Case Study: Summit County Schools sparks hands-on STEM learning with Discovery Education's Mystery Science

Summit County Schools serves 3,475 students with Discovery Education

Summit County Schools, a district in Colorado, sought to foster active, hands-on STEM learning in its elementary classrooms as a way to build student curiosity, critical thinking, and engagement beyond traditional passive methods. The district partnered with Discovery Education to utilize its Mystery Science service.

Discovery Education's Mystery Science provided ready-to-use, standards-aligned lessons that transformed instruction through hands-on exploration, as seen in a first-grade class at Breckenridge Elementary. By implementing activities like investigating moving shadows and animal camouflage, students learned by doing, which improved focus, collaboration, and concrete understanding of scientific concepts. The solution gave teachers a trusted, all-in-one resource that saved planning time and reliably engaged all students, with the school's partnership beginning in 2023.