Series

Coyote's Crazy Smart Science Show

27 episodes

Coyote's Crazy Smart Science Show is an APTN children's series created by Métis and Cree filmmaker Loretta Todd that teaches science alongside Indigenous knowledge. Kid hosts called Science Questers explore light, sound, habitats, salmon, geology, and more, meeting real Indigenous scientists, architects, and Elders along the way. Companion "Hack This" segments turn each idea into a hands-on make-along, from a star projector and a milk-glue experiment to a self-supporting popsicle-stick bridge. Short, warm, and rooted in respect for the land, the segments stream free on the show's official YouTube channel. Reach for it in grades three to six to pair an NGSS concept with Indigenous perspectives and a quick build.

what this series covers

What Coyote's Crazy Smart Science Show covers

27 episodes in the library, tagged for 1st–6th. Heaviest coverage: Science, Social Studies and Art. Between them they line up with 20 distinct standards across 4 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

1st: 2
2nd: 11
3rd: 25
4th: 27
5th: 19
6th: 10

Episodes per subject

Science: 25
Social Studies: 12
Art: 1
Math: 1
Music: 1

NGSS (Science) 13

3-5-ETS1-2Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
1-ESS1-1Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
1-PS4-1Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
2-LS2-1Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
4-ESS1-1Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
2-ESS2-3Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.

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2-PS1-1Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
3-5-ETS1-3Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
3-LS1-1Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
3-LS4-4Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
4-PS3-2Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
4-PS4-1Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
5-PS1-4Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

Social Studies (C3 / NCSS) 3

D2.Geo.8.3-5Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.
D2.Civ.14.3-5Illustrate historical and contemporary means of changing society.
D2.His.9.3-5Summarize how different kinds of historical sources are used to explain events in the past.

National Core Arts 3

MU:Cn11.0.4aDemonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.
VA:Cn11.1.3Recognize that responses to art change depending on knowledge of the time and place in which it was made.
VA:Cr2.1.3Create personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials.