RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS

While all Thames & Kosmos products are educational, many of the products are "informal educational products," meaning they are designed and intended for use outside of a formal classroom setting. Our aim is to provide educators with resources that help them relate and adapt our informal education products to their classes and programs, and also to provide products that are aligned to more formal educational needs from the start.

HAPPY ATOMS EDUCATOR’S BUNDLE

585003 AGES 10-17 MSRP: $849.95 CASE PACK QTY: 1 ACTIVITIES: 216 PIECE COUNT: 260 MANUAL PAGES: 16

Includes:

• 250 Happy Atoms • Happy Atoms app (free download) • Poster and scanning mat • 5 Storage bags • 5 Quickstart manuals • Plastic storage bin

FORCES & INTERACTIONS: MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOM KIT

700100 AGES 8+ MSRP: $179.95 CASE PACK QTY: 4 ACTIVITIES: 10 PIECE COUNT: 437 MANUAL PAGES: 116

Bring the fun of hands-on physics to the classroom! This classroom kit is designed specifically for middle school NGSS classrooms.

NGSS ALIGNED: The ten physics and engineering design activities are aligned to eight standards covered in NGSS middle school classrooms. TEACHER GUIDE & LESSON PLANS: 116-page book includes detailed explanations and activity objectives to guide instruction. TIMED FOR CLASSROOM USE: Each activity is intended to be performed in one or two 45–50 minute class periods. DURABLE BUILDING SYSTEM: 437 pieces included; intended for repeated classroom use EASE OF USE: Illustrated step-by-step assembly instructions direct hands-on model building exercises. SUITABLE FOR GROUPS: Each kit is designed for use by up to four students. EASY CLEAN-UP & STORAGE: Stackable plastic storage bin with sorting tray and building lid allows for organization of parts.

NGSS Alignments:

MS-PS2-1 MS-ETS1-1 MS-PS2-2 MS-ETS1-2 MS-PS2-3 MS-ETS1-3 MS-PS2-5 MS-ETS1-4

10 Activities:

1. Visualizing Forces 2. Experimenting with Newton’s Second Law 3. Collisions: One Moving and One Stationary Car 4. Collisions: Two Moving Cars 5. Engineering Challenge: Newton’s Third Law 6. Magnetic Fields 7. Electric Fields 8. Magnetic Forces 9. Electromagnetic Forces 10. Engineering Challenge: Electromagnet Applications

NGSS CORRELATIONS

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) is a set of K–12 science standards developed to promote greater scientific understanding and literacy in students. Each standard is made up of three dimensions — practices, core ideas, and crosscutting concepts — that combine to form a performance expectation.