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How It Works

The Mission starts long before you press Start.

A Mission is a teacher-led, whole-class simulation. The classroom becomes a spaceship (or time-machine, shrinkcraft, submarine, etc.), the crisis is built from whatever you're teaching, and the whole class takes it on together. The only way through is what they just learned. And it starts the first time you tell your class they're going to need this: the unit becomes the prep, and the Mission is the finale.

Choose a Mission

Pick from 100+ Missions built from units you already teach. Then say the words that change the whole unit: 'Pay attention to this part. We're going to need it in our Mission.' Your prep is a five-minute teacher preview video.

Connect Your Students

No passwords, no student logins to manage. Sit your teams together, put one code on the projector, and the whole class is in. We promise, after you press Start you won't want to go back to 'normal' again.

Launch the Mission

You're at the helm, not on the hook. The Mission runs the scenario while students speak up, move around, and work the problem. You press for proof, guide the discussion, and let teams work back from wrong turns.

Dive Into the Data

The whole time, the platform is measuring what a test can't see: who can apply it, who steps up, who keeps going when it gets hard. A far better picture of what a kid knows than a bubble sheet.

Make any lesson an event your class prepares for.

"Each experience is so amazing! I feel privileged every day to be involved with something so cool and groundbreaking!"
Computer lab teacher from testimonial
Taleese Rogers
Computer Lab
"A definite must for the classroom if your students struggle collaborating and stepping up as leaders."
Middle school science teacher from testimonial.
Shelly Marino
Middle School Science
"This program is a game changer for student engagement and critical thinking. My students love Mission.io."
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Carly Winslow
Elementary Science
How it Works

Anatomy of a Mission

Every mission follows a clear path: students join, face a high-stakes scenario, investigate evidence, act on their ideas, and see the story unfold. 

Students lined up connecting to the lobby of a Mission using a simple four digit code while they sit patiently in their teams.

1. Join the Mission

Students gather into their teams, and log in with a simple code on their Chromebook or tablet.

A futuristic engineer and a robot brief the students on a dire situation of landslides and flooding to kick of a Mission.

2. Initiate Briefing

The class is dropped into a high-stakes, standards-aligned crisis scenario that sets the stage.

Incoming data received by students during a mission providing critical information for solving the problem.

3. Investigate Evidence

Teams analyze charts, data, and first-hand accounts, sharing information to piece together the bigger picture.

Students engaged in a mission working in teams and collaborating to come up with the best solution.

4. Take Action

Students either choose the best course of action or design a solution, putting their ideas to the test.

A spaceship narrowly escapes the explosion of a nearby volcano

5. See the Story Play Out

The mission responds to their choices. Success, setbacks, or catastrophic failure depend on how well they worked together.

A post-mission view of analytics

6. Review the Data

Both students and teachers get instant feedback: knowledge checks, collaboration scores, and skill insights.

Test-Drive Mission.io as a Faculty

Before you launch with students, run a mission with your faculty. It’s the perfect way to see the platform in action, spark quality team-building, and get everyone excited about what’s possible in the classroom.

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Teachers work together during an engaging mission where they are putting their hands together in a united way as they successfully overcome a challenge.

Most edtech asks teachers to do less

Mission.io helps you do more of what matters. The Mission does the heavy lifting so you can lead the moments that make the learning stick: pressing a student for proof, letting a team work back from a wrong turn, asking the question that deepens the discussion.

Take a stand dark TINY

We're built on one belief: the teacher is still the most powerful technology in the room.

Authentic Collaboration

Thirty kids talking each other through how to save the ship: sharing evidence, defending ideas, building on each other's thinking. Other platforms offer group work. A Mission gives the class one problem none of them can solve alone.

Collaboration TINY

Inquiry and Problem Solving

No textbook hypotheticals. Students analyze real data, debate real tradeoffs, and make a call that changes the story. And because the capabilities a Mission builds are the same ones the test measures, what prepares them for the future also helps them perform better today.

Problem Solving TINY

Radical Engagement

Others talk about engagement like it's a spice sprinkled on a bland lesson. For us it's the fuel: fun is how we get kids to let us push them further than they usually let themselves be pushed. It's the kind of classroom experience teachers rate above a field trip, available any day, no bus, no permission slips.

Engagement TINY

It starts with one Mission, this week.

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