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Science Kit Delivery Schedule 2021-2022

 

Grades Kindergarten through 5th grade Schedule:

Round 1: Mid September Drop Off

Kindergarten: Animals 2x2 (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

Kindergarten: Trees (Jan. - Mar.)

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)

Fifith: Earth and Sun (May - June)

 

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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 

FOSS Focus Questions 

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/ 

 

2021 Delta Education/

FOSS NGSS Science

Grades K-5

KINDERGARDEN MODULES

ANIMALS 2X2 FOSS
TREES & Weather FOSS
Materials & Motion FOSS

 

GRADE 1 MODULES

PLANTS AND ANIMALS FOSS

AIR AND WEATHER FOSS

SOUND AND LIGHT FOSS


GRADE 2 MODULES

INSECTS AND PLANTS FOSS
PEBBLES SAND AND SILT FOSS

SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS FOSS

 GRADE 3 MODULES

STRUCTURES OF LIFE

WATER AND CLIMATE

MOTION AND MATTER 

GRADE 4 MODULES

ENVIRONMENTS

SOLIDS, ROCKS, AND LANDFORMS

ENERGY


 

GRADE 5 MODULES 

LIVING SYSTEMS

MIXTURES AND SOLUTIONS

EARTH AND SUN

 

Amplify Science

Grades 6-8

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

List of Live Science Specimens

FOSS Kindergarten – Animals 2x2:

4 Goldfish

8 Guppies

12 Land Snails

12 Aquatic Snails

30 Red worms

12 Earthworms

25 Pill Bugs

25 Sowbugs

6 Elodea

FOSS 1Grade – Plants & Animals:

50 Earthworms 

25 Pillbugs 

25 Sowbugs

FOSS 2Grade – Insects & Plants

200 Mealworms (darkling beetle larvae)

75 Milkweed bug eggs 

50 Silkworm eggs

5 Painted lady butterfly larvae

FOSS 3Grade - Structures of Life:

12 Crayfish

20 Land snails

12 Elodea

FOSS 4 Grade - Environments:

50 Darkling beetles

50 Isopods

20 Goldfish

12 Elodea

1 Duckweed Jar

50 Pond snails

50 Amphipods, gammarus 


 
 
Live Specimen Ordering Information for RCSD Teachers:
 
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.