TO: Elementary/Middle/High School Principals, Assistants
FROM: Richard
Therrien
RE: Science Supply Recommendations
SCIENCE
MATERIALS RECOMMENDATION LIST K-12
Many schools have asked for
some guidelines in planning for materials purchases for the upcoming school
year. Much depends on the timing and implementation of science at each school.
It is NOT recommended to buy
science textbooks at this time for grades K-5. Kit based programs provide
students with the experiences needed to develop conceptual understanding. The
STC and FOSS/DSM kits have writing, reading, and assessment components that
integrate well with our literacy standards. The teacher guides and training
videos and websites that are included are a rich resource. There are non
fiction readers and magazines included in the newest versions.
The literacy department has
been working as well, and can make recommendation for further nonfiction
reading, from a variety of sources, including Newbridge Discovery readers, to
align with the units.
We are still currently using
STC and other Science Kits, 2-3 per
year, provided by the district, not quite aligned with the state frameworks
yet. The newest version kits include writing, math, literacy as well, and have
conceptual storylines as well as research proven lessons for improved student
achievement. We also will be adding NewHaven specific guidelines and
assessments to each kit the SRC sends out.
I have previously sent out a
rotation list and told schools they may REQUEST a certain order.
A good resource for the
upper elementary grades to supplement district provided kits are the Science
Daybooks, that contain basic concepts, vocabulary and hands on activities, as
well as the ScienceSaurus student handbooks found from GreatSource.
However if you may choose to
buy your own kits to keep, and wish to align closer with the state frameworks,
I have included some detailed recommendations for supplies, kits, texts for
K-8.
Here is a tentative list, with links to web ordering, based on our curriculum and pacing guide, as well as
input from the CT SDE.
Science Budget Recommendations:
Science curriculum and standards will not change for 15-16, and students will
still be responsible for CMT science (grade 5/8) and CAPT (high school).
Detailed guidelines for elementary science kits, middle school texts, high
school labs, and recommended supplies for each level can be found at www.newhavenscience.org/scimaterials.htm
, or ask richard.therrien.
For schools planning their budgets for 2015-16.
-K-5 grades will continue to be furnished 3 hands on science kits a year from
the Science Resource Center. Purchasing textbooks is NOT recommended. There are
recommendations for supplemental measuring supplies that should align with
current science and math curriculum.
-For grades 6-8, schools need to budget consumable supplies for an average of
$6-$9 per student to fit curricular needs. This also should include some repair
funds for balances and microscopes (about $250 per class set). Purchasing new
textbooks or equipment is not recommended at this time until we transition to
new state standards starting in 16-17.
For high schools, schools need to budget for required lab supplies for required
courses (PhyChem, Biology, Chemistry, Physics), guidelines are for $10-$15 per
student. This also should include some repair funds for balances and
microscopes (about $250 per class set). Please think carefully about
requesting approval for new/different science electives, as these often have high
costs in new science equipment and textbooks that may impact needed supply
funds for other required courses. Again, purchasing new textbooks is not
recommended at this time until we transition to new state standards starting in
16-17.
Thank you.
Richard Therrien
Science Kits for 2015
Many schools are starting to plan for the next
school year... especially in terms of magnet themes.
This note is to try and help in your planning,
but at this point much of our science program is dependent on funding sources
and so I can't give you a definite plan.
As you know the district has tried to provide
kits for the required hands on instruction in science.
Each kit is about 12-16 50 minute lessons and
we will try to fit in three units a year. Doing 3 kits a year gives students
about 40 to 75 hours of experiment based science.
Of course, the kits come with non fiction
literature, writing prompts, math skills, and assessments. We've also
sent out other smaller activities (CASAP/NAEP, embedded tasks) that fit in.
Out of the required state standards, usually
one unit is not kit based but rather experiential and reading/writing
based.
Incorporating literacy and math
(measurement/graphing) skills would supplement the science to provide students
with 100-150 hours a year of science as recommended by state guidelines.
We have curriculum, units, activities,
standards, for ALL these units, and continue to revise as needed. (www.newhavenscience.org)
So it looks like:
K: FOSSWood or DSMProperties, Trees
(school has), STCWeather
(also covers seasons unit0
1: STCOrganisms, STCCompare/Measure,
DSM Sun/Shadows,
(Motion
no kit)
2: DSMSoils, STCSolids/Liquids,
STCButterflies(spring
or fall), (Nutrition
no kit yet)
3: STCRocks, STCChemTests,
STCPlantGrowth (spring
or fall), (Recycling
no kit)
4: STCMotion/Design, STCLand/Water,
STCElectric
Circuits, (Ecosystems/Habitats
no kit) There are also suggested supplemental books.
