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Curriculum Planning

The curriculum planner built around your classes.

Your curriculum plan is already inside the work you do every week. EMStudio organizes your classes, units, and lessons into a year-at-a-glance view automatically, with standards coverage and pacing built in. The plan keeps itself up to date as the term goes on.

Curriculum planner with year-at-a-glance, units sidebar, and standards coverage view
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Built on years of teacher feedback

Years of building Notion for Teachers templates for 50,000+ educators showed us where curriculum planning falls apart. EMStudio's curriculum planner addresses what we kept hearing: a plan that updates as the year goes, instead of one that needs maintaining on the side.

What makes a good curriculum planner

A good curriculum planner gives you three things: a clear view of the year, a place for every lesson and unit, and the freedom to rearrange when plans shift. Without those, the plan is just paperwork. With them, it’s a working tool you actually use.

CurriculumSpring 2026 · 5 classes · 38 lessons planned
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Classes

5
Biology6u · 24l
Period 3 · Mon · Wed · Fri
Algebra II5u · 18l
Period 5 · Tue · Thu
World History4u · 16l
Period 1 · Daily
English 93u · 12l
Period 7 · Mon · Wed
Computer Science2u · 9l
Period 4 · Tue · Thu · Fri

Biology · Units

10
Order
The Cell5
DNA & Genetics4
Cells & EnergyPhotosynthesis, respiration, ATP cycles
8
Evolution4
Ecology3
Human Body Systems2
Microbiology3
Plant Biology4
Animal Behavior2
Biochemistry3

Cells & Energy · Lessons

8
Date
Intro to PhotosynthesisCells & Energy
Mar 410:00 AM
12Completed
Light-dependent ReactionsCells & Energy
Mar 610:00 AM
2Completed
PhotosynthesisCells & Energy
Mar 1210:00 AM
23Scheduled
Cellular Respiration LabCells & Energy
Mar 1410:00 AM
12Scheduled
Calvin Cycle Deep DiveCells & Energy
Mar 1810:00 AM
1Scheduled
ATP & Energy CurrencyCells & Energy
Mar 2010:00 AM
12Scheduled
Mitochondria & Krebs CycleCells & Energy
Mar 2410:00 AM
2Scheduled
Energy Flow SynthesisCells & Energy
1Unscheduled

Stop carrying the year in your head

The year-at-a-glance view shows every unit, lesson, and standard from August to June in one place. You can see what's planned, what's coming, where the busy weeks are, and what space is left. The year stops being something you have to remember.

Curriculum

2025–26

3 classes · 9 units · 34 lessons

All classes
BiologyPeriod 3 · 17 lessons

The Cell

5 lessons

100%

Cells & Energy

4 lessons

50%
Intro to PhotosynthesisMar 9
Cell Energy & PhotosynthesisMar 12
Photosynthesis LabMar 14
StandardsHS-LS1-5HS-LS1-7HS-LS2-3
World HistoryPeriod 5 · 12 lessons

Industrial Revolution

5 lessons

80%

Standards covered as you teach

Standards tracking happens inside the lesson, not in a parallel document. Tag against any framework you use, and the coverage view fills in across the year as you teach. By June, the record of what you covered is already there.

Standards catalog

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CountryUnited StatesSubjectScienceGrade9–12
Common Core ELA · Grade 9–10Added
NGSS Life Science · Grade 9–1224 standardsAdd
HS-LS1-5

Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy.

HS-LS1-7

Construct an explanation of cellular respiration as a chemical process.

HS-LS2-3

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how ecosystems respond to change.

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580Add

Stop deciding where to put things

A predictable layout is what makes a planner trustworthy. The same structure runs through every class in EMStudio: classes hold units, units hold lessons. The planner becomes something you can rely on, not something you have to maintain a mental map of as you go.

ClassUnitLesson
Classes3
BiologyPeriod 3
Algebra II
World History
Units3 of 9
The Cell5 lessons
Cells & Energy4 lessons
DNA & Genetics4 lessons
Lessons3
Intro to PhotosynthesisMar 9
Photosynthesis LabMar 14
Calvin CycleMar 17
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Adjusting the plan is the easy part

Plans shift mid-term. A unit runs long and needs to be extended, a class falls behind and lessons get bumped, a field trip rearranges the week. EMStudio is built for those moments. Drag, drop, the plan updates. The hardest part of adjusting your plan is no longer the planner.

Biology · Units

4 units
The Cell5 lessons
DNA & Genetics4 lessons
Cells & Energy4 lessons
Evolution4 lessons

The plan goes wherever it's needed

A digital plan is only useful if it can leave the app. EMStudio prints any part of your curriculum to PDF: a single lesson or a day's plan. Hand it to a sub, file it for an observation, or keep a paper copy for your own reference.

Lesson Plan

Photosynthesis

Ms. Carter
ClassBiology · P3
UnitCells & Energy
DateTue, Mar 12

Academic Standards

NGSS
HS-LS1-5Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy.
HS-LS1-7Construct an explanation of cellular respiration as a chemical process.

Lesson Overview

Students model how plants convert sunlight into the chemical energy stored in glucose, then run a simple lab measuring oxygen production in pondweed.

Attachments

lab-procedure.pdf1.4 MB
exit-ticket.docx32 KB
Spring 2026 · Ms. CarterPage 1 of 1
PDF·1 page

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Biology · This week

Cells & Energy

Intro to PhotosynthesisMon
Light-dependent ReactionsTue
PhotosynthesisToday
Cellular Respiration LabThu
Calvin Cycle Deep DiveFri