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FOSS Resource Materials

This page was created for Iowa educators who are using Science Kits in their classrooms. It is designed to help teachers locate resources and materials which support science kits and are available from Heartland AEA 11. Teachers will find professional library books, videos, software, children's books, and Web links that correspond to science kits at all grade levels.

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Web Sites
Arbor Day Crafts
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/crafts/arborday/

Cross Section of a Tree
http://www.ncrtec.org/images/diag/annular.htm

Forests are for Kids
http://www.idahoforests.org/kids1.htm

Johnny Appleseed
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/school/usa/people/Appleseedindex.shtml

Temperate Deciduous Forest Animal Printouts
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/biomes/tempdecid/tempdecid.shtml

Wood
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0852648.html

Software
A Home in a Tree (101466)
Changes Around Us (101092)
Learn About Life Science: Plants Version 1.4 (101935)
Professional Books
April: A Month of Ideas at Your Fingertips, Grades 1-3 (219447)
Bulletin Boards: Ideas for Science and Health (214441)
474 Science Activities for Young Children (218309)
When a Butterfly Sneezes: A Guide for Helping Kids Explore Interconnections in Our World Through Favorite Stories (222997)

Children’s Books
Animals That Build Homes (131394
A Beasty Story (140452
Coping With—Wood Trash (129187)
A Day in the Life of a colonial cabinetmaker (144003)
Plants and Us (144267)
Where Once There was a Wood (133327)
Wood (132702)

Videos
Did You Ever Wonder How They Make Paper (066813)
Flowers, Plants and Trees (800517)
What's a Natural Resource? (2nd Ed) (068192)
Wood (067422)
Did You Ever Wonder How They Make Paper (066813)
Flowers, Plants and Trees (800517)
What's a Natural Resource? (2nd Ed) (068192)
Wood (067422)

Assessment Strategies

http://www.keystone.fi.edu/cc_mpc/mpcassess.shtml

 

FOSS- Link to Modules Descriptions
http://www.delta-ed.com/teachers/science/fossmodules.html

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This document is intended for the use of curriculum adoptioncommittees, curriculum supervisors, school administrators, science coordinators, teachers, and parents in the Heartland area.  It may be reproduced in whole or in part for nonprofit educational purposes.