PASCO Portal

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PASCO Portal is the first-of-its-kind digital environment, providing instructors and lab managers with ready-to-use activities, software, and teaching content suitable for core and supplemental curriculum. PASCO Portal is a convenient and flexible online platform that hosts your teaching resources and continuous professional development to facilitate all-inclusive instruction for science, STEM, and engineering programs.

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Core Curriculum

Developed by our team of educators, scientists, and curriculum developers, PASCO’s Essential Physics and Essential Chemistry curriculum solutions provide e-Books, lab manuals, equipment kits, animations, videos, interactive equations and simulations, and more tools to increase student engagement and understanding. PASCO’s Essential Science curriculum solutions are available by subscription on PASCO Portal.

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Experiment Library

PASCO Portal offers a wealth of content, from K-12 activities to higher education investigations. Designed around PASCO’s award-winning sensors, equipment, and data collection systems, each PASCO experiment has student and teacher files in common formats for posting, sharing, and downloading. PASCO Portal improves security measures, so you know your answer keys are safe. Mark experiments as favorites and build your own collection in Portal’s dynamic dashboard.

PASCO Academy

PASCO Portal features PASCO Academy, a digital multimedia resource for science instruction and enrichment of learning environments. Covering 25 topics in the Physics module, 25 topics in the Chemistry module, and 13 topics in the Biology module, PASCO Academy provides teacher preparation videos, lab activity demonstration and data collection videos, student follow-up videos, lab handouts, SPARKvue files with recorded data, answer keys, and more.

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OpenSciEd

PASCO is proud to be partnering with OpenSciEd to bring NGSS-aligned science lessons and hands-on activities into K-12 classrooms. Highly accredited with a ‘green’ rating from EdReports, OpenSciEd curriculum extends beyond traditional lessons to foster investigative and collaborative student learning.

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Professional Development

Earn certificates through PASCO Portal’s professional development modules, designed to enhance your knowledge and hone your skills in applying PASCO’s hands-on science and STEM solutions to your lab. Complete these trainings at your own pace with on-demand pre-recorded videos. Gain access to a curated collection of helpful tutorial videos.

Online & Live Support

Your success manager will make sure you and your fellow institution faculty have the best possible experience integrating PASCO Portal into your teaching toolboxes. Get toll-free phone, email, and live chat support for PASCO Portal. Easily look up product help and technical manuals through PASCO Portal.

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PASCO's Award-Winning Software

PASCO Capstone™ is the ideal software for higher education and advanced physics investigations, because it can handle large data sets and high-speed sampling.

Spectrometry software supports physics, chemistry, and biology lab topics like emission spectra, absorbance spectra, Beer’s law, and kinetics experiments.

MatchGraph! software allows students to investigate beginner position and velocity concepts using motion sensors and Smart Carts.

SPARKvue makes data collection, analysis, and sharing quick and easy for all sciences and grade levels. This versatile software is accessible on all platforms and computing devices.

Chemvue is a comprehensive platform for running and analyzing experiments in all chemistry disciplines. Pair your desired PASCO chemistry sensor and Chemvue smartly auto-configures a display module to match the data type.

We don’t collect student data!

Your students’ data stays private and secure within your LMS. PASCO Portal supports only administrator and instructor accounts. Our LMS compatibility eliminates any need for individual student accounts. Teachers distribute Portal learning content to students directly through their LMS. Enjoy freedom from the hassle of student password management!

PASCO Portal is wrapped in modern technology, compatible with any Learning Management Systems (LMS’s) that have been 1EdTech-certified, including Google Classroom, Canvas, Brightspace, Blackboard, and Schoology. It also supports authentication with Single Sign-On (SSO) through Google, ClassLink, and Clever. If your institution’s 1EdTech-certified LMS is not listed, contact us to initiate a new integration.

PASCO Portal Basic Subscription and Add-Ons

Open the dropdown table to learn more about all of the digital features and teaching content included in the basic subscription of PASCO Portal.

