Supporting absent students takes more than one strategy — it takes a layered approach that helps every student find their way back into the learning story.

At the foundation are the embedded supports already built into the OpenSciEd curriculum — structures designed to keep students connected to both the learning and the community, even when they’re away. This video looks at four of those features — the storyline, community agreements, navigation routines, and artifacts of learning — and explores how powering them up can make reconnection part of your classroom rhythm.