Instructional Kit Program

Instructional Materials (COSER 521)

Membership in the Instructional Materials program (COSER 521) provides access to all hands-on and standards-aligned classroom curriculum resources for learning experiences in the elementary (grades k-5 – COSER 521.001) and middle level (grades 6-8 – COSER 521.002) classrooms.  Over one-hundred kit titles can be ordered online and are delivered to your school.  Kits are supported with all resources needed to use the curriculum in the classroom with up to thirty students, along with necessary teacher training and support.  Contact Amy Windus for assistance:  amy_windus@caboces.orgcreate new email or 716-376-8285.

 

Kit titles for grades K-5 (COSER 521.001):

Advancing STEM is a complete curriculum that aligns with all 2016 K-5 NYS Science Learning Standards.  The curriculum was written by over forty educators from over twenty school districts in the Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES and Erie 2 Chautauqua BOCES regions.  All curriculum materials can be reviewed at www.advancingSTEM.com.  Teachers in this service have access to Engineering is Elementary kits, a curriculum developed by the Boston Museum of Science that focuses on engineering and science.

Our Legacy Kit titles (aligned to 1997 NYS Science Learning Standards), including Health Kit titles, are also available.

opens in a new windowThe Star Lab may also be reserved through this service.

 

Pre K (Click on any title to reserve for your classroom)

• Science Kit Titles – Aligned to 2016 NYS Science Learning Standards:
• • opens in a new windowRon’s Habitat Adventure
  • opens in a new windowRon’s Ramp Adventure

Kindergarten (Click on any title to reserve for your classroom)

• Advancing STEM Kit Titles – Aligned to 2016 NYS Science Learning Standards:
  • opens in a new windowEyes on the Sky:  Investigating Weather Patterns
  • opens in a new windowIt’s a Matter of Pushing Or Pulling: How Objects Move
  • opens in a new windowOne Under The Sun:  Plant and Animal Interactions with the Sun and Their Environment
  • opens in a new windowSpot the Differences: Changes To the Environments
• Engineering is Elementary Kit Titles:
  • opens in a new windowCatching the Wind:  Designing Windmills
  • opens in a new windowThinking Inside the Box:  Designing Plant Packages
  • opens in a new windowTo Get to the Other Side: Designing Bridges
• Legacy Kit Titles – Aligned to 1997 NYS Science Learning Standards:
  • opens in a new windowClassroom Plants
  • opens in a new windowInsects
  • opens in a new windowShapes, Forms, and Colors
  • opens in a new windowSunshine and Shadows
  • opens in a new windowWaterplay
• Health Kit Title:
  • opens in a new windowMy Body

 

Grade 1 (Click on any title to reserve for your classroom)

• Advancing STEM Kit Titles – Aligned to 2016 NYS Science Learning Standards:
  • opens in a new windowIt’s Just a Phase:  Patterns In the Sky
  • opens in a new windowLend Me Your Hears:  Discovering Sound Properties
  • opens in a new windowTraits and Behaviors:  Ants and Plants
  • opens in a new windowWatt’s So Bright:  Discovering Light Properties
• Engineering is Elementary Kit Titles:
  • opens in a new windowJust Passing Through: Designing Model Membranes
  • opens in a new windowListen Up:  Designing Lighting Systems
  • opens in a new windowSounds Like Fun: Seeing Animal Sounds
• Legacy Kit Titles – Aligned to 1997 NYS Science Learning Standards:
  • opens in a new windowFrom Seed to Plant, Egg to Adult
  • opens in a new windowHabitats
  • opens in a new windowMagnets
  • opens in a new windowProperties
  • opens in a new windowRocks, Fossils, and Dinosaurs
• Health Kit Title:
  • opens in a new windowMy Body Works Together

 

Grade 2 (Click on any title to reserve for your classroom)

