Princeton Center for Complex Materials

Inquiry-Oriented Science Units currently being used or piloted in our area schools  

Ewing, Lawrence, and West Windsor-Plainsboro comprise the consortium E=mc2.
Montgomery and Princeton are part of the Mercer Science Consortium.

Last updated 09/29/00

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Districts Using (x)

Ewing

Lawrence

West Windsor-
Plainsboro

Hopewell Montgomery Princeton

Washington

K

Balls and Ramps Insights

x

x

t t

x (1st gr)

x (1st gr)

x
Fabric FOSS t t t t t t

x

Five Senses IInsights t t t t t

x

t
Living Things Insights

x

x

x

t t t

x

Myself & Others Insights t

x

t t

x

x

x

Trees              

x

1

Air and Weather FOSS

x

x

t   

x

x

x

Growing Things Insights            

x

t

x (2nd gr)

Observing an Aquarium t    t    t    t      

x

  
Organisms STC

x

x

x

   t t

x

Rocks, Sand, & Soil Creative Publications      

x

t    t    t    t
Solids & Liquids FOSS    t

x

    t    t    t

x

x

Sunshine and Shadows Delta    t    t     t    t

x

x

       t

2

Balancing & Weighing STC

x

x

x

  t

x

  t    t
Changes STC   t   t

x

  t   t   t   x (3rd gr)t
Insects FOSS

x

  t

x

  t

x

x (3rd gr)

   t
Life Cycle of a Butterfly STC t

x

t t t t t
New Plants FOSS             x
Pebbles, Sand, & Silt FOSS

x

x

t t t t t
Soils               x
Solids & Liquids STC t t t t

x

t t

3

Animal Studies STC        

x

   
Chemical Tests STC

x

  t

 x t t

t

 t t
Earth Materials FOSS x x t t x t t
Human Body FOSS t

x

t t

x

t t
Magnetism and Electricity FOSS t t t t

x

x (4th gr)

t
Plant Growth & Development STC x t x t x (4th gr) t t
Water FOSS t

x

t t

x

t

x

      Ewing Lawrence West Windsor-
Plainsboro 		Hopewell Montgomery Princeton Washington

4

Ecosystems STC t t x t x (5th gr) t t
Electric Circuits STC

x

x

x

x

t t

x
Land and Water STC t t t t

x

t t
Lifting Heavy Things Insights t t t t

x

t t
Motion & Design STC x

x

t t t t x (3rd gr)
Rocks & Minerals STC t t

x

t t t

x (3rd gr)

Sound STC t t t t t t

x

Structures of Life FOSS t

x

t t

x (3rd gr)

t t

5

Ecosystems STC

x

x

t t

x

t t
Environments FOSS t t t t

x

t t
Floating and Sinking STC t x (pilot) t t

x

t

x

Landforms FOSS

x

t t t t t t
Measurement FOSS t t t t

x

t

x (6th gr)
Measuring Time STC   x (pilot)          
Microworlds STC

x (4th gr)

x

x

 t

x (6th gr)

 t x
Mixtures & Solutions FOSS

x

x (6th gr)

x

 t

x

 t t
Models and Designs FOSS   x (pilot)          
Solar Energy FOSS t t t t t t x
The Solar System  

 

tx t t t t t

6

Earth History FOSS PILOT t t t t x t  
Human Body Systems STC/MS t t t t t t x
Land and Water STC t t x t t t t
Magnets & Motors STC

 

x

x

t t t t
Models & Designs FOSS t t

x

t t t t
Variables FOSS

x

t t t t t x (5th gr)
  Water on Earth Lawrence Twp Schools t

x

         
7 Catastrophic Events
(Student/teacher site)		 STC/MS
             x
  Diversity of Life FOSS PILOT         x    
8 Human Body FOSS             x
  Properties of Matter
 (Student/teacher site)		 STC/MS              
      Ewing Lawrence West Windsor-
Plainsboro 		Hopewell Montgomery Princeton Washington

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