📘 Standards Alignment at Mastering the Classroom

 At Mastering the Classroom, we design every course to do more than just engage students — our programs are intentionally aligned with nationally recognized standards. This ensures that learners not only have fun but also build skills that transfer directly into school and future career success.

Below you’ll find the standards that each category of courses supports.

• SEL (Social & Emotional Learning): Self-management, responsible decision-making, and relationship skills (CASEL framework).
   
• Critical Thinking & Strategy: Develops pattern recognition, foresight, and problem-solving (aligned with ISTE Standards for Students 4 & 5).
   
• 21st Century Skills: Collaboration, persistence, and ethical online engagement (Outschool / COPPA-compliant platforms).
   

• NGSS Physical Science (MS-PS2-2): Apply Newton’s laws of motion to forces like lift, drag, thrust, and gravity.
   
• NGSS Engineering Design (3-5-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2): Define problems, develop solutions, and test design iterations.
   
• NGSS Earth & Human Activity (MS-ESS3-3): Analyze human impacts of aviation and drone technology.
   
• C3 Social Studies (D2.His.1–4, D2.His.14): Trace historical milestones in flight and evaluate their global impact.
   
• CTE Career Pathways (Aviation & Aerospace): Early awareness of FAA Part 107 certification, industry-ready practices, and STEM careers.
   

• NGSS Engineering Design (MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-4): Designing, testing, and refining solutions to engineering challenges.
   
• NGSS Physical Science (MS-PS2-1, MS-PS2-2): Exploring motion, forces, acceleration, and energy transfer.
   
• Math Connections (CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.EE.A.2): Apply algebraic expressions to calculate force, motion, and energy.
   
• Project-Based Learning Standards: Collaboration, iteration, and presenting solutions (Buck Institute PBLWorks Gold Standard).
   

• CCSS-M (Common Core State Standards – Math):
   
  • 5th Grade Math: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT (place value, decimals, fractions)
     
  • Pre-Algebra: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6-8.EE (expressions, equations, variables)
     
  • Algebra: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSA-CED (create & solve equations, inequalities)
     
  • Geometry: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSG-CO (congruence, similarity, transformations)
     
• Problem-Solving & Reasoning: Aligns with Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP 1–8).
   
• Technology Integration: Use of Khan Academy and online platforms to reinforce CCSS objectives.
   

• All digital platforms (ChessKid, Khan Academy, Orqa FPV) are COPPA-compliant and protect student privacy.
   
• All instructors teaching through Outschool undergo a background check and bring certified teaching or industry expertise.
   

Want to know more about how our courses support school and district goals? Contact Us for a full curriculum map.