Elementary FOSS Science

Getting Started With Your Science Kit

Your kit contains:

• All the equipment necessary for your science lessons
• A teacher folder with a suggested pacing guide and an inventory sheet
• A teacher guide binder containing all of the lessons and teacher resources
• Student lab manuals

Please use the teacher guide and the inventory sheet to familiarize yourself with the equipment necessary for each lesson a day or two before you plan to teach the lesson.

Teacher Prep Videos with detailed instructions for teaching each lesson are available at fossweb.com. Select your grade level, unit name, teacher/parent info, teacher resources, and, teacher prep video. Also available from FOSS is the electronic newsletter at http://www.deltaeducation.com/science/foss/newsletter.aspx

Living Materials Care Guides

• Animals Two by Two
• Environments
• Insects
• Structures

Essential Elementary Science Vocabulary

• Kindergarten
• Grade 1
• Grade 2
• Grade 3
• Grade 4
• Grade 5

Science Kits

2011-2012 Science Kit Distribution Schedule

Pacing Guides

• K: Animals Two by Two, Fabric, Trees, Wood & Paper
• 1: Balance & Motion, Magnets, New Plants
• 2: Air & Weather, Changes, Insects, Pebbles Sand & Silt
• 3: Levers & Gears, Measurements, Physics of Sound, Structures of Life
• 4: Earth Materials, Magnetism & Electricity, Motion & Design, Water
• 5: Environments, Landforms, Mixtures & Solutions, Variables

Kit Return Dates

• Quarter 1
• Quarter 2
• Quarter 3
• Quarter 4

Contact Information

• For questions regarding supplies: Call 359-7710 or email Deena Johnson (djohnso@kusd.edu) or Jenny Weyer (jweyer@kusd.edu)
• For questions regarding content or instruction: Call 359-7394 or email Christine Pratt (cpratt@kusd.edu)