• Advancing STEM Kit Titles – Aligned to 2016 NYS Science Learning Standards:
  • opens in a new windowA Birdseye View Over Land And Water:  Models, Maps, and Patterns
  • opens in a new windowLean On Me:  How Plants and Animals Depend On Each Other
  • opens in a new windowMatter Matters:  Properties of Matter
  • opens in a new windowWeathering the Change:  Erosion Processes
• Engineering is Elementary Kit Titles:
  • opens in a new windowThe Best of Bugs: Designing Hand Pollinators
  • opens in a new windowA Stick In the Mud:  Evaluating a Landscape
  • opens in a new windowA Sticky Situation: Designing Walls
• Legacy Kit Titles – Aligned to 1997 NYS Science Learning Standards:
  • opens in a new windowMeasuring
  • opens in a new windowPhysical Science
  • opens in a new windowPlants and Animals
  • opens in a new windowWeather
• Health Kit Title:
  • opens in a new windowBody Senses

 

Grade 3 (Click on any title to reserve for your classroom)

• Advancing STEM Kit Titles – Aligned to 2016 NYS Science Learning Standards:
  • opens in a new windowForced to Stick With It:  Motion and Magnetism
  • opens in a new windowHand-Me-Down Genes:  Life Cycles and Traits of Butterflies
  • opens in a new windowI Will Survive:  Organisms Surviving in Different Environments
  • opens in a new windowWeather Around the World:  Data Trends, Water Cycle, and Hazards
• Engineering is Elementary Kit Titles:
  • opens in a new windowThe Attraction is Obvious: Designing Maglev Systems
  • opens in a new windowMarvelous Machines:  Making Work Easier
  • opens in a new windowA Slick Solution: Cleaning an Oil Spill
• Legacy Kit Titles – Aligned to 1997 NYS Science Learning Standards:
  • opens in a new windowBuoyancy
  • opens in a new windowEnergy Forms and Interactions
  • opens in a new windowLife Cycles and Traits of Frogs
  • opens in a new windowSchoolyard Studies
• Health Kit Title:
  • opens in a new windowNutrition and Digestion

 

Grade 4 (Click on any title to reserve for your classroom)

• Advancing STEM Kit Titles – Aligned to 2016 NYS Science Learning Standards:
  • opens in a new windowCenturies of Change:  Processes That Shape the Earth
  • opens in a new windowFull of Potential:  The Effects of Energy
  • opens in a new windowMakin’ Waves:  Patterns of Waves and Information Transfer
  • opens in a new windowParts of a Whole:  Internal and External Plant and Animal Structures
• Engineering is Elementary Kit Titles:
  • opens in a new windowAn Alarming Idea: Designing Alarm Circuits
  • opens in a new windowNo Bones About It: Designing Knee Braces
  • opens in a new windowNow You’re Cooking: Designing Solar Ovens
  • opens in a new windowSolid As a Rock: Replicating An Artifact
• Legacy Kit Titles – Aligned to 1997 NYS Science Learning Standards:
  • opens in a new windowGrade 4 Assessment Kit
  • opens in a new windowDensity
  • opens in a new windowElectrical Circuits
  • opens in a new windowPowders and Crystals
  • opens in a new windowSimple Machines
• Health Kit Title:
  • opens in a new windowMove Your Body

 

Grade 5 (Click on any title to reserve for your classroom)

• Advancing STEM Kit Titles – Aligned to 2016 NYS Science Learning Standards:
  • opens in a new windowA Light Snack: Energy and Matter in Ecosystems
  • opens in a new windowModels of the Earth: Earth’s Systems and Water Resources
  • Chemistry in the Kitchen: Structure and Properties of Matter   – Booking not available at this time.
  • There’s No Place Like Home: Stars & the Solar System – Booking not available at this time.
• Engineering is Elementary Kit Titles:
  • opens in a new windowA Long Way Down:  Designing Parachutes
  • opens in a new windowTaking the Plunge:  Designing Submersibles
  • opens in a new windowWater, Water Everywhere: Designing Water Filters
  • opens in a new windowA Work In Progress:  Improving a Play Dough Process
• Legacy Kit Titles – Aligned to 1997 NYS Science Learning Standards:
  • opens in a new windowEcosystem (Pond Life)
  • opens in a new windowElectromagnetism
  • opens in a new windowIncubation and Embryology
  • opens in a new windowLooking At Liquids
  • opens in a new windowMeet the Creatures
  • opens in a new windowNature’s Forces and Simple Machines
  • opens in a new windowOur Brain and Its Systems
  • opens in a new windowRocketry
  • opens in a new windowRocks, Minerals, and Landforms
  • opens in a new windowSolar System
  • opens in a new windowTerrariums and Vivariums
• Health Kit Title:
  • opens in a new windowOur Lungs, Heart, and Health
  • opens in a new windowOur Brain and Its Systems