PASCO Portal Basic Subscription

	SSO with ClassLink SSO with Clever	Access your PASCO Portal account safely and securely with your institution’s preferred avenue, whether it be a single sign-on or via organization email.
	LMS Compatibility: Google Classroom Canvas Blackboard Schoology BrightSpace	PASCO Portal is available to your institution’s teachers, instructors, lab managers, and applicable administrators. Enjoy easy, multiple methods to distribute Portal documents to your students. Portal leverages your institution’s LMS to share and distribute Portal’s teaching and learning resources and content. Portal’s LMS compatibility allows you to completely bypass the need for individual student accounts on Portal. With this feature, you enjoy freedom from the hassle of student password management or student data collection.
	Professional Development	Earn certificates through PASCO Portal’s professional learning credit courses, designed to enhance your knowledge and hone your skills in applying PASCO’s hands-on science and STEM solutions to your lab. Complete these training modules at your own pace with on-demand pre-recorded videos. Portal’s collection of Professional Learning content is curated to include the most useful, relevant, and up-to-date information. Follow along with in-depth video tutorials, sign up to attend live upcoming webinars or view past webinar recordings, and micro-learn quick tips with “How Do I?” videos.
	Essential Physics Teacher Edition	Essential Physics Teacher Edition is provided in Portal Basic Subscription for teachers to explore the features, evaluate the program, and gain confidence in the curriculum before committing to adopting the Student e-Book. This 3-D STEM program pairs a full year of instruction with hands-on investigations using PASCO equipment. Utilize its interactive multimedia tools to increase student engagement and understanding. Essential Physics is focused on practical applications that connect students to the nature and technology of physics. Essential Physics is suitable for General, Honors, AP^®, and IB^® courses, and the content correlates to NGSS and your state’s standards. The Teacher Edition includes Teacher e-Resources for the classroom and lab, such as the searchable electronic textbook, Word editable and PDF lesson plans, PowerPoint editable and PDF slide presentations, Word editable and PDF slide notes, and more.
	Essential Chemistry Teacher Edition	Essential Chemistry Teacher Edition is provided in Portal Basic Subscription for teachers to explore the features, evaluate the program, and gain confidence in the curriculum before committing to adopting the Student e-Books. This 3-D STEM program pairs a full year of instruction with hands-on investigations using PASCO equipment. Utilize its interactive multimedia tools to increase student engagement and understanding. Essential Chemistry is focused on practical applications that connect students to the nature and technology of chemistry. Essential Chemistry is suitable for General, Honors, AP^®, and IB^® courses, and the content correlates to NGSS and your state’s standards. The Teacher Edition includes Teacher e-Resources for the classroom and lab, such as the searchable electronic textbook, Word editable and PDF lesson plans, PowerPoint editable and PDF slide presentations, Word editable and PDF slide notes, and more.
	Infinite Test Bank	The Infinite Test Bank is a digital tool for teachers to quickly generate custom student tests and answer keys from content within Essential Physics and Essential Chemistry. Teachers can select chapters and question difficulty. Teachers can create multiple versions of a test with different orders of questions, answers in multiple choice, and even multiple values for variables in the same question format.
	PASCO Experiment Library	The PASCO Experiment Library provides a collection of 600 and counting lab activities ranging from K-12 to university and covering the subjects of physics, engineering, chemistry, biology, STEM, physical science, environmental science, earth science, life science, and elementary science. PASCO Portal securely protects lab answer keys and sample data files from getting into the wrong hands. Each unique stand-alone lab comes with LMS-shareable files and assets for convenient distribution to your students. Search by keywords, PASCO products, and more.
	PASCO Academy: 25 physics topics 25 chemistry topics 13 biology topics	PASCO Academy is a digital multimedia resource for science instruction and enrichment of learning environments. It covers 25 topics in the Physics module e.g. Newton’s laws, work & energy, and thermodynamics. It also covers 25 topics in the Chemistry module e.g. specific heat, stoichiometry, and nuclear chemistry. Finally, it covers 13 topics in the Biology module e.g. modeling the cell membrane, gene expression in yeast, and plant pigments & photosynthesis. PASCO Academy provides experiment preparation videos, lab activity demonstration and data collection videos, student follow-up videos, lab handouts, SPARKvue files with recorded data, answer keys, and more.
	Software Downloads: Capstone™ SPARKvue Spectrometry MatchGraph! Chemvue	Capstone is ideal for advanced physics investigations because it can handle large data sets, high-speed sampling, and customizable preferences to fit the needs of your lab. Its straightforward user interface is approachable for beginners, yet Capstone offers all the capabilities needed for even the most advanced users. SPARKvue makes data collection, analysis, and sharing quick and easy on every platform. Compatible with all of PASCO’s wireless and PASPORT sensors, students can quickly set up a custom lab, or use a built-in Quick Start Lab to begin collecting data immediately. SPARKvue is for all sciences and grade levels. The Spectrometry application provides support for experiments including analysis of emission spectra, absorbance spectra of colored solutions and plant pigments, Beer’s law determination of unknown concentrations, and kinetics experiments. MatchGraph! teaches motion-focused graphing. Students can pair a PASCO Motion Sensor or a Smart Cart to view real-time position and velocity graphs. Students follow one of nine graphs based on their position and velocity, and MatchGraph! scores their run based on how accurately they match their chosen curve. Chemvue provides students, professors, TA’s, and lab managers with a comprehensive platform for running and analyzing experiments in all chemistry disciplines. The software allows users to connect to a sensor, read live values, collect data on a user-defined schedule, graph one or more variables per run, perform data-wide statistics or graph-based analysis, and prepare graphs for use in lab reports.
	Support: Portal Success Manager Technical Support Product Support	Your dedicated Success Manager is committed to helping you and your organization become PASCO Portal pros. They can facilitate account setup, aid you in navigating to teaching content, answer questions, and much more to ensure you have the best possible experience integrating PASCO Portal into your teaching. Technical support is available during business hours to answer questions or walk you through any issues regarding our products and Portal interface over phone, email, or real-time chat. Easily find helpful product resources and technical manuals on PASCO Portal.

