One learning model, every adventure.
Every Boon-dah Learning adventure is built from the same four parts, so teachers always know what is coming next and students always know how to engage.
Story
An original Pumpus storybook opens each adventure with a real problem, building vocabulary and background knowledge before students pick up a single tool. Each story is available as a physical book or digitally, with tools that support fluency and literacy.
Boon-dah Box
A hands-on kit turns the story into a real build, with student-safe materials and short, visual, one-step-at-a-time mission cards.
Curriculum
Teacher-facing guidance and student-facing activities connect every build back to science, literacy, and engineering practice.
Data
Students measure, record, and compare results, then use evidence, not guesswork, to improve their design.
The same engineering rhythm, every time
Each collection carries its own theme, but every adventure follows the pattern engineers actually use: notice a real problem, build a solution, collect data, and use evidence to improve it.
Built for classrooms. Backed by standards.
Foundations for real pathways
Every adventure previews a real technical field, from construction and electrical systems to surveying and environmental technology, so students build early awareness of skilled-trade and technical careers.
- Explicit future-pathway connections built into every collection
- Grounded in real tools, systems, and field vocabulary
- Builds toward, not around, later CTE, science, and technical programs
A complete design cycle
Students notice a problem, build a solution, test it, collect data, and improve their design: the same cycle practicing engineers use every day.
- Every kit includes a build, a test, and a measurement step
- Recording sheets built for comparison and revision
- Teamwork and rotating roles built into activities
Aligned by design, not by accident
Every story and kit maps to a specific Florida NGSSS standard, with select investigations also aligned to K-12 Computer Science standards.
- Grade-by-grade NGSSS crosswalk available below
- micro:bit investigations map to CS data and networking standards
- Checked against current Florida Department of Education resources
Accessible by design
Story-first vocabulary, visual step-by-step directions, and predictable routines support every learner, including students with dyslexia and other reading differences.
- Print and digital story formats, with read-aloud and other fluency supports
- Short, one-step-at-a-time mission cards
- Multiple ways for students to show understanding
Foundational knowledge now. Deeper technical learning later.
Boon-dah Learning is not an elementary CTE program, and it does not replace middle- or high-school science, construction, or technical programs. It gives students in grades 3 through 5 accessible, story-driven exposure to real tools, systems, and problem-solving processes, so later science, technical, engineering, and skilled-trade learning has something meaningful to build on.
Six adventures. Eighteen stories. One connected pathway from grade 3 to grade 5.
Each collection includes three Pumpus stories, three matching Boon-dah Box investigations, and a full teacher and student curriculum. Filter by grade to find the right starting point for your classrooms.
The full Florida NGSSS crosswalk.
Every Boon-dah Box investigation is built from a specific Florida NGSSS standard, and select micro:bit investigations are also mapped to K-12 Computer Science standards. Expand a grade below to see the full crosswalk.
Florida alignment reflects the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science and the B.E.S.T. Standards for Social Studies (Geography), checked against current Florida Department of Education guidance (2026). Because Florida sequences a few science concepts differently than other states, a small number of investigations preview a standard Florida formally introduces in a later grade within the 3–5 band; those rows are marked with the Florida grade level shown. Some investigations extend across more than one grade level.
Let’s build the pilot that fits your classrooms.
Tell us about your grade levels, timeline, and standards priorities, and we will help you find the right starting collection.
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Good questions to ask us
- Which collection fits our current grade 3, 4, or 5 science sequence?
- What does a single-classroom pilot cost, and what is included in each Boon-dah Box?
- What professional development or onboarding do teachers receive?
- How does Boon-dah Learning support students with reading differences or IEP/504 accommodations?
- How does a collection connect to our district’s NGSSS science reporting and CTE pathway planning?