GRADE

Matter & Energy

Force & Motion

Living Organisms

Ecosystems

Earth Systems

Universe

K

See Kindergarten Science Curriculum Notebook

See Kindergarten Science Curriculum Notebook

See Kindergarten Science Curriculum Notebook

See Kindergarten Science Curriculum Notebook

1

Balancing & Weighing (STC)  -$620.00

DESCRIPTION:  This unit introduces children to balance and weight by making mobiles and balancing objects on a beam.  Students use a balance and compare and measure weights of objects; applying what they learn to problem-solving situations.

NOTE:  Balancing & Weighing is grade appropriate although academically challenging for first grade.

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Solids & Liquids (STC)  - $553.00

DESCRIPTION:  Students investigate a collection of solid objects, focusing on such properties as color, shape, texture, hardness, and buoyancy.  Investigations of liquids center on how they look, feel, mix and flow.

NOTE:  Recommend teaching Solids & Liquids before Changes.  (Builds on concepts of matter learned in Solids & Liquids)

Organisms (STC) - $463.00

DESCRIPTION:  This unit helps young children form basic ideas about living things.  Students create and observe a woodland and freshwater habitat and refine their sensitivity toward and understanding of the diversity of life.

NOTE:  The management of materials and living organisms can be challenging.

Weather (STC)  - $429.00

DESCRIPTION:  Students learn about weather and how it relates to their everyday world-from the clothes they wear for the forecast. They read a thermometer, estimate wind speed and direction, make a simple rain gauge, and recognize cloud patterns.

NOTE:  Weather can link to calendar time and math.

Matter & Energy

Force & Motion

Living Organisms

Ecosystems

Earth Systems

Universe

2

Changes (STC)  - $320.00

DESCRIPTION:  Children observe the characteristics of solids, liquids, and gases.  Children explore how materials physically change when they are mixed.  They begin to understand that change happens slowly or quickly and occurs naturally or as a result of human intervention.

The Water Cycle is addressed at an introductory level.

Motion (Science Companion) - $450.80

DESCRIPTION:  Children will explore motion.  Motion offers an introduction to physics through activities that engage children’s bodies and minds.  In addition to inviting children to move their own bodies in various ways, the explorations in this unit involve building ramps, rolling toy cars, dropping and crashing marbles, sliding pennies and shoes, and even flying paper airplanes.

NOTE:  This will be the first time that students are exposed to some concepts.

Life Cycle of Butterflies (STC)  - $165.00

DESCRIPTION:  Using the painted lady butterfly, students are introduced to life cycles and the basic needs for air, water, food and shelter.  The caterpillar, chrysalis and adult stages are also observed, with close attention given to development, anatomy, and feeding.

NOTE:  Life Cycle of Butterflies probably the least cumbersome in terms of management.

Soils (STC)  - $395.00

DESCRIPTION:  Students investigate the properties of clay, humus, and their local soils and their importance to plant growth.  They investigate how water moves through soils, how it dries out, and how soils change.

3

Sound (STC)  - $485.00

DESCRIPTION:  Students question sound and how it is used.  Activities highlight sound’s observable characteristics: pitch, loudness, and vibrations.  Students build devices such as whistles and model vocal chords and through these activities learn how humans produce and receive sound.

NOTE:  Sound is the first kit to deal with a form of energy explicitly. 

Animal Studies (STC)  - $860.00

DESCRIPTION:  By caring for and observing three animals from different habitats, students learn what animals need to survive, the primary parts of their anatomical structure, and the ways in which they are suited for life in a particular environment.

NOTE:  Animal Studies builds on prior knowledge from Organisms and Life Cycle of Butterflies. (although recommended, can be taught without others)

Plant Growth & Development (STC) - $450.00

DESCRIPTION:  Wisconsin Fast Plants, Brassica rapa, a member of the mustard family are featured in this unit.  Students follow the life cycle (40 days) including germination, growth, seed harvest, and the emergence of new embryonic plants from the harvested seed.

NOTE:  Plant Growth & Development incorporates the concepts from Soils.  Incorporates Sun as the energy source for plants and animals and natural products of light.