5: Set order: Sound, GEMSColorAnalyzers,
GEMSMagnifiers, (Senses no kit), GEMSEarth/Moon/Stars, (ALL DONE BEFORE
CMT!) There are also suggested supplemental books.
6: STCEcosystems Kit (from SRC), DSMSimple
Machines Kit or FOSS Levers kit bought for Title I schools, 2010, Weather:
FOSS WeatherWater bought for Title I schools 2010, Watersheds Kit (from SRC),
plus NeoSci Weather, FoodChains, WaterPollution bought for Title I schools
2008.
Some schools choose to semi departmentalize
science in sixth grade and may also use the supplemental textbooks
7: some kits for Title I schools bought
2010.... daily textbook/labs/materials.... Set order: Matter, Chemistry, Cells,
Genetics,Reproduction, Human Body (DSM Kit), Microbes, Food (FDA Food Safety
Kit, STC Food Chemistry)
8: some kits for Title I schools bought 2010..
daily textbook/labs/materials.... Set order: Forces/Bridges,Motion (STC
MotionEnergy ), Sun/Earth/Moon (GEMS ReasonSeasons),Landforms, EarthMovements
(DSM Earth/PlateTectonics), RockCycle, Natural Disaster
So you can request a specific order... of
course I can't send everyone Butterflies in the Spring!.
We have 65 classes per grade, but only 10-40
of many of the kits.
And we don't have enough of many of the kits,
so I can't know for sure now.
We tend to ask classes to share if needed, or
we short change schools that aren't historically using or returning them.
I hope that we will be able to finalize our
funding before the year starts and we will get more flexibility.
Right now our plan is FALL: Sep 1 to Nov 15,
WINTER Dec 17-Feb 28, SPRING April 2 - June 9
In the meantime...
you
can REQUEST a specific order and let me know how it fits into your theme, and I
will work with our partner towns, the magnet office, and our workers to try and
settle a rotation before the end of the year.
Thanks!
Sales Rep for Carolina (New Haven should get a substantial discount IF we go
through the sales rep!)
Katie
Arace, Carolina Biological Supply Company, 114 Horizon Lane, Glastonbury,
CT. 06033
Tel:
800-227-1150 x3502, Local: 860-657-3405, Fax: 860-657-3609,
Email: katie.arace@carolina.com
This
document has links to ordering info for each kit
Grade K
STC
Kit GH-97-1201 Weather $515 (most provided by district)
FOSS Kit Wood $763 (most provided by district) OR DSM III Kit
Properties $377
FOSS Kit Trees $529 (most provided by district)
Grade One
Math
connection: GH-97-1301
Comparing and Measuring $500 (most
provided by district)
Delta Kit
DSMIII Sunshine and Shadows $388 (most provided by district)
Delta Kit
DSMIII Force and Motion $399
STC Kit
GH-97-1101 Organisms $634 (most
provided by district)
Grade Two
STC
Kit GH-97-1401 Solids and Liquids $645(most provided by district)
STC Kit
GH-97-1601 Soils $479.95 or Delta Kit DSM
III SoilScience $367 (most provided by district)
Nutrition (no
kit yet), supplemental/free materials
STC Kit
GH-97-1501 Butterflies $276 (most provided by district)
Grade Three
STC
Kit GH-97-2001 Rocks and Minerals $1150 or in house rock kits (most
provided by district)
STC
Kit GH-97-2101 Chemical Tests $780 (most provided by district)
Recycling (no
kit yet) supplemental/free materials
STC
Kit GH-97-1901 Plants $630 (most provided by district)
Grade Four
STC
Kit GH-97-2601 Electric Circuits (most provided by district)$765
STC Kit
GH-97-3001 Motion and Design (most provided by district) $950
Ecosystems (no
kit yet)
STC
Kit GH-97-2301 Land and Water $920 Class Set(most provided by district)
Science
Resource Daybook
For Grade 4 with Science Saurus W4-051556 $24.75
Grade Five
UNH Sound Kit
(most provided by district) or STC
Kit GH-97-2201 Sound $765 for Class
Set
LIGHT KIT: Two
GEMS Kits (most provided by
district) GEMS 11-4301
Color Analyzers $105 AND GEMS 11-4801 More Than Magnifiers $159
GEMS 11-4001
Earth/Moon Kit $275
(most provided by district)
Science
Resource Daybook
For Grade 5 with Science Saurus W4-051559 $24.75
Tentative recommendation for 6/7/8 science , New Haven
Pubic Schools as of 5/2009
Note that buying
the three modules per grade should work out to $45 per student.