Learn more about the NGSS aligned curriculum, digital features, and teaching content available when you purchase the PASCO Certified Version of OpenSciEd Middle School with Portal’s basic subscription.

OpenSciEd Middle School Add-On

Middle School Curriculum	OpenSciEd’s high quality middle school program (grades 6-8) is aligned to meet modern science standards, engage students in practices that drive their learning, and give you the guidance needed to maximize the impact of the curriculum in your grades 6-8 classrooms. PASCO Certified Version of OpenSciEd Middle School is tailored to utilize PASCO’s award-winning lab equipment like the line of wireless sensors.
Innovative STEM Learning	Adopt the OpenSciEd curriculum to support your classroom with science best practices, core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and continuous storylines that build upon students’ previous knowledge.
OpenSciEd × PASCO Kits	PASCO’s complete OpenSciEd lab equipment kits supply you with all of the wireless sensors, accessories, apparatus, and accompanying materials needed for a full year of instruction with the OpenSciEd curriculum. PASCO OpenSciEd kits are affordable, durable, and reusable. Talk to your Education Consultant to customize your kits, so you only order what you need!
Teacher Edition Lesson Plans	Prepare for your class instruction with thorough lesson plans to guide you through each step of your science activities.
Presentation Slide Decks	Present ready-made slide decks with your classroom projector to keep your students all on the same page of your science activities.
Printable Student Activity Handouts	Structure your students’ notes with ready-made handouts to spark engagement with the lesson at hand, as well as helpfully summarize main ideas for students to review later.

Learn more about the NGSS aligned curriculum, digital features, and teaching content available when you purchase the PASCO Certified Version of OpenSciEd High School with Portal’s basic subscription.

OpenSciEd High School Add-On

The OpenSciEd High School curriculum is coming soon. Learn more about all of the additional curriculum, digital features, and teaching content that will be available when you purchase OpenSciEd High School with the Portal’s basic subscription.

