FOSS Pathways Grade K Animals Two by Two Collection
Description
The Animals Two by Two Module provides students with firsthand experiences to help them develop an understanding of what animals need to survive and the relationship between their needs and where they live. Appropriate classroom habitats that serve as model systems are established for some organisms, and students provide what the animals need to live and grow. In several investigations, animals are studied in pairs.
• Anchor phenomenon 1—A pond habitat for animals
• Anchor phenomenon 2—Animals living in a compost bin
• Anchor problem 3—A classroom land habitat for animals
• Anchor phenomenon 4—Pencil-sized holes in a tree trunk
Throughout the module, students engage in science and engineering practices by asking questions, planning and carrying out investigations, observing, recording, and interpreting data to build explanations, and obtaining information from photographs. Students use models and engage in argument from evidence. They gain experiences that will contribute to an understanding of the crosscutting concepts of patterns; cause and effect; systems and system models; and structure and function.
Features
FOSS Curriculum:
- Allows students to be active investigators instead of passive learners
- Is built around firsthand exploration of relevant phenomena using classroom-proven theories and practices to engage all students
- Aligned to NGSS, Framework for K to 12 Science, and Common Core standards
- Provides unmatched professional learning, including hands-on & virtual teacher workshops
Resources available in this collection include:
- Comprehensive hands-on equipment kits made exclusively for FOSS
- Investigations Guide (Teacher Edition Book) core instructional hardcover spiral-bound book provides educators with the support to successfully facilitate the investigations - available in print and digital
- Teacher Resources with educative support to effectively teach standards - available in digital
- FOSS Science Resources book (Student Edition Book) for students to build expository reading skills and highlight STEM careers - available in print and digital
- Accessibility options to the interactive digital resources on the ThinkLink™ platform for effective planning and engaged learning
- Spanish teaching and learning resources – available in print and digital