Our Solar System (Science Companion)  - $500.90

DESCRIPTION:  Students explore the sun, the center of our solar system and record shadows and day length.  Models are used to show the Earth’s relationship to the sun as seen in the day-and-night cycle and the annual cycle.  The moon is introduced and the lunar cycle is observed over a month.  This unit offers opportunities for students to wonder and learn about other objects they have seen in the nighttime sky – stars and planets.

Sources of light energy are identified and students recognize light can be transferred from the source to the receiver (eye) through space.  NOTE:  Our Solar System can be taught with an extension of calendar time or math.  This module can be split and assigned to 3^rd grade and 5^th grade teachers.  Ex. Lesson 1-13 could be taught at 3^rd grade.  Lessons 12-26 could be taught at 5^th grade. (Some review from lesson 2, 7, 9, 11,12 should be included.)  Lessons dealing with the transfer of light through space need to be added at 5^th grade.

Matter & Energy

Force & Motion

Living Organisms

Ecosystems

Earth Systems

Universe

4

Electric Circuits (STC)  – $700.00

DESCRIPTION:  Students are introduced to the properties of electricity as they explore circuits, learn about switches, construct flashlights, and discover the properties of diodes.  The unit culminates in students wiring a cardboard box house.

NOTE:  Highly recommend districts have this kit.

Motion & Design (STC)  - $875.00

DESCRIPTION:  Students explore the physics of motion and design technology.  They design and build small vehicles, test how fast they move and redesign them to move more efficiently.  They apply concepts such as gravity on motion, friction and kinetic and potential energy.

NOTE:  Highly recommend districts have this kit.

Ecosystems (STC)  - $690.00

DESCRIPTION:  Ecosystems help students understand the web of interrelationships that link plants and animals and non-living environmental factors.  Students construct an aquarium and observe their own ecosystems, recording changes and stresses.  They learn to see the complexity of environmental issues.

NOTE:  Highly recommend that districts have this kit.

Rocks & Minerals (STC)  - $925.00

DESCRIPTION:  Students observe rocks and minerals, carefully noting similarities and differences.  They develop a classification system based on the physical characteristics and using equipment, they test their rocks for various properties.

NOTE:  Rocks & Minerals will provide an extension of Soils in grade 2 and builds for understanding of Mixtures & Solutions in grade 5, and Properties of Matter and Catastrophic Events in grade 6.

5

Mixtures & Solutions  (FOSS) -$607.00

DESCRIPTION:  Students learn fundamental ideas of chemistry: mixture, solution, concentration, saturation, and reaction.  Students are also introduced to the concept that all matter is made up of atoms and that atoms combine to form molecules.

NOTE:  This provides a foundation for Properties of Matter at grade 6.  Good to have in the K-5 MAP testing span.

Floating & Sinking (STC)  -$795.00

DESCRIPTION:  Through observation and experimentation, students investigate buoyancy and develop a better understanding of related concepts such as density, displacement, and weight.  At the same time, the activities promote basic process skills: predicting, testing, recording, and analyzing, graphing, and more.

NOTE:  Floating & Sinking provides foundation for work in later grades.

Classifying Living Things –  a ColumbiaPublic Schoolunit

DESCRIPTION:  Students will learn to classify animals as vertebrates and/or invertebrates, classify animals into classes (amphibians, fish, birds, mammals, reptiles).  Students will explain how characteristics of each class are the basis for classification, differentiate among the plant, protist, fungi, and Moneran kingdoms using the characteristics of organism, identify a plan or animal using a simple dichotomous key, and explain the beneficial and detrimental impact of bacteria and fungi.  This is not a kit!

NOTE:  This unit can be limited to classification only.   Further study of protist, bacteria and fungi will occur at Grade 6.

Land & Water (STC)  - $850.00

DESCRIPTION:  Using a stream table as a model, students create hills, build dams, and grow vegetation.  They discover how water changes the shape of land and how formations affect the flow of water.  Water Cycle is thoroughly investigated.

NOTE:  Highly recommend districts have this kit. 

