Edits and Corrections: The following edits and corrections must be made as a condition of adoption: # Grade Level Component Page Current text Proposed corrected text Reason for edit 1 K Pushes and Pulls (digital) Explain “Push it!” illustration with hand and dump truck Illustration should depict the hands touching the truck, thereby applying a force (push or pull) to the truck Accuracy 2 K Pushes and Pulls 83 “Push it!” illustration with hand and dump truck. Red action arrows are present in the digital version but missing in printed version. Illustration should depict the hands touching the truck, thereby applying a force (push or pull) to the truck. Include red action arrows. Accuracy 3 K Speed and Direction 91 “Pushing or pulling an object makes it move” illustration “Pushing or pulling an object changes its speed.” Accuracy 4 K Speed and Direction 91 “A small push will make it move forward a little.” “A small push will make its speed increase slowly.” Accuracy 5 K Speed and Direction 91 “A big push will make it move forward a lot.” “A large push will make its speed increase quickly.” Accuracy 6 K Speed and Direction 91 “A little pull will make it move forward slowly.” “A little pull will make its speed increase slowly.” Accuracy 7 K Speed and Direction 91 “A big pull will make it move forward quickly.” “A big pull will make its speed increase quickly.” Accuracy 8 K Speed and Direction 91 Illustration of a car and hand not connected. Yellow line needs to connect car to hand to depict “force” Accuracy number
14 3 Life Cycles 21 “The stages of a butterfly” illustration The photos are mismatched with the captions and simply need to be rearranged to correct order. Accuracy 15 3 Life Cycles 21 “Look closely. You can see butterfly wings” illustration The photo is mismatched with the caption and simply need to be rearranged correctly. Accuracy 16 3 Life Cycles 21 “Some insects, such as damselflies” illustration The photo is mismatched with the caption and simply need to be rearranged correctly. Accuracy 17 3 Survival of the Fittest 41 “Being the biggest, strongest, or fastest is very important to the survival of animals.” Remove. Being the fittest to survive is not always- and not only- about being the biggest, strongest, or fastest; otherwise, humans would not have survived to be successful species on earth. Accuracy 18 3 Plant and Animal Extinction Digital; 79 Image of fossilized dinosaur Replace image with a photo of an actual dinosaur fossil. Factual Error 19 4 Using Stored Energy Digital; 15 “What is energy?” section The whole section is problematic and should be aligned with the DCIs. It especially struggles with the concept of “stored energy.” For example, energy can be stored kinetically, in the motion of a flywheel. Accuracy 20 4 Using Stored Energy Digital; 16 “How do we use energy?” “Stored energy” is confused with “potential energy”. Factual error 21 4 Rock Patterns Digital; 44 Image of fossilized dinosaur Replace image with a photo of an actual dinosaur fossil. Accuracy
22 4 Wavelength and Amplitude Digital; 81 “All waves move energy, not the matter, they travel through.” Traveling waves transport energy, but standing waves do not. Accuracy 23 4 Wavelength and Amplitude Digital; 81 “Vibrations are rapid, motions.” “Vibrations are motions.” Accuracy 24 4 Wavelength and Amplitude Digital; 83 “We can look at the wave’s amplitude to determine how much energy is being moved by the wave. Look at the two waves below [seismograph]. Which one is moving more energy?” There is no way of knowing from the information presented. A seismograph measures the motion of the ground. The energy in a seismic wave can be determined if the distance of the seismograph from the epicenter is known- the wave is spreading out. Recommendation is to remove illustration and replace with a more relevant image. Accuracy 25 4 Motion of Waves Digital; 88 “It is strange to think that the energy of the wave moves, but not the water or objects resting on top of the water.” “It is strange to think that the energy of the wave moves, but not the water.” Accuracy 26 5 Matter is Everywhere Digital; 4 “The particles in matter are moving!” illustration Replace the “Solid state” regular lattice of green particles with an irregular placement of green particles showing no motion. For the “Liquid state” and the “Gas state,” add arrows to the green particles representing motion of the particles; the gas particles would have longer arrows. Accuracy
27 5 Changes to Matter Digital; 11 “Remember, if you had six different ingredients in the mix or salad, then you will have 750 mL in the bowl.” mL is the unit milliliter, a unit volume, not mass. The activity should be replaced with one that measures masses of each individual ingredient and then compares these to the mass of the total mixture. Factual error 28 5 Matter Cycles Digital; 53 Elephant illustration Arrows are misplaced and should be rearranged. Accuracy 29 5 Water Sources Digital; 75 “Earth is nearly three-quarters water.” “Nearly three-quarters of earth’s surface is covered in water.” Grammatical error 30 5 Earth’s Rotation digital “As you read this sentence, Earth is rotating around its tiltd axis at a rate of about 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) per hour!” Change “tiltd” to “tilted” Misspelling 31 5 Observing the Stars 109 “Size and Distance” illustration The radius line of the sun does not end at the sun’s center. Accuracy 32 5 Observing the Stars 110 “Look Out!” Illustration The sun is missing from the illustration and should be included. Accuracy 33 5 Objects in the Sky Digital; 115 Day/ Night earth illustration; “Daily hemisphere” Replace “Daily hemisphere” with “Day hemisphere.” Accuracy 34 5 Objects in the Sky Digital; 116 Seasons illustration The illustration does not properly show the relationship between the tilt of the earth’s rotation axis and the plane of the earth’s orbit around the sun in causing the seasons. AN image properly depicting day and night hemispheres would be helpful.
3 L-1 K-5 Numerous Teacher Set-Up videos Explore Commercial brands are prominently displayed throughout videos. Blur or remove the brand logos. Brand Names and Corporate logos 4 B-2 3 Objects and Motion: digital and print 3-8 Dominated by representations of white people. Include images representing various ethnic backgrounds. Proportion of portrayals 5 B-2 3 Objects and Motion: digital and print 7 In the tug-of-war illustration, all twelve children are white. Include images representing various ethnic backgrounds. Proportion of portrayals 6 B-2 3 Weather and Climate: digital and print 85-93 Throughout this section, all four children portrayed are white. Include images representing various ethnic backgrounds. Proportion of portrayals 7 B-2 4 Using Stored Energy: digital and print 15 Image portrays a white basketball player. Given the of white people throughout STEMscopedia, including a basketball player from a different ethnic background would be appropriate. Proportion of Portrayals 8 A-8 5 Gravity: 97 “How could an astronaut keep his utensils from floating away while eating?” Change “his” to “their” language 9 B-2 5 Gravity: digital and print 95-98 Five white people plus one astronaut of unknown race represented in images. Include images representing various ethnic backgrounds. Proportion of portrayals