Here is the
list.
Each teacher should have set
for students, 1 teacher edition, 1 teaching resources per module.
Classroom set of
materials/supplies if possible. The kits are designed to accompany the text.
Each teacher should also
have: a set of the program wide resources (link to newest Prentice
Hall catalog)... , which should include Adapted Reading Study Workbooks,
Adapted Tests as well as technology resourcesÉSpanish editions and workbooks
are also available. These can probably be assumed to be comped with a large
purchase. You MUST use science supervisorÕs name when ordering and local sales
rep to receive complimentary teacher materials.
Local Sales Rep
E-Mail Address: John.Landers@pearsoned.com
Voice Mail: (800) 435-3499 Ext.1469
Phone: (860)
349-0383 FAX: 860) 349-9566
ALL
6-8 Students should have access to
The
Nature of Science and Technology
0132011603 The Nature of
Science and Technology Student Edition $15.97
0132011778 TeacherÕs Edition
$32.47
0132035618 Teacher Resource
Pack $99.97
0131901451 Consumable
Material Kit $39.97
0131901621 non Consumable
Material Kit $129.97
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Grade Six (if self
contained, see book recommendations and Frey Kits as well)
-Delta
Science Module Simple Machines Class Set (most provided by district) $367
or FOSS Levers Kit bought in January 2010 for Title I schools, Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciPulleysMachinesKit
-STC
Kit GH-97-2801 Ecosystems $800 Class Set (most provided by district), Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciFoodWebKit
-Water Resources Kit (Urban Resources/Open Spaces Unit)
(most Watersheds Kits provided by district), Spring 2008 Title I Schools UrbanWaterTestKit, NeoSciExploringGroundwater,
NeoSciInvestigatingWaterPollutionKit
-Weather: Foss Weather/Water Kit bought in January 2010 for
Title I schools, Spring 2008 Title I Schools NeoSciExploringWeatherKit
ScienceSaurus
Grade 6-8 Student Handbook W4-052916 $17.25
Some Schools are choosing to also adopt a departmentalized approach for
sixth grade, which aligns with the following Prentice Hall Modules:
For
Specialized Grade Six Programs and ADDITION to Kits sent by district
(Ecosystems, Watersheds, Simple Machines)
6th grade Environmental
Science
0133651045 Student Edition
14.97
0133651223 Teacher Edition
32.47
0132035499 Teaching Resources
99.97
013190132x Consumable
Materials 199.97
0131901508 Non Consumable
Materials 299.97
Plus STC Ecosystems Kit
rotated among schools
Spring 2008 Title I Schools NeoSciFoodWebKit
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6th grade Weather
and Climate
0133651096 Student Edition
14.97
0133668495 Teacher Edition
32.47
0132035537 Teaching Resources 99.97
0131901370 Consumable
Materials 119.97
0131901540 Non Consumable
Materials 199.97
Plus FOSS Weather/Water Kit
bought in January 2010 for Title I schools
Spring 2008 Title I Schools NeoSciExploringWeatherKit
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6th Grade EarthÕs
Waters
0133651088 Student Edition
14.97
0133668487 Teacher Edition
32.47
0132035529 Teaching
Resources 99.97
0131901362 Consumable Materials 259.97
0131901532 Non Consumable
Materials 549.97
Plus FOSS Weather/Water Kit
bought in January 2010 for Title I schools
URI Watersheds Kit rotated
among schools
Spring 2008 Title I Schools UrbanWaterTestKit, NeoSciExploringGroundwater,
NeoSciInvestigatingWaterPollutionKit
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SIMPLE
MACHINES:
SHARE
EIGHTH GRADE MATERIALS ON FORCE , DSM Kit on Simple Machines for some schools.