Our Solar System (Science Companion)  - $500.90

DESCRIPTION:  Students explore the sun, the center of our solar system and record shadows and day length.  Models are used to show the Earth’s relationship to the sun as seen in the day-and-night cycle and the annual cycle.  The moon is introduced and the lunar cycle is observed over a month.  This unit offers opportunities for students to wonder and learn about other objects they have seen in the nighttime sky – stars and planets.

Sources of light energy are identified and students recognize light can be transferred from the source to the receiver (eye) through space.  NOTE:  Our Solar System can be taught with an extension of calendar time or math.  This module can be split and assigned to 3^rd grade and 5^th grade teachers.  Ex. Lesson 1-13 could be taught at 3^rd grade.  Lessons 12-26 could be taught at 5^th grade. (Some review from lesson 2, 7, 9, 11,12 should be included.)  Lessons dealing with the transfer of light through space need to be added at 5^th grade.

Matter & Energy

Force & Motion

Living Organisms

Ecosystems

Earth Systems

Universe

6

Properties of Matter (STC)  -   $2,695.00

DESCRIPTION:  Students explore concepts such as mass, volume, density, and heat.  They investigate the differences between pure substances and mixtures and are introduced to elements, compounds, and simple chemical reactions.

NOTE:  Chemicals used should be stored in a locked cabinet.

NOTE:  Probe Ware is available for some lessons in the STC MS kits.  Guides can be downloaded.

Diversity of Life (FOSS) - $2,109.00

DESCRIPTION:  Students will observe and maintain protist, plants, and animals in the classroom and study their characteristic behavior.  Students will explore living systems at all levels of organization—structure and function.  Important levels include cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and whole organisms.  Cells carry on many functions needed to sustain life.  Specialized cells perform specialized functions in multi-cellular organisms.  Concepts:  cell, tissue, organism, structure, function, behavior, adaptation, system, interaction.

NOTE:  Requires microscopes.

Catastrophic Events (STC)  -  $3,495.00

DESCRIPTION:  Students will explore local and global heating, convection, cloud formation, air pressure and analysis of weather map.  Students will explore wave motion, earthquake data and factors that cause earthquakes.  In volcanoes, students investigate viscosity and crystallization and examine igneous rocks and volcanic ash.

NOTE:  Teachers  need to order the Magma Model Materials for lesson 19 from Carolina Biological Supplies just prior to teaching unit.

  NOTE:  Probe Ware is available for some lessons in the STC MS kits.  Guides can be downloaded.

7

Energy, Machines & Motion (STC)  - $2,295.00

DESCRIPTION:  Students investigate energy transformations and how forces do work to transform energy.  Students will conduct inquiries to explore the relationship between effort forces and effort distance using inclined planes, pulleys, and levers.

NOTE:  Probe Ware is available for some lessons in the STC MS kits.  Guides can be downloaded.

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 Light (STC) PS - $3,395.00         

DESCRIPTION:  Student           

investigate the behavior of light

and its dual nature as particles

of waves, beginning with the

movement of light, the formation

of shadows, and the reflection

and refraction of light by mirrors,

prisms, and lenses.  Students apply

these principles in the design of

optical devices such as periscopes,

pinhole cameras, telescopes, and

microscopes.  The module con-

cludes with investigations of color

and wave motion, using a ripple

tank as model for exploring wave

phenomena.

NOTE:  Probe Ware is available for

some lessons in the STC

MS kits.  Guides can be

downloaded.                                                  

Populations & Ecosystems (FOSS) -  $2,359.00

DESCRIPTION:  Students will raise populations of organisms to discover population dynamics in a range of conditions.  Reproduction, hereditary and natural selection will be explored as ways to understand both the similarity and variation within and between organisms.  Concepts explored:  species, population, ecosystems, food chain, genetics, trait, natural selection.

Matter & Energy

Force & Motion

Living Organisms

Ecosystems

Earth Systems

Universe

8

Human Body Systems (STC)  - $2095.00

DESCRIPTION:  Students trace the journey of the nutrients in a well-balanced meal as they are processed by the digestive systems, passed into the blood, and are transported to body cells.  They explore the respiratory, circulatory, and musculoskeletal systems while discussing diseases, proper nutrition and physical fitness.

