InnerOrbit's Beta Intervention Activities are teacher-facilitated activities for whole-class or small-group remediation that help teachers respond to student data and prepare for future assessments.

These collaborative activities connect Science and Engineering Practices (SEP) or Crosscutting Concepts (CCC) with content knowledge to address learning gaps in 4 simple steps:

Intervention Activities are in BETA development for Spring 2026.

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💡 Learn how InnerOrbit's Intervention Activities help educators to:

Set Focus
1. Option 1: Respond to Assessment Data
2. Option 2: Prepare For An Assessment
Save and Assign An Activity
Facilitate Activity
Reassess for Growth

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1. Set Intervention Focus

📈 Option 1: Respond to Assessment Data

If you see a pink intervention pop-up on your Assignment Reports, InnerOrbit identified questions where students may benefit from additional support.

🧑‍🏫 Whole Group (Tier 1)

Less than 50% question accuracy

When most students (more than 50%) miss a 2D question, you'll see "View Recommended Activity" in a pink pop-up:

➡️ What to do:

Click "View recommended activity" to see the intervention activity for the standard of the 2D question.
Review the activity details, then save and assign the intervention activity to your students.

👥 Small Group (Tier 2)

50–69% question accuracy

When fewer than half of the students missed a 2D question, you'll see "Find out Which Students" on the pink pop-up:

➡️ What to do:

Click "Find out which students" to jump to the question matrix.
Look for the brain icon on specific questions.
1. Students with incorrect answers to those questions (red squares) may benefit from an intervention activity:
Click "View recommended activity."
Review the activity details, then save and assign it to your students.

📝 Option 2: Prepare For An Assessment

You can assign an Intervention Activity even if you haven’t given an assessment on InnerOrbit yet, especially if you want to review a unit or prepare for a test.

We're creating BETA activities for the most popular spring PEs, with more being added each week!
Click the links below to access the intervention activities:

Middle School	Life	High School	Life
Ecosystem Resource Availability	MS-LS2-1	DNA Coding for Traits	HS-LS3-1
Mutation and Variation	MS-LS3-1	Ancestry and Evolution	HS-LS4-1
Common Ancestry and Diversity	MS-LS4-1
Factors Affecting Plant Growth	MS-LS1-5
Evidence of Evolution	MS-LS4-2
Middle School	Physical	High School	Physical
Newton's Third Law	MS-PS2-1	Conservation of Mass	HS-PS1-7
Electrics and Magnetic Forces	MS-PS2-3
Newton's First Law	MS-PS2-2
Middle School	Earth and Space	High School	Earth and Space
Plate Tectonics	MS-ESS2-3	Geologic Processes	HS-ESS2-1
Weather Patterns	MS-ESS2-5	Water and Earth's Surface	HS-ESS2-5

➡️ What to do:

Click the link above or use the search bar to find the intervention activity for the specific PE.
Scroll to find the pink “Intervention Activities” section.
Click on the SEP or CCC Intervention Activity.

2. Save and Assign An Intervention Activity

📚 When exploring an Intervention Activity, you’ll see:

Teacher Guide (PDF)
- A facilitation guide including NGSS standards, rationale, and a detailed time breakdown to help you plan your class session.
Student Note Catcher (PDF)
- An optional note-taking template for students to record their thinking during class.
  *Assign the activity to access note catcher

🌟 Feedback
- Provide quick feedback on the intervention activity to help us improve.
Phenomenon & Activity Questions
- The complete intervention activity, including the phenomenon and guided questions:

➡️ What to do:

Click “Assign Activity”, and the whole activity will be saved to your Library.
Check the circles to assign to your classes.
1. You can also:
  1. Set due date
  2. Lock or unlock the activity for different classes or individual students.
  3. Rename the activity

3. Facilitate Activity

💻 Student Access

Direct students to log into their InnerOrbit account or click on the assignment link you shared with them.
- Students follow along on their devices and answer questions throughout the activity.
Optional: Students may use the printable note catcher to record their thinking before answering on their devices.

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Click "Present Activity to Students" to facilitate the activity with your students.
- This is also how the activity will appear on student devices.

Note: Responses from the teacher preview are not saved upon exiting.

👀 Review Students' Work

You can view students' responses to the activity in your Assignment Report:

4. Reassess For Growth

📈 The purpose of intervention is for students to grow on targeted skills! Our team connected a ready-to-use post-assessment to every intervention activity so you can check for understanding and measure student growth.

➡️ What to do:

Go to your Assignment Report > click on activity.
In the pink pop up, click the “Create a Post-Assessment” button.
1. The post-assessment for the targeted PE will appear.
Click "Use All Questions".
Name, Save, and Assign Assessment:

FAQs

What are Intervention Activities?

InnerOrbit's Intervention Activities are teacher-facilitated activities designed for whole-class or small-group remediation.

These collaborative activities help students connect a Science and Engineering Practice (SEP) or Crosscutting Concept (CCC) with content knowledge (DCI) to solve real scientific problems.

They're perfect for responding to student data or preparing for assessments.

Which PEs does the intervention activities have?

We've created intervention activities for the most-searched PEs this time of year.

Additional PEs, including PS & ESS activities, will be added in early March during Beta testing.

See offerings here!

Why use them?

These activities bridge the gap between basic content recall and true three-dimensional thinking.

Whether you're working with your entire class (Tier 1) or supporting specific students who need extra help (Tier 2), these evidence-based MTSS strategies provide meaningful remediation without impacting assessment data.

How long do these activities take?

Each activity takes one class period or less.

Every Intervention Activity includes a teacher guide with a detailed time breakdown to help you plan and structure your class session.

What does the assignment report recommendation mean?

When 2D or 3D questions have lower than 50% accuracy, we recommend an intervention activity focused on either SEP or CCC.

If 50% or more of students missed these questions (less than 50% accuracy), we recommend the activity for the whole group (Tier 1).

If fewer than 50% of students missed them (50–69% accuracy), we recommend the activity for a small group (Tier 2).

Who are these activities for?

These activities are designed for whole-class (Tier 1) intervention based on class-level data trends in InnerOrbit, though they can be adapted for small-group (Tier 2) use.

Currently available for Middle and High School.