Note: 2017-18 elementary science marks year two of a four-year shift in science curriculum materials from NKSD provided materials to all Foss Science Kits provided through OESD 114.
Elementary Science Instructional Materials
Science Kit Title/Description
Publisher/
Textbook Title/
Copyright/Adopted
Kindergarten
Life Science: ESD Foss Animals 2X2
Description: Hands-on science materials kit exploring the interdependent relationships in ecosystems
Lawrence Hall of Science/FOSS//2016
Earth Science: ESD Weather and Climate
Description: Students track weather and temperature and identify patterns.
OESD developed STEM unit/2018
Physical Science: NK Moving Things
Description: Hands-on physical science lessons designed to build science process skills and increase pathways for learning in all areas.
Terrific Science Press/Marvelous Moving Things, Early Childhood Science in Motion/2009/2012
First
Life Science: ESD Foss New Plants
Description: Hands-on science materials kit exploring the structure and function of green plants
Lawrence Hall of Science/FOSS//2016
Earth Science: Foss Air and Weather
Description: Hands-on science kit exploring Earth's atmosphere, weather, and water.
Lawrence Hall of Science/FOSS//2018
Physical Science: ESD Foss Sound and Light
Description: Hands-on science materials kit exploring how to observe and manipulate sound and light.
Lawrence Hall of Science/Foss//2018
Second
Life Science: ESD Insects
Description: Hands-on science materials kit exploring interdependent relationships in ecosystems.
Lawrence Hall of Science/FOSS//2017
Optional Local Life Science: NK Puget Sound Beaches
Description: Teacher developed science lessons exploring life on Puget Sound beaches with in-class hands-on observation practice and complete experiment using science methodology.
District created/2000
Earth Science: NK Foss Pebbles, Sand & Silt
Description: Hands-on science kit exploring the properties and uses of earth materials
Lawrence Hall of Science/FOSS//2017
Physical Science: ESD Foss Solids and Liquids
Description: Hands-on science kit exploring properties and behaviors of solids and liquids. Students engage in scientific and engineering practices.
Lawrence Hall of Science/FOSS/2018
Third
Life Science: ESD Foss Structures of Life
Description: Hands-on science materials kit exploring the interdependent relationship in ecosystems including inheritance and variation in traits
Optional Local Life Science: NK Salmon
Description: Teacher developed science lessons and kit exploring salmon with in-class hands-on observation practice of the salmon life cycle.
Lawrence Hall of Science/FOSS//2016
District created/2000
Earth Science: NK Water
Description: Hands-on science materials kit exploring the physical properties of water and its use as a power source.
Physical Science: ESD Foss Motion and Matter
Description: Hands-on science materials kit exploring forces and interactions, matter and its interactions and engineering design.
Lawrence Hall of Science/FOSS//2017
Lawrence Hall of Science/FOSS//2018
Fourth
Life Science: ESD Environments
Description: Hands-on science materials kit exploring structure, function and energy movement in life systems
Lawrence Hall of Science/FOSS//2016
Earth Science: ESD Soils, Rock and Land Forms
Description:Hands-on science materials kit exploring processes that shape the Earth.
Lawrence Hall of Science/FOSS/2017/2017
Fifth
Life Science: ESD Living Systems
Description: Hands-on science materials kit exploring matter and energy in organisms and ecosystems
Earth Science: ESD Foss Earth and Sun
Description: Hands-on science materials kit exploring Earth's systems, stars and the solar system
Physical Science: ESD Foss Mixtures and Solutions
Description: Hands-on science kit exploring separating mixtures, saturation and concentration of solutions and simple chemical reactions.
Lawrence Hall of Science/FOSS//2016
Lawrence Hall of Science/FOSS//2016
Lawrence Hall of Science/FOSS/2018
Optional Physical Science: NK Science a Closer Look
Description:Hands-on science materials kit for exploring targeted chapters in the text.
Macmillan/McGraw-
Hill/ Science A Closer
Look/ 2011/ 2011
Middle Level Science Instructional Materials
Energy, Machines and Motion
Carolina Biological Supply Company
Catastrophic Events
#97-4206
Carolina Biological Supply Company
Organisms - From Macro to Micro
#97-4806
Ecology Unit E
#IALS-MM4E-1032
Rocks, Minerals and Soil - Units A and B
#IAES-MM1-1032
Carolina Biological Supply Company
Properties of Matter
#97-4406A
Carolina Biological Supply Company
Carolina Biological
Supply Company
Human Body Systems
#97-4012
High School Science Instructional Materials
Conceptual Physical Science Explorations
Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach, 6th edition
Human Biology, 5th edition
Physics, Principles with Applications 5th edition
AP Physics
Fundamentals of Physics, 7th Edition
Halliday, Resnick, and Walker
2005
Wiley Pub.
Living in the Environment: Principles, Connections and Solutions,
Life Science: ESD Animals 2X2
Description: Hands on science materials kit exploring the interdependent relationships in ecosystems
Earth Science: ESD Weather and Climate (Investigations 2 & 3)
Description:
Physical Science: NKSD Marvelous Moving Things
Description: 22 Hands-on physical science lessons designed to build science process skills and increase pathways for learning in all area.
Life Science: ESD Animals 2X2
Description: Hands on science materials kit exploring the interdependent relationships in ecosystems
Earth Science: ESD Weather and Climate (Investigations 2 & 3)
Description:
Physical Science: NKSD Marvelous Moving Things
Description: 22 Hands-on physical science lessons designed to build science process skills and increase pathways for learning in all area.
Earth Science: NK Properties of Matter
Description: Teacher developed hands-on science exploration of the states of matter that occur in the world around us.
Earth Science: NK Does the Sun Move
Description:
District created materials/2012
District created materials/2012