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ALABAMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2015-16 COMPREHENSIVE
SCIENCE TEXTBOOK REVIEWS – GRADES K-2
Thomas R. Bice
State Superintendent of Education
Alabama State Department of Education
Textbook Contact: Martin Dukes
Office of Student Learning, Instructional Services
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Contents
Grades K-2 ................................................................................................................................................... 2
Grade Level: Kindergarten ....................................................................................................................... 3
Grade Level: First Grade .......................................................................................................................... 9
Grade Level: Second Grade .................................................................................................................... 15
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Grades K-2
Textbook Reviews
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: STEMscopes Online/Student - Kindergarten
Text/Module Name: STEMscopes
Publisher: Accelerate Learning
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Edition: 1st Copyright Year: 2015
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.69
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: Interactive Science, Grade K
Text/Module Name: Grade K, Student Edition, plus 6 year digital license
Publisher: Pearson Scott Foresman
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Edition: 2nd Copyright Year: 2016
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.41
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: The Science and Technology Concepts Program™ (STC
Program™)
Text/Module Name: STC-K: Exploring Forces and Motion, STC-K: Exploring
Plants and Animals, STC-K: Exploring My Weather
Publisher: Carolina Biological Supply Company (CBSC)
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Edition: 1st Copyright Year: 2014
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.63
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: Exploring Science
Text/Module Name: Exploring Science Force and Motion/Observing Living
Things/Basic Needs/Living Habitats/Environmental Problems and
Solutions/Heat/Weather and Water/Everyday Weather
Publisher: NGL
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Edition: 1st Copyright Year: 2015
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.47
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: Exploring Science through Literacy
Text/Module Name: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions/ Ecosystems:
Interactions, Energy and Dynamics/ Earth’s Systems/ Weather and Climate
Publisher: NGL
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Edition: 1st Copyright Year: 2015
Final Overall Alignment Score: 2.5
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: FOSS NG
Text/Module Name: FOSS Animals 2x2 Kit/FOSS Trees + Weather Kit/FOSS
Mtls + Mtn Kit
Publisher: Delta Ed
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Edition: NG Copyright Year: 2015
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.39
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: Exploring Science Grade 1
Text/Module Name: Exploring Science Grade 1 Student Set
Publisher: NGL
Grade Level: First Grade
Edition: 1st Copyright Year: 2015
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.39
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: Discovery Education Science Techbook
Text/Module Name: Discovery Education Science Techbook for Alabama Grade 1
Publisher: Discovery Education, Inc.
Grade Level: First Grade
Edition: 1st Copyright Year: 2015
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.57
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: Interactive Science, Grade 1
Text/Module Name: Grade 1, Student Edition, plus 6 year digital license
Publisher: Pearson Scott Foresman.
Grade Level: First Grade
Edition: 2nd Copyright Year: 2016
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.30
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: Foss NG Kits
Text/Module Name: Foss Plants + Animals/ Air + Weather/ Sound + Light
Publisher: Delta Ed.
Grade Level: First Grade
Edition: NG Copyright Year: 2015
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.43
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: The Science and Technology Concepts Program™ (STC
Program™)
Text/Module Name: STC: Organisms
Publisher: Carolina Biological Supply Company (CBSC).
Grade Level: First Grade
Edition: 3rd Copyright Year: 2013
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.47
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: STEMscopes Online – Grade 1
Text/Module Name: STEMscopes Online/Student – Grade 1
Publisher: Accelerate Learning
Grade Level: First Grade
Edition: 1st Copyright Year: 2015
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.9
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: Exploring Science Grade 2 Class Set
Text/Module Name: Exploring Science Grade 2 Student Set
Publisher: NGL
Grade Level: Second Grade
Edition: 1st Copyright Year: 2015
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.18
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: STEMscopes Online
Text/Module Name: STEMscopes Online/Student – Grade 2
Publisher: Accelerate Learning
Grade Level: Second Grade
Edition: 1st Copyright Year: 2015
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.16
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: Foss NG Kits
Text/Module Name: Foss Insects + Plants/ Foss Pebs, Sand, and Silt/ Foss Solids +
Liquids
Publisher: Delta Ed
Grade Level: Second Grade
Edition: NG Copyright Year: 2015
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.42
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: Interactive Science, Grade 2
Text/Module Name: Grade 2, Student Edition plus 6 year digital license
Publisher: Pearson Scott Foresman
Grade Level: Second Grade
Edition: 2nd Copyright Year: 2016
Final Overall Alignment Score: 2.89
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: Discovery Education Science Techbook
Text/Module Name: Discovery Education Science Techbook for Alabama
Publisher: Discovery Education, Inc.
Grade Level: Second Grade
Edition: 1st Copyright Year: 2015
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.56
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)
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Final Recommendation Form
Textbook Series Title: The Science and Technology Concepts Program™ (STC
Program™), Building Blocks of Science®: A New Generation
Text/Module Name: STC: Solids and Liquids, BBS: Matter, STC: Changes, STC:
Plant Growth and Development, STC: Land and Water
Publisher: Carolina Biological Supply Company (CBSC)
Grade Level: Second Grade
Edition: 3rd Copyright Year: 2013
Final Overall Alignment Score: 3.98
Overall Rating for the Instructional material: (Choose appropriate rating)
o Exemplary Quality Alignment ratings – 3.5 – 4.0 (Approved)
o Meets Minimum Alignment ratings – 2.5 – 3.49 (Approved)
o Does Not Meet Alignment ratings – 0-2.49 (Rejected)