PALS: Standards

Grades 1-2 Full Option Science System

Select the Full Option Science System (FOSS) you wish to assess, then click on the "Show Assessment Chart" submit button to view a chart of the the tasks that are intended to meet the standards you have selected.

Science concepts (from FOSS)

FOSS Insects Module. This primary level module introduces students to a selected number of insects in order to study their structures and behaviors. Includes the study of an insect throughout its life cycle (1-2.1).

FOSS Balance and Motion Module. Introduces primary level students to the fundamental behaviors of objects that balance, spin, or roll (1-2.2).

FOSS Pebbles, Sand, and Silt Module. Introduces primary level students to basic observable/measurable properties of Earth materials. Includes sorting by size (1-2.3).

FOSS New Plants Module. This primary level module introduces students to a selected number of plants to study their structures and responses to environmental conditions. Introduces idea of diversity, and includes the study of some plants throughout their life cycles (1-2.4).
FOSS Solids and Liquids Module. Introduces students to the properties of solids and liquids including aspects effecting changes of state (1-2.5).
FOSS Air and Weather Module. Introduces students to weather characteristics and some aspects related to changes of state as related to weather phenomena (1-2.6).

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