0-13-3651134 Student Edition
17.97
0133668533 Teacher Edition
32.47
0131902865 Teaching
Resources 99.97
0131901427 Consumable
Materials 69.97
0131901591 Non Consumable
Materials 299.97**OR STC
Kit 97-4601 Energy, Motion, Machines Class Set $270 was bought to SHARE
with grade 8 in January 2010 for Title I schools
Spring 2008 Title I Schools NeoSciPulleysMachinesKit
The following
kit was bought in January 2010 for Title I schools: Grade 6 FOSS Levers Kit,
Science Notebook, Parent Folio
DEPARTMENTALIZED
SEVENTH/EIGHTH GRADE ALSO
SEE
NeoSciHowScientistsDoScienceKit
7th grade Chemical
Building Blocks
0133651118 Student Edition
18.97
0133668517 Teacher Edition
34.47
0132035561 Teaching
Resources 99.97
0131901397 Consumable
Materials 179.97
0131901567 Non
Consumable Materials 279.97** OR Carolina
STC Kit GH-97-4406 Properties
of Matter $2895 Class Set,
Spring 2008 Title
I Schools: NeoSciElement Kit, GeneralChemModelKit
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7th grade Cells
and Heredity
0133651029 Student Edition
17.97
0133651207 Teacher Edition
32.47
0132035464 Teaching
Resources 99.97
0131901393 Consumable
Materials 148.47
0131901486 Non Consumable
Materials 327.47 ** OR Carolina
STC Kit GH 97-4806 Organisms from Macro to Micro $3195 Class Set,
Spring 2008 Title I Schools NeoSciExploringCellProcesses Kit
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7th grade Human
Biology
0133651037 Student Edition
17.97
0133651215 Teacher Edition
32.47
0132035472 Teaching
Resources 99.97
0131901311 Consumable
Materials 199.97
0131901494 Non Consumable
Materials 449.97 ** OR Carolina
STC Kit GH-97-4006 Human Body Systems $2495 for class set
The following
kits were bought in January 2010 for Title I schools: Grade 7 DSM You and Your
Body Kit
----------------------------------------------------
(Optional) 7th
Grade From
Bacteria to Plants
0133651002 Student Edition
17.97
0133651185 Teacher Edition
32.47
0132035448 Teacher Resources
99.97
0131901281 Consumable
Materials 229.97
013190146X Non Consumable
Materials 189.97
Carolina STC Food Chemistry
Kit (Spring 2011)
Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciMicrobe Hunt Kit, NeoSciMicrobe
Refill
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8th grade Motion,
Forces, and Energy
0-13-3651134 Student Edition
17.97
0133668533 Teacher Edition
32.47
0131902865 Teaching
Resources 99.97
0131901427 Consumable
Materials 69.97
0131901591 Non Consumable Materials
299.97**OR
STC
Kit 97-4601 Energy, Motion, Machines Class Set $270 (was bought in 2010 for Title I schools)
Spring 2008 Title I Schools KNex Bridge Kit ,
BalsaWoodBridgeBuildingKit, NeoSciInvestigatingForceMotionKit,
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8th Grade Astronomy
(solar system only)
0-13-365110X Student Edition
17.97
01333668509 Teacher Edition
32.47
0132035545 Teaching
Resources 99.97
0131901389 Consumable
Materials 134.97
0131901559 Non Consumable
Materials 299.97** Or Carolina
STC Kit GH-97-5006 Earth In Space
$3895 Class Set
The following
kits were bought in January 2010 for Title I schools:
Grade 8 GEMS
Reasons for Seasons, Delta Science Orbiter Planetarium
Spring 2008 Title
I Schools EarthMoonKit
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8th Grade Inside
Earth
0-13-3651053 Student Edition
17.97
0133668460 Teacher Edition
32.47
0132035502 Teaching
Resources 99.97
0131901346 Consumable
Materials 139.97
0131901516 Non Consumable
Materials 299.97** OR Carolina
STC GH-97-4206 Catastrophic Events $3895
The following
kits were bought in January 2010 for Title I schools: Grade 8 DSM Earth
Processes
Spring 2008 Title
I Schools PlateTectonicsKit, NeoSciEarthShakesLabKit
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(Optional) 8th
Grade EarthÕs
Changing Surface
0-13-3651061 Student Edition
17.97
0-13-3668479 TeacherÕs
Edition 32.47
0-13-2035510 Teaching
Resources 99.97
0-13-1901354 Consumable
Materials 169.97
0-13-1901524 Non-Consumable
Materials 149.47
Spring 2008 Title I Schools NeSciChemWeatheringRocksKit, SimulatingRockCycleKit
(Optional) EVENT
BASED SCIENCE MODULES can be used in many units, including quarter four
eighth grade
9780131666368
Earthquake! Student Edition 12.47
978013166696 Earthquake! Teacher Edition with video
27.97
Materials Also Recommended for Grades Six Through
Eight are smaller unit
material kits per class. (ALL
