Series

StoryBots

92 episodes

Bright, song-driven shorts from the StoryBots, the little animated robots who answer children's questions. The catalog runs wide: one-minute phonics and grammar bits on bossy R, plurals, homophones, and the period; two- to four-minute science explainers on volcanoes, popcorn, the sun and the moon; short biographies of George Washington Carver and Gutenberg; and a few longer full episodes, including a 26-minute look at how colds spread. Nearly everything is set to a hook a class will hum afterward. Reach for these as a review, a transition, or the thing that finally makes a rule stick.

what this series covers

What StoryBots covers

92 episodes in the library, tagged for Pre-K–5th. Heaviest coverage: Reading & Writing (ELA), Science and Math. Between them they line up with 42 distinct standards across 8 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

Pre-K: 31
K: 47
1st: 62
2nd: 53
3rd: 36
4th: 17
5th: 8

Episodes per subject

Reading & Writing (ELA): 32
Science: 29
Math: 18
Social Studies: 7
Health: 5
Music: 1
Technology: 1

NGSS (Science) 15

4-LS1-1Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
1-ESS1-1Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
3-LS4-1Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
2-LS4-1Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
K-LS1-1Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
1-ESS1-2Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.

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1-PS4-1Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
1-PS4-2Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that objects can be seen only when illuminated.
2-ESS1-1Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
2-PS1-1Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
2-PS1-4Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
4-LS1-2Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.
5-ESS1-1Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
5-ESS1-2Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.
5-PS1-1Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Common Core — Math 10

K.CC.A.1Count to 100 by ones and by tens.
K.CC.B.5Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, array, or circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration.
K.G.A.2Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.
K.G.B.4Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, and parts.
1.MD.B.3Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
2.G.A.1Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a given number of equal faces; identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.

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2.MD.C.7Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.
3.MD.A.1Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes; solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals.
3.OA.A.1Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each.
3.OA.C.7Fluently multiply and divide within 100. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.

Common Core — ELA 6

RF.1.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.2.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.K.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
L.1.1Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.2.1Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
RF.K.2Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

Social Studies (C3 / NCSS) 1

D2.His.3.3-5Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical changes and continuities.

National Core Arts 1

MU:Re7.2.3aDemonstrate and describe how a response to music can be informed by the structure, the use of the elements of music, and context.

National Health Education 6

NHES.1Standard 1: Students comprehend functional health knowledge to enhance health.
NHES.1.2.5Identify practices that prevent or reduce health risks, such as handwashing.
NHES.1.2.6List ways to take part in healthy practices, such as brushing teeth daily.
NHES.7.2.1Demonstrate age-appropriate observable health and safety practices.
NHES.1.5.5Describe practices and behaviors that prevent or reduce health risks, such as eating vegetables and fruit daily.
NHES.7.2.3Explain how health and safety practices become habits.