Teacher resources
Every page here starts from an activity teachers already run and rebuilds it to meet six things the research says make class time count. Find yours by skill, grade, subject, or method.
Who we are. Mission.io makes Missions: teacher-led, whole-class simulations where students use what they’re learning to work through a real scenario together.
Building them took years of research and development, and these pages share what we learned: the six criteria we build every Mission to, the classics teachers already run rebuilt to meet them, and the free printables and Missions we made along the way. Take whatever helps with your own activities.
On this page
The six things every page here checks for
Most classics miss two or more. Each page shows the fix that gets its classic to all six, with a printable to run it tomorrow; the collaboration hub has the research behind each one.
1. A real problem with stakes the class can feel
2. Apply, don't recall
3. Group goals with individual accountability
4. The teacher leads the thinking
5. A debrief where the class argues it out
6. A way to see who did what
Find your grade
Pick a skill or a subject, then your grade. Each skill and subject name opens its hub, with all nine grades on one page.
By subject, by method, and for leaders
By subject
Each subject hub defines what a good activity looks like in that subject and links all nine grades.
By teaching method
The named structures, with steps, and where whole-class Missions fit (and where they don’t). For your whole staff, run one with adults: the Faculty Mission.
For science leaders choosing a curriculum
Eleven NGSS programs on one rubric, with EdReports by grade band, cost structure, and a verdict for each.
Our part · We make Missions
Six Missions to start with
A Mission is a teacher-led, whole-class simulation: the class can become the crew, the crisis is built from what you just taught, and the only way through is using it together. Here are six from the 100+. Start with the first one.
Across grades and subjects
Communication Mission briefs by grade: K to 1, 2 to 3, 4 and up. Free for teachers, no credit card. One device per student, plus your projector. 5 minutes of prep, with the Teacher Preview.
“I even sent an email to my whole building encouraging everyone to try it.”
- The Communication MissionRun this one first. It gives your class the training to run any Mission in the library.
- The Speed of ChangeThe AI that manages Earth’s surface glitched and scrambled the history of natural events. Teams sort the evidence to set the record straight.
- TsunamiA tsunami is headed for the populated islands of Viper I. Teams compare seawalls, forests and revetments, then defend the design that protects the town.
- The Revolution, Part 2King George III has cracked down on the colonies. Teams weigh primary sources and draft the Declaration of Independence.
- Mount KatastrofiA settlement is in crisis. Teams use what they know about geological events to relocate it.
- InfectionDr. Ortiz was hurt in a rover crash, and an infection is spreading through the wound. Teams cover it in shapes on a grid and add up the areas, so the laser removes only infected tissue.
Start with the page for your grade
Every page hands you a classic rebuilt to hit all six, and a printable to run it tomorrow.