Schools have these as of Jan 2008). They can be ordered from:
Frey Scientific
c/o
School Specialty Science
PO
Box 3000
80
Northwest Blvd
Nashua,
NH 03061-3000
1-800-225-3739
and also through our online ordering with School Specialty at the 26%
state discount:
1 Grade 6 15529717 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools UrbanWaterTestKit 38.95
1 Grade 6 15530411 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciHowScientistsDoScienceKit 119
1 Grade 6 15531488 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciFoodWebKit 49.95
1 Grade 6 15567542 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciExploringGroundwarer 79 79.00
1 Grade 6 15570787 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciExploringWeatherKit 89 89.00
1 Grade 6 15572227 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciInvestigatingWaterPollutionKit 69 69.00
1 Grade 6 15573625 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciPulleysMachinesKit 119
1 Grade 7 15530411 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciHowScientistsDoScienceKit 119 119.00
1 Grade 7 15567479 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciExploringCellProcesses Kit 56 56.00
1 Grade 7 15567518 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciMicrobe Hunt Kit 59 59.00
1 Grade 7 15567521 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciMicrobe Refill 39.45 39.45
1 Grade 7 15577099 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciElement Kit 54 54.00
1 Grade 7 15583815 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools GeneralChemModelKit 104
1 Grade 8 15529112 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools SimulatingRockCycleKit 72 72.00
1 Grade 8 15530411 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciHowScientistsDoScienceKit 119 119.00
1 Grade 8 15530479 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciEarthShakesLabKit 69 69.00
1 Grade 8 15530568 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools EarthMoonKit 24.95 24.95
1 Grade 8 15571181 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools BalsaWoodBridgeBuildingKit 109 109.00
1 Grade 8 15576036 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools PlateTectonicsKit 221 221.00
1 Grade 8 15576940 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeSciChemWeatheringRocksKit 59 59.00
1 Grade 8 15577066 Spring 2008 Title
I Schools NeoSciInvestigatingForceMotionKit 119 119.00
Other items that each student Grade 6-8 should have access to include:
Class set stopwatches
Hand lenses
Graduated Cylinders (200 ml)
Beakers (250 ml)
Balances (Double Pan or electronic)
Simple microscopes, slide sets
Rulers
Meter Sticks
Measuring Tape
Duct Tape!
Wood
Weights
String
HotPlates
Gloves
Goggles
Some Suggested materials for Grade 9/10 Science for in addition to normal supplies. (Guidelines indicate $10-$15 per student for materials per year, in addition to basic tools such as hot plates, stopwatches, beakers, metersticks, rulers, microscopes, thermometers, balances, goggles, droppers, cylinders)
Frey Scientific
c/o
School Specialty Science
PO
Box 3000
80
Northwest Blvd
Nashua,
NH 03061-3000
1-800-225-3739
CT State Contract Bid 05PSX0379, 27% discount
|
Grade |
9 |
15525917 |
NeoSciPolymerKit |
104 |
|
Grade |
9 |
15526740 |
FreyEnergy,Heat,.ConvectionKit |
115 |
|
Grade |
9 |
15529403 |
RecyclablePlasticKit |
168 |
|
Grade |
9 |
15529801 |
NeoSci Polymers as Straws Kit |
31.95 |
|
Grade |
9 |
15530411 |
NeoSciHowScientistsDoScienceKit |
119 |
|
Grade |
9 |
15531514 |
Powerhouse Renewable Energy Kit |
149 |
|
Grade |
9 |
15564638 |
AlternativeEnergyKit |
150 |
|
Grade |
9 |
15573274 |
NeoSciMakingPlasticKit |
30.95 |
|
Grade |
9 |
15577084 |
NeoSciMagnet Kit |
119 |
|
Grade |
9 |
15577525 |
NeoSciAcidRainKit |
46.95 |
|
Grade |
9 |
15583051 |
NeoSciElectricity Kit |
114 |
|
Grade |
9 |
15583815 |
GeneralChemModelKit |
104 |
|
Grade |
10 |
15527993 |
UnderstandingEnzymesKit |
44.95 |
|
Grade |
10 |
15529735 |
IntroductionToGeneticEngineeringKit |
77 |
|
Grade |
10 |
15530411 |
NeoSciHowScientistsDoScienceKit |
119 |
|
Grade |
10 |
15531213 |
BioTechnology In the Classroom |
299 |
|
Grade |
10 |
15567503 |
NeoSciBioTech for YoungSciKit |
109.95 |
|
Grade |
10 |
15575142 |
EnzymeExperimentationKit |
72 |
|
Grade |
10 |
15583815 |
GeneralChemModelKit |
104 |
|
Grade |
10 |
15589857 |
CellStructureKit |
67 |