Frequently Asked Questions

Yeti Academy, is an innovative Keyboarding, Coding and STEM education platform meticulously crafted for K-12th grade students. Aligned with educational standards including ISTE, Common Core, TEKS, and CSTA. Yeti Academy goes beyond traditional keyboarding and technology platforms by seamlessly integrating differentiated learning across its courses including: Keyboarding, Google Workspace Applications, Life Science, Digital Citizenship, Coding and more.

Yeti's dynamic project-based STEM modules are uniquely designed to captivate and engage students at every level. Our platform offers the flexibility to customize lessons to suit the specific needs of any classroom, school, or district. 

Each lesson within Yeti Academy is the result of careful craftsmanship by our highly accredited curriculum designers, bringing years of invaluable Keyboarding and STEM classroom teaching experience into every module. Teachers will find all the course resources they need and will be able to get started quickly and easily. Discover an educational journey that excites and empowers students, paving the way for a future enriched with STEM proficiency.  Sign up for your free 30 day trial of Yeti Academy today

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Yeti Academy presents cutting-edge K-12 courses in Keyboarding (Touch Typing) Coding, Digital Citizenship, Digital Literacy, Computational Thinking, Science and more. Take a look below for a comprehensive list of our STEM courses.

Yeti Keyboarding: (K-12)

Yeti Keyboarding is keyboarding reimagined and a rich and exciting keyboarding experience for all students! Teachers now have the option to select from newly-designed, grade-by-grade curricula, each built to address the unique learning objectives at each specific grade level from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Teachers have the choice of which learning path they would like their students to take: WPM or WPM plus Speed. Complete with Yeti's 7 E learning system, Yeti Keyboarding has several learning components allowing for differentiated learning like: Engage, Learn, Benchmark, and Apply tabs and more content than any other keyboarding program on the market today!

Mountain Adventure (K-2 Keyboarding - Traditional)

Pet Spa (Google Workspace Training: 3-5)

In the Pet Spa course, cute pets are key! As students grades 3-5 create artifacts and learn basic skills with Google Workspace applications.

Sadie Shred is opening a snowboard shop called the “Backcountry Yeti” at the Black Diamond Peak ski resort. Students will help her launch a successful business and ride the chute past the competition! Students will learn and use Google Workspace to help Sadie accomplish her tasks. Complete with in app video guidance.

Theme Parks (Google Workspace Training: 9-12)

A technology-based curriculum where students learn to use Google Workspace tools while building their very own theme park.  Students work through each of the lessons and learn the tools they need to make it a (virtual) reality!  From logo design to site visit planning, and creating e-portfolios, Theme Parks offers hands-on learning to help develop your students business, school related, and personal skills.  This course features an intentional inclusion of digital citizenship topics.

Math Castle (Math: 1-5) COMING SOON

Become a knight of numbers in our Math Castle adventure! Students will hone their problem solving and math skills while exploring the levels of a castle, solving puzzles, and unraveling the mysteries of mathematics.(Plug & Play)

Patterns:(Computational Thinking: K-5)

Get ready to put your thinking caps on and unravel the mysteries of patterns! Our Patterns curriculum is all about computational thinking. From identifying patterns to solving emoji math puzzles, students will sharpen their critical thinking skills while having a blast along the way. (Plug & Play)

Pipes: (Computational Thinking: 3-5)

Calling all problem solvers! Dive into our Pipes curriculum and explore the fascinating world of computational thinking. From skip-counting to spatial awareness, students will build pipes to water the plants while honing their critical thinking, spacial awareness and problem-solving skills. It's a hands-on adventure your students won't want to miss. (Plug & Play)

Sports Med (Biology/Life Science Elective: 6-9)

A technology-based introductory Biology/Life Science class based on NGS Standards. It provides a student-driven project and problem-based curriculum.  Sports Med. is broken down into thirteen concepts, each with varying numbers of lessons.  Each lesson page includes seven student modalities. The pacing of the module can easily be adapted based on the preferences of the classroom teacher and time restraints of the class and can be easily adapted to the teaching style of any classroom.

Super Citizenship  (Digital Citizenship: 3-5)

Prepares your 3-5 students to be successful in this digital age with this curriculum that is aligned with ISTE standards. Digital citizenship concepts are brought to life with a series of exciting super hero videos with lessons to reinforce learning, and an illustrated scenario-based quiz.

Sports PR Agency  (Digital Citizenship: 6-9)

In the Sports PR Agency module, students will participate in individual and collaborative project and problem based activities, centered around digital influence topics and scenarios.  “Working” in a virtual PR agency, students will manage athletes and help them to understand the impact and etiquette surrounding digital influence. Complete with introductory videos with real world teens offering instant identification and relatability for your students!