NOTE:  Probe Ware is available for some lessons in the STC MS kits.  Guides can be downloaded.

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Medical Mysteries –      CD 

a web-based interactive program  http://medmyst.rice.edu

DESCRIPTION:  MedMyst

Is a web interactive adventure that engages players in problem-solving activities in a quest to uncover the cause of an infectious disease and to prevent it from spreading.  Each online mission is accompanied by a MedMyst Magazine and Hands-on Activities correlated to the National Science Standards.  Content includes germ theory, infectious agents, vectors, immune system, and treatment/prevention. 

NOTE:  Download onto CDs for student use.                             Will need to have FLASH MULTIMEDIA for animation and speakers for sound.

Earth  in Space (STC) - $3495.00

DESCRIPTION:  Students are introduced to relationships in the solar system (with emphasis on the Sun-Earth-Moon system) through observations of surface features, seasons, tides, and investigations of gravity and motion.  Students will be challenged to model these phenomena and recognize that their models need to be compared with empirical data.

Matter & Energy

Force & Motion

Living Organisms

Ecosystems

Earth Systems

Universe

  HS

Foundations of Physical Science with Earth and Space Science– CPOscience      (COMBO Text)

Prices:

   Student Texts - $52.95

   Investigations Manuals - $17.50

   Teacher’s Guide - $119.00

   Teacher’s Tool Kit - $399.95

   Equipment Kit - $1924.00   (Receive one free kit for every 32 texts 

                                                  purchased)

DESCRIPTION:  This is a “combo” textbook combining Foundations of Physical Science and Earth and Space Science into aone year curriculum in hardback cover.  Four earth and space science units are added to the physical science curriculum which includes topics Water and the Environment, Energy in the Earth system, Earth Science, & Astronomy.  Students are involved in problem-solving investigations.   

Recurring themes throughout this edition include:  energy, atoms, forces, systems, and properties of matter.

NOTE:  Max. of 4 students per lab station is recommended.  Multiple kits may need to be purchased depending on quantity of texts purchased and number of students.

NOTE:  Foundations of Physical Science and CPO Earth and Space can be purchased as separate texts if desired.

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   NOTE:  This text offers an alternative if not purchasing the combo

                   text.  Offers a full year of physical science curriculum.  

    Foundations of Physical Science – CPOscience

       Prices:

          Student Texts - $44.95  (hard cover)

          Investigations Manuals - $14.50

          Teacher’s Guide - $99.00

          Teacher’s Tool Kit - $395.95

          Equipment Kit - $1695.00 (Receive one free kit for every 32 texts          

                                                 purchased).

NOTE:  This text offers an alternative if not purchasing the combo text Foundations of Physical Science with Earth and Space. This text would be a semester at max.

Earth  & Space Science (CPOscience)-

Prices:

  Student Textbook:  $20.95  (soft cover)

  Investigations Manual: $9.50

  Teacher’s Guide - $34.95 (includes Teaching Tools CD ROM)

  Earth & Space Science Equipment Kit:  $228.95 each  (Receive one

                                                        free kit for every 32 texts purchased).

DESCRIPTION:  Introduction to Earth and Space Science contains three earth and space science units (Energy in the Earth System, Earth Science and Astronomy).  Recurring themes throughout this edition include:  energy, forces, systems, and properties of matter.  Developing powers of observation, using data interpretation, and modeling phenomena are emphasized.  Through hands-on investigations and readings, students learn about topics such as water, water chemistry (and its importance on Earth), oceans and their effect on climates and the atmosphere, physical properties of heat transfer, thermal structure, wind currents, human impact on the land, Earth’s position in space, physical properties of planets, mathematical models, stars, and solar energy.

HS

Inquiry Based Consideration: 

Chemistry in the Community (ChemCom) 4^th Ed.  -  W. H. Freeman & Co.

Inquiry Based Consideration : 

Biology:  A Human Approach, 2^nd  Ed. - (BSCS) – Kendall Hunt Publishing