence demonstrates that participating students achieve challenging three-dimensional learning goals consistent with NGSS.