The Pizzeria (Computational Thinking: 3-5)

As students journey through each concept and lesson, they are considering different facets associated with operating Bigfoot’s Pinecone Pizzeria restaurant. "The Pizzeria” module is divided into four concepts, corresponding to the four elements of computational thinking: Decomposition, Pattern Recognition, Abstraction, Algorithmic Thinking.

Bike Shop (Computational Thinking: 6-9)

This module is divided into four concepts, corresponding to the four elements of computational thinking: Decomposition, Pattern Recognition, Abstraction, Algorithmic Thinking and utilizes a technology-based and student-driven curriculum where students practice computational thinking through a problem-based approach.

"Create a Course" Custom Curriculum Builder (K-12) COMING SOON

Do you have your own course that you'd like to offer your students? Use this nifty tool to "Yetify" your own curriculum and serve it up with ease to your students, your school, or even your entire district. Includes the option to use ready to go templates, gamification, and  all the exciting in-app features that Yeti Academy offers. Easy to follow instructions for both students and teachers. (Currently available in Keyboarding and Coding for our Premium users and soon to be available for all content areas.)

Both.  Yeti Academy is an online program designed for the classroom and can be seamlessly integrated into a remote classroom environment or a hybrid version of both. Yeti Academy  sets each student up for success by giving them the ability to work at their own pace in a differentiated learning style.

This is where Yeti really stands out! No longer do teachers have to spend their summers preparing for their classes, Yeti Academy has done all the work for you and is packed full of teacher resources!  Over 2,000 resources and growing! Teachers are supplied with lesson plans, activities, slide shows, tests, and much more that can be used in electronic format or printed. The extensive resources we have made available to teachers is what sets Yeti apart!

Resources like Teacher Summaries, Artifact Templates, Slide Presentations, Artifact Examples, and Scoring Checklists and more are included, these vary, based on lessons.  Larger modules like Sports Med, Sports PR Agency, and Theme Parks have the elements listed previously, but they also include both written and Forms Assessments, Assessment Keys, Lesson Plans, Teacher Notes, Student Note Packet Templates, Note Packet Scoring Sheets, and more robust teacher materials like warm-up and closing activity sheets and resources.

Yeti Academy offers a free 30 day trial which allows you to dive into the program with up to 30 students! During these 30 days you will be able to explore the first module of all of our courses, giving you a complete understanding of all we have to offer. If you need extra time just let us know and we woud be happy to extend. Once your trial is over, you then have the option to upgrade to Yeti Academy Essentials or to Yeti Academy Premium.

 Yeti Academy Essentials is everything you need to set up your students for keyboarding and STEM success. With access to our keyboarding curriculum, coding and digital citizenship for grades k-5, your students will been in for a flurry of fun!  

Yeti Academy Premium grants you full access to all our complete lineup of STEM courses, teacher resources, and the additional features including customization, multiplayer options, custom learning themes, advanced reporting, unlimited data, premiere rostering options, priority support and more!  Click here to learn more.

Yes! Yeti Academy is currently available for both stand-alone schools and districts. 

Yes! In Yeti Academy teachers have the ability to add their own content and build their own course and serve it up to their students using Yeti Academy's exclusive online suite of features and tools!

Yes.  Yeti Academy includes reporting features and a white glove reporting feature for schools and districts to tailor reports to their needs! Teachers can gauge student progress throughout each curriculum, see how much time students are spending on lessons, and create or request reports as desired through our support team!    Yeti Academy is continuing to actively grow this area of our program into one of the most robust reporting experiences available online.

Yeti Academy trial users have access to seeing the last 30 days worth of student data in the program for the first 30 students loaded. Paid Essential or Premium users will have access to all historical student data for all of their students in the program.

There are several ways you can roster your Yeti Academy classes.  Students can be manually rostered one at a time using our easy to navigate roster system, students can can roster via self-registration, you can upload a .csv file to our Secure FTP site, or you can roster via Google Classroom, ClassLink, or  Clever.

Yes. Yeti Academy's modules are aligned with local, state, and national standards including ISTE, NGSS, TEKS, and Common Core Anchor Standards.  Most lesson plans detail the ISTE standards included in the lesson and often cite science and engineering practices. Science modules, like Sports Med, also include the NGSS standards and various state standards, where applicable. The Common Core is a set of clear college- and career-ready standards for kindergarten through 12th grade in English language arts/literacy and mathematics.  The standards are intended to ensure that all students have the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in college, career, and life upon graduation from high school, regardless of where they live. These standards are aligned to the expectations of colleges, workforce training programs, and employers.  The specific standards applied depend on the nature of the course. 
Authors: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers Title: Common Core State Standards Publisher: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington D.C. Copyright Date: 2010.