High School Curriculum	OpenSciEd High School offers three full-year courses that address the NGSS and empower students with a rigorous science education to prepare them for success in college and STEM careers. Each of the three disciplines (chemistry, biology, and physics) include expansions to study related earth and space science. The PASCO Certified Version of OpenSciEd High School curriculum is tailored to utilize PASCO’s award-winning lab equipment like the line of wireless sensors.
Innovative STEM Learning	Adopt the OpenSciEd curriculum to support your classroom with science best practices, core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and continuous storylines that build upon students’ previous knowledge.
OpenSciEd × PASCO Kits	PASCO’s complete OpenSciEd lab equipment kits supply you with all of the wireless sensors, accessories, apparatus, and accompanying materials needed for a full year of instruction with the OpenSciEd curriculum. While the PASCO Certified Version of OpenSciEd High School is in development, PASCO Portal offers OpenSciEd’s standard high school curriculum. PASCO OpenSciEd kits are affordable, durable, and reusable. Talk to your Education Consultant to customize your kits, so you only order what you need!
Teacher Edition Lesson Plans	Prepare for your class instruction with thorough lesson plans to guide you through each step of your science activities.
Presentation Slide Decks	Present ready-made slide decks with your classroom projector to keep your students all on the same page of your science activities.
Printable Student Activity Handouts	Structure your students’ notes with ready-made handouts to spark engagement with the lesson at hand, as well as helpfully summarize main ideas for students to review later.

Learn more about the digital features and student learning content available when you purchase Essential Physics Student e-Book Access with Portal’s basic subscription.

Essential Physics Student e-Book Access

Essential Physics Curriculum Content	This 3-D STEM program pairs a full year of instruction with hands-on investigations using PASCO equipment. Utilize its interactive multimedia tools to increase student engagement and understanding. Essential Physics is focused on practical applications that connect students to the physics of nature as well as technology.
Essential Physics Student Edition e-Book	The Student Edition of the e-Book allows students to access e-Resources directly from their own devices, such as the searchable electronic textbook, student assignments like vocabulary crosswords, section reviews, quizzes, and more multimedia and interactive resources listed below.
Interactive Simulations	Students can explore exciting interactive simulations like position and displacement models, physics equations calculators, and more.
Videos & Animations	PASCO experts have provided physics phenomena demonstration and explainer videos for you to leverage within your class instruction time.
STEM Connections	Use these features to jump to different topics within the textbook highlighting the Science, Technology, Engineering design challenges, and Mathematics involved in the learning and study of physics.

Learn more about the digital features and student learning content available when you purchase the Essential Chemistry Student e-Book Access with Portal’s basic subscription.

Essential Chemistry Student e-Book Access

Essential Chemistry Curriculum Content	This 3-D STEM program pairs a full year of instruction with hands-on investigations using PASCO equipment. Utilize its interactive multimedia tools to increase student engagement and understanding. Essential Chemistry is focused on practical applications that connect students to the chemistry of nature as well as technology.
Essential Chemistry Student Edition e-Book	The Student Edition of the e-Book allows students to access e-Resources directly from their own devices, such as the searchable electronic textbook, student assignments like vocabulary crosswords, section reviews, quizzes, and more multimedia and interactive resources listed below.
Interactive Simulations	Students can explore exciting interactive simulations like polarized chemical bond models, stoichiometry and balancing equations calculator, animations, and more.
STEM Connections	Use this feature to jump to different topics within the textbook highlighting the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics involved in the learning and study of chemistry.

We’re excited to have you consider PASCO Portal as your digital platform for science education! Our curriculum team is always hard at work developing new learning resources and content for you to use.

PASCO Portal is a secure digital platform that provides easy LMS distribution of PASCO learning content for your institution. Here is a recap of the features to enjoy at your fingertips when you purchase the basic subscription:

Single Sign-On (SSO) with Clever
Single Sign-On (SSO) with Google
Single Sign-On (SSO) with ClassLink
(LMS) Compatibility with Google Classroom
(LMS) Compatibility with Canvas
(LMS) Compatibility with Blackboard
(LMS) Compatibility with Schoology
(LMS) Compatibility with BrightSpace
Dynamic, customizable dashboard
Professional development courses with certificates
In-depth video tutorials
Live webinar support and trainings
“How Do I?” micro-learning videos
Essential Physics – Teacher Edition e-Book
Essential Chemistry – Teacher Edition e-Book
Essential Science – Lesson Plans, Slide Presentations, Slide Notes, Student Assignments (Word/PowerPoint & PDF)
PASCO Experiment Library (600+ Labs)
Infinite Test Bank
PASCO Academy – Physics
PASCO Academy – Chemistry
PASCO Academy – Biology
PASCO Capstone™ software download
SPARKvue® software download
Chemvue® software download
Spectrometry software download
MatchGraph! software download
Portal Success Manager Support
Technical Support
PASCO Product Support