Kit titles for grades 6-8 (COSER 521.002):

Lab-Aids is a research based kit curriculum designed specifically for grades 6-8 by Lab-Aids, Inc and aligned to 2016 NYS Science Learning Standards.  Click on any title to reserve for your classroom.

• Life Science Kit Titles:
  • opens in a new windowBody Systems
  • opens in a new windowEvolution
  • opens in a new windowEcology
  • opens in a new windowFrom Cells to Organisms
  • opens in a new windowReproduction
• Earth Science Kit Titles:
  • opens in a new windowEarth’s Resources
  • opens in a new windowGeological Processes
  • opens in a new windowLand, Water, and Human Interactions
  • opens in a new windowSolar System and Beyond
  • opens in a new windowWeather and Climate
• Physical Science Kit Titles:
  • opens in a new windowChemical Reactions
  • opens in a new windowChemistry of Materials
  • opens in a new windowEnergy
  • opens in a new windowFields and Interactions
  • opens in a new windowForce and Motion
  • opens in a new windowWaves

 

Engineering Everywhere, also produced by the Boston Museum of Science, is an engineering curriculum for middle-school students.  Each unit is composed of several activities that last for about an hour each.  All materials are shipped with each kit.

• opens in a new windowDon’t Runoff:  Engineering an Urban Landscape
• opens in a new windowFood for Thought:  Engineering Ice Cream
• opens in a new windowGo Fish:  Engineering Prosthetic Tails
• opens in a new windowGrowing Up:  Engineering Vertical Farms
• opens in a new windowHere Comes the Sun:  Engineering Insulated Homes
• opens in a new windowIt’s About Time:  Engineering Timers
• opens in a new windowIt’s in the Bag:  Engineering Bioinspired Gear
• opens in a new windowOutbreak Alert!:  Engineering a Pandemic Response
• opens in a new windowPlants to Plastic:  Engineering Bioplastics
• opens in a new windowPut a Lid On It:  Engineering Safety Helmets

 

