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Grade Level Being Reviewed
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Accelerate Learning _ STEMScopes (Grades 3 - 6)
Carolina (Grade 5 Only)
Explore Learning Gizmos (Grades 3 - 6)
FOSS Kit Next Generation Soils, Rocks and Landforms (4th Grade)
FOSS Kit Next Generation Water and Climate (4th Grade)
Learning A-Z (Grades 4 and 6)
McGraw Hill Inspire Science (Grades 4 - 6)
Mystery Science (Grades 3 - 5)
NSTA Eureka (3rd Grade only)
NSTA Think Like a Scientist Series (3rd Grade only)
NSTA Picture Perfect - Rice is Life (3rd Grade)
NSTA Picture Perfect - Unbeatable Beaks (3rd Grade)
NSTA Picture Perfect - Batteries Included (4th Grade)
NSTA Picture Perfect - Down the Drain (4th Grade)
NSTA Picture Perfect - Fossils Tell of Long Ago (4th Grade)
NSTA Picture Perfect - Hurricane (4th Grade)
Science FLEX (5th grade only)
Accuracy - Content of materials is accurate to current scientific understanding
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Many errors and inconsistencies
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Highly accurate
Text Complexity - Text is written at an appropriate level of rigor for content and level
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Text is far below grade level
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Text is appropriate for the grade level
Text Complexity - Text provides opportunities for student to engage in critical thinking tasks.
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No opportunities are provided
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Many opportunities are provided
Accessibility - Materials provide varied Depth of Knowledge (cognitively demanding) tasks
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No variety of DOK
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Large variety of DOK
Accessibility - Instructional options are provided to meet the needs of all learners (Special Education, ELL, General Education, Gifted)
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No opportunities are provided
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Many opportunities are provided
Product Features - Well organized and easy to use
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Not organized and/or easy to use
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Well organized and easy to use
Product Features - Materials help teachers plan substantive academic lessons
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Materials do not help plan substantive academic lessons
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Materials do help plan substantive academic lessons
Product Features - Real world component is present that connects concepts to application beyond the classroom (i.e. case studies).
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No real world connections given
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Many real world connections are available/realistic/useful
Product Features - Investigations have teacher instructions and are editable.
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No labs meet criteria
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All labs meet criteria
Product Features - Investigations use inexpensive materials, easily accessible materials.
None of the labs use inexpensive materials, easily accessible materials
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All of the labs use inexpensive materials, easily accessible materials
Clear selection
Product Features - Available online features such as videos, audio, texts, manipulative's, etc. are available to both teachers and students.
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- Please use a 3 if features are available to one group only (teachers OR students)
None of the features are available
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Features available to both groups
Product Features - Has available simulations and other kinesthetic activities.
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No high quality features available
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Many high quality features available
Product Features - All hard copy materials are of good quality to stand up to use by multiple years of students
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hard copies are consumeable annually or are not of high quality
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Materials are durable to withstand multiple years of use
Product Features - Student learning objectives are present for content.
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Not available
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Available for every lesson
Media and Technology - Contains interactive teaching tools and student resources.
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Not available
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Contains high quality, useful interactive teacher and student resources
Media and Technology - Technology and media is able to grow and expand due to the adding of new and additional resources (e.g., new videos are added to an online resource bank).
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5 - yes
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Media and Technology - Media and materials are usable in both physical and virtual classrooms.
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5 - yes
0 - No
Media and Technology - Provides a variety of relevant, useful, and diverse materials in print and digital formats.
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Does not provide a wide variety of resources.
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Provides a wide variety of resources.
Media and technology - Teacher and administrative dashboards available
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5 - Yes
0 - No
Would you recommend adopting this resource for your grade level?
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5 - Yes
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