Materials Management Sites
The chart below is a partial list of science centers that
support FOSS educators across the country. If you’d
like to have your center added to the list, please contact
the FOSS project.
See the following FOSS newsletter articles for additional
information about science materials centers.
Make
Friends with a Science Materials Center Near You (Spring
2003)
The
FOSS Materials Management Symposium: Keeping the Investment
Robust (Fall 2002)
Tucson Unified
School District, AZ |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS, GEMS, Insights, STC, SEPUP, BSCS, Prentice Hall |
- Kit materials
- Kit pick-up
- Live organism ordering and delivery
- Live organism breeding
- Teacher training
- Teacher support
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Center |
Contact: Araceli Gonzalez, Joan Gilbert |
Phone: 520-225-4933, 520-225-4935 |
Email: araceli.gonzalez@tusd1.org, joan.gilbert@tusd1.org
Web: http://instech.tusd.k12.az.us/science/index.asp |
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Hands on Science Department |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS |
- Kit refurbishment
- Butterfly coupons
- Reimbursments for organism purchase
- Owl pellets upon request
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Center |
Contact: Amanda Waldo |
Phone: 970-490-3686 |
Email: awaldo@psdschools.org
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Roseville Schools EDC FOSS Science Program, MN |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS |
- Kit materials ordering and replacement
- Live organism ordering and delivery
- Kit training
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Sites |
Contact: Michelle Kruzel |
Phone: 651-604-3736 |
Email: michelle.kruzel@isd623.org
Web: http://www.isd623.org/fvcc/ |
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Roseburg Public Schools Teaching and Learning Deptartment,OR |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS, Insights, STC, |
- Ordering/distribution of materials by teacher request
- Live organism ordering and delivery
- 2 hour trainings for new teachers
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Sites |
Contact: Joe Beatty, Linda Blakely |
Phone: 541-440-4039 |
Email: jbeatty325@charter.net, lblakely@rosebur.k12.or.us
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Rhode Island Science Materials Resource Center, RI |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS, Insights, STC, Lego/Dacta |
- Kit refurbishment
- Kit training
- On-site mentoring/PD
- Implementation consulting
- Curriculum/PD planning
- Grad courses
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Center |
Contact: Anita Hennessy |
Phone: 401-245-4998 x 316 |
Email: hennessa@ride.ri.net
Web: http://www.ebecri.org/ |
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The Center for Mathematics and Science Education Resource Center, Spearfish, SD |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS, Insights, STC, SEPUP, BSCS, TRACS, Delta Modules, Carolina Biological |
- Kit refurbishment
- Live organisms ordering and delivery
- Kit training
- Literature kits
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Center |
Contact: Kathy Quinn |
Phone: 605-642-6872 |
Email: kathyquinn@bhsu.edu
Web: http://www.camse.org |
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SMERC ESD 112, Vancouver, WA |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS, STC |
- Kit refurbisment
- Live organisms ordering and delivery
- Kit training
- Training on: content, reading/writing, notebook, inquiry
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Center |
Contact: Bo Aldeman |
Phone: 360-750-7513 |
Email: bo.haldeman@esd112.org
Web: http://www.esd112.org/smerc/ |
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Olympic Educational Service District 114 Science Kit Center, Bremerton, WA |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS |
- Kit refurbishment
- Live organism ordering and delivery
- Some live organism breeding
- Activities packaged in set
- Notebook sheets
- Some "teacher supplied items"
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Center |
Contact: Debbie Witt |
Phone: 520-225-4933 |
Email: kitwitt@oesd.wednet.edu
Web: http://www.oesd.wednet.edu/oesd/site/default.asp |
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Science Materials Center, Costa Mesa, CA |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS, GEMS, Insights, STC |
- Kit refurbishment
- Kit pick-up
- Live organism ordering and delivery
- Live organism breeding
- Kit training
- Teacher support services (e.g. Professional Development on content, inquiry, or notebooking)
- Pre-prep kits (prep and package materials by investigation)
- Print materials
- Literature for kits
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Center |
Contact: Guy Erskine, Zeke Noonan |
Phone: 714-424-7570 |
Email: gerskine@nmusd.us, znoonan@nmusd.us
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Orange Unified Science Center, Anaheim, CA |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS, STC |
- Kit refurbishment
- Kit pick-up
- Live organism ordering and delivery
- Live organism breeding
- Kit training
- Teacher support services (e.g. Professional Development on content, inquiry, or notebooking)
- Pre-prep kits (prep and package materials by investigation)
- Developing teaching rotation
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Center |
Contact: Peg Benzie |
Phone: 714-289-7264 |
Email: mbenzie@orangeusd.k12.ca.us
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ScienceWorks Materials Resource Center, Huntington Beach, CA |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS, Insights, STC, Scott Foresman Kits |
- Kit refurbishment
- Live organism ordering and delivery
- Kit training
- Teacher support services (e.g. Professional Development on content, inquiry, or notebooking)
- Developing teaching rotation
- Family Science Night Kits K-5
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Center |
Contact: Susie Crandall, Tricia Brisby |
Phone: 714-843-3270, 714-842-5205 |
Email: crandallsu@fvsd.k12.ca.us, tricia.brisby@hbcsd.k12.ca.us
Web: http://www.fvsd.k12.ca.us/curr_instr/science.shtml |
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SMART Center, Oakland, CA 94601 |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS, GEMS, SEPUP, TOPS |
- Kit refurbishment
- Kit pick-up
- Live organism ordering and delivery
- Live organism breeding
- Kit training, teacher support services (e.g. Professional Development on content, inquiry, or notebooking)
- Print materials
- Develop teaching rotation, literature for kits
- Equipment for loan
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Center |
Contact: Caleb Cheung |
Phone: 510-879-2315 |
Email: caleb.cheung@ousd.k12.ca.us
Web: http://science.ousd.k12.ca.us |
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Instructional Materials Center, Foster City, CA |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS |
- Maintains