Science Kit Book Collection

Title	Booking Link	# of Copies	Grade Level
13 Planets The Latest View of the Solar System	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
A Day in Our Lives: Time	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
A Mountain of Trash: Addition Facts	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
A Year in Our Lives: Time	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
About Me	opens in a new windowBook It	24	P
Acorn to Oak Tree	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
After School	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Air and Weather	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Air and Weather	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
All About Sharks	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Amusement Parks: Perimeter and Area	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Animal Groups How Animals Live Together	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Animal Homes	opens in a new windowBook It	25	P
Animal Needs	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Ants, Ants, Ants	opens in a new windowBook It	21	P
Around Home	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Around Town	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
As the Crow Flies A First Book of Maps	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Astro the Alien Visits Desert Animals	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Astro the Alien Visits Farm Animals	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Astro the Alien Visits Forest Animals	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Astro the Alien Visits Ocean Animals	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Astro the Alien Visits Polar Animals	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Astro the Alien Visits Pond Animals	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
At Risk!: Reading and Understanding Graphs	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
At School	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
At the Aquarium: Volume	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
At the Fire Station: Measuring Objects	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
At the Playground	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
At the Pond	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Balance and Motion	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Basketball Angles	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Bein' With You This Way	opens in a new windowBook It	10	I
Beyond A Solar System Voyage	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Blast Off to Earth A Look At Geography	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Bones Our Skeletal System	opens in a new windowBook It	5	I
Building a Playground: 3-D Shapes	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Butterflies	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Buzz Aldrin Reaching for the Moom	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Can It Rain Cats and Dogs	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Chemical Changes Acids and Bases	opens in a new windowBook It	6	I
Chemical Changes Breaking Bonds	opens in a new windowBook It	5	I
Chemical Changes Forming New Substances	opens in a new windowBook It	5	I
Chemical Changes Transfer of Energy	opens in a new windowBook It	5	I
Cleaning Our School: Graphs	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Clouds, Rain, Clouds Again	opens in a new windowBook It	19	PI
Color and Light	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Daylight and Darkness	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Deserts	opens in a new windowBook It	14	PI
Digging Up Dinosaurs	opens in a new windowBook It	14	PI
Do Stars Have Points?	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Earth Materials	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Earth Movements	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Earth's Land and Water	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Earthworms Underground	opens in a new windowBook It	1	PI
Egg to Chicken	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Electricial Circuits	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Electricity	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Electromagnetism	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Environments	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Erosion	opens in a new windowBook It	1	PI
Freshwater Habitats	opens in a new windowBook It	13	PI
Fun in the Sun	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Geography Earth's Resources	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Geography How Places Change	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Geography Places and Regions	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Getting Ready to Camp: Introducing Division	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Grassland Mammals	opens in a new windowBook It	11	PI
Habitats Arctic Tundra	opens in a new windowBook It	13	P
Hot Air Balloons	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Hot and Cold	opens in a new windowBook It	1	PI
How Do They Make That?: Fractions, Decimals, and Percents	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
How Do We Know the Size of the Solar System	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
How Does a Plant Grow?	opens in a new windowBook It	17	P
How Does the Wind Blow?	opens in a new windowBook It	21	P
How Mountains are Made	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Human Body	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Human Body	opens in a new windowBook It	5	I
Human Body	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
If The Trees Could Talk	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
In the Garden	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Investigation Solids, Liquids, and Gases with Toys	opens in a new windowBook It	2	IJ
It Started with Pizza: Variables, Expressions and Equations	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
It's Electric	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Landforms	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Let's Play!: Subtraction Facts	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Life Cycles Science Sequencing	opens in a new windowBook It	1	PI
Life in the Ocean Layers	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Light and Dark	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Liquids to Gas and Back	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body	opens in a new windowBook It	5	P
Magnet Power	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Magnetism and Electricity	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Magnetism and Electricity	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Magnets	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Main Street Animal Shelter: Graphing	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Making Electricity	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Mapping Penny's World	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Maps and Symbols	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Matter and Energy	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Me on the Map	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Muscles Our Muscular System	opens in a new windowBook It	5	I
My Body, Your Body	opens in a new windowBook It	5	P
My First Batteries & Magnets Book	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
My Five Senses	opens in a new windowBook It	32	P
My Lemonade Stand	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Natural Disasters	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Natural Measures	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Nature's Green Umbrella Tropical Rain Forests	opens in a new windowBook It	30	P
Night Skies: Variables, Expressions, and Equations	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Nine O'Clock Lullaby	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Ocean Maps	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Our Family Reunion	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Our Favorites: Graphing	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Our Harvest Lunch	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Our Living Forests	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Our Trip to the City: Addition	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Our Vacation Budget	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Our Wet World	opens in a new windowBook It	15	P
Patterns Around Us: Recognizing Patterns	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Patterns in Nature: Recognizing Patterns - Book	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Physics of Sound	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Pollution	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Pumpkin Circle		1	P
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Respiration and CIrculation	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Saltwater Habitats	opens in a new windowBook It	14	I
Science in the Kitchen	opens in a new windowBook It	1	PI
Science With Magnets	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Shadow Night	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Shadows and Reflections	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Shapes in Art	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Shaping Our World	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Shipwreck Detectives: Coordinate Planes	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Shopping in the City: Subtraction Facts	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Sink or Float	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Size Many Ways to Measure	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
SKBK Science Book Collection Experiments With Solids, Liquids, and Gases	opens in a new windowBook It	1	PI
Smile! a Trip to the Dentist: Addition Facts	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Snowy Day	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Solar System	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Solid, Liquid or Gas?	opens in a new windowBook It	1	PI
Solid, Liquid, or Gas?	opens in a new windowBook It	1	PI
Solids and Liquids	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Solids, Liquids and Gases	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Solids, Liquids and Gases	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Sound	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Sounds All Around	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Space Tourist A Traveler's Guide	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Spenser and the Rocks	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Stars & Planets	opens in a new windowBook It	1	PI
Studying Our Earth Inside and Out	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Tale of a Tadpole	opens in a new windowBook It	27	P
Tell Me How Ships Float	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Temperat Forest Mammals	opens in a new windowBook It	13	P
The Bake Sale: Multiplying and Dividing	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
The Bakery	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
The Best Book of Weather	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
The Body Book	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
The Brain Our Nervous System	opens in a new windowBook It	15	I
The Bread Book: Multiplying and Dividing	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
The Busy Body Book	opens in a new windowBook It	5	P
The Drop In My Drink The Story of Water on Our Planet	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
The Earth in Space	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
The Fort	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
The Human Body Bones and Muscles	opens in a new windowBook It	5	I
The Human Machine	opens in a new windowBook It	16	I
The Kids' Book of Weather Forecasting	opens in a new windowBook It	1	PI
The Listening Walk	opens in a new windowBook It	4	P
The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
The Moon	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
The Nervous System	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
The Nervous System	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
The Pet Store	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
The Science of Liquids & Solids	opens in a new windowBook It	2	I
The Science of Liquids & Solids	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
The Skeleton and Muscles	opens in a new windowBook It	15	I
The Snack Shop	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
The Snowman	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
The Toy Store	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
The Winning Angle	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
The World of Trade: Number Patterns	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
The World of Transportation: Addition	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Timing Races: Measuring Time	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Towns and Cities: Perimeter and Area	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Tracking Time	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
Up Up in a Balloon	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Using Your Senses	opens in a new windowBook It	48	P
Volcanoes and Earthquakes A Moving Crust	opens in a new windowBook It	3	I
Volcanoes and Earthquakes Different Types	opens in a new windowBook It	3	PI
Volcanoes and Earthquakes Plate Tectonic Theory	opens in a new windowBook It	3	I
Volcanoes and Earthquakes Sudden Changes	opens in a new windowBook It	3	I
Volcanoes Fire From Below	opens in a new windowBook It	9	P
Water as a Gas		1	PI
Water as a Liquid	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Water Cycle	opens in a new windowBook It	1	PI
We Are All Alike We Are All Different	opens in a new windowBook It	29	P
Weather	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Weather Forecasting	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Weather Instruments	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
What Are Budgets?	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
What Can an Animal Do?	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
What Did I Eat?: Fractions, Decimals, and Percents	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
What Does an Animal Eat?	opens in a new windowBook It	38	P
What is a Map?	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
What Is in the Attic?: Introducing Division	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
What is the World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases	opens in a new windowBook It	14	P
What Magnets Can Do	opens in a new windowBook It	1	I
What Makes Different Sounds?	opens in a new windowBook It	6	P
What Will the Weather Be?	opens in a new windowBook It	2	PI
What's Alive?	opens in a new windowBook It	15	P
What's Inside the Moon?	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
Wild About Weather	opens in a new windowBook It	1	PI
Wildlife Scientists	opens in a new windowBook It	1	P
You Can't Smell a Flower with Your EAR!	Book It" target="_blank">	6	P

 

Program Staff

Amy Windus, Program  Manager  (716) 376-8285

Clay Nolan, STEM Coordinator  (716) 376-8354

Leigh Leyva, Keyboard Specialist  (716) 376-8272

Dale Cummings, Educational Material Aide  (716) 376-8303

Tim Sage, Educational Material Aide  (716) 376-8288