Science

Round 1: Mid August Drop Off

Kindergarten: Animals 2x2 and Trees (Oct. - Nov.)

First Grade: Plants and Animals (Oct. - Nov.)

Second Grade: Insects and Plants ( Oct. - Nov.)

Third Grade: Structures of Life (Oct. - Dec.)

Fourth Grade: Environments (Oct. - Nov.)

Fifth Grade: Living Systems (Oct. - Nov.) 

Round 2: Early January Drop Off

First: Air and Weather (Mar. - Apr.)

Second: Pebbles, Sand, Silt ( Jan. - Mar.)

Third: Water and Climate ( Mar. - Apr.)

Fourth: Solids, Rocks, Landforms (Mar. - Mar.) 

Fifth: Mixtures and Solutions (Jan. - Feb.)

Round 3: Early April Drop Off

Kindergarten: Materials & Motion (May - June)

First: Sound & Light (May - June)

Second: Solids & Liquids (May - June)

Third: Motion & Matter (May - June)

Fourth: Energy (May - June)

Fifth: Earth and Sun (May - June)

Niles Biological
Allow 2 weeks for delivery.
Web Site: http://www.nilesbio.com
E-mail: ted@nilesbio.com
Fax: 916.381.4006

Phone: 916.386.2665

If you are a RCSD teacher please notify the Niles Biological staff when placing your order.
 
When ordering live aquatic specimens a water conditioner must be used to remove the chloramine in the tap water or the specimens will perish.

Kindergarten:	First Grade:	Second Grade:	Third Grade:	Fourth Grade:	Fifth Grade:
4 Goldfish	50 Earthworms	200 Mealworms(darling beetle larnae	12 Crayfish	50 Darkling Beetles	150 Redworms
8 Guppies	25 Pillbugs	75 Milkweed bug eggs	200 Land snails	50 Isopods
12 Land Snails	25 Sowbugs	50 Silkworm Eggs	12 Elodea	20 Gold Fish
12 Aquatic Snails		5 Painted lady butterfly larvae		12 Elodea
30 Red Worms				1 Duckweed Jar
25 Pill Bugs				50 Pond Snails
25 Sowbugs				60 Amphipods, gammarus
6 Elodea

Redwood City School District Board of Directors unanimously approved the adoption of Amplify

as the new Middle School (Grade 6 - 8) Science Curriculum in June 2021.

SCIENCE WRITING STRATEGIES:

MS Science Strategies 6-8 

Science Language Functions Resource 

SCIENCE RESOURCES:

Next Generation Science Standards: 

http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/sc/ngssintrod.asp 

Next Generation Science Standards Videos by Paul Anderson

http://www.bozemanscience.com/next-generation-science-standards/ 

FOSS Science California:

www.FOSSweb.com

National Science Foundation:
http://www.nsf.gov/

Lawrence Hall of Science:
http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/

California Department of Education Science:

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/sc/

NASA's Space Place

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/ 

CalRecycle Education and Environment Curriculum

http://www.californiaeei.org/curriculum/ 

Amplify Science

Grades 6-8

AMPLIFY SCIENCE https://amplify.com/programs/amplify-science/