Common Sense Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum vs OpenSciEd

Common Sense Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum is a free web curriculum for kindergarten through grade 12. It gives teachers a framework for digital literacy and well-being, with standards alignment and teacher tools. The program covers healthy habits, relationships and communication, privacy and safety, cyberbullying and online harm, digital footprint, and information and media literacy. Its offering includes more than 165 updated lessons, described on the About page as 170+ lessons. Lessons combine interactive activities and discussion guides, taking about 20 minutes for K–8 or 40 minutes for grades 9–12. Topics include AI literacy, social media, screen time, deepfakes, consent, and AI hallucinations. Schools may follow a complete grade sequence or select and reorder lessons. A free self-paced implementation course is available for teachers and administrators. Lessons can fit library, media lab, subject, advisory, health, or social-emotional learning programs. The curriculum was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco.

OpenSciEd creates free science curriculum materials and professional learning resources for educators, with NGSS alignment across elementary, middle and high school. Its lessons center on scientific phenomena and student questioning, investigation and problem-solving; teachers are encouraged to adapt them. Released units can be downloaded as PDFs, Google Drive files, Word documents or PowerPoint files, and some are available in Google Classroom or Canvas versions. Free self-guided learning paths and an on-demand support library provide videos and resources for unit preparation, classroom routines and anticipating student ideas. Registration is required to access the materials and is intended for educators or parents, not K–12 students. Middle school materials use CC BY 4.0; elementary and high school materials use CC-BY-NC licensing, with noncommercial 5R permissions free and perpetual. OpenSciEd High School offers three NGSS courses. The organization describes itself as an independent nonprofit, and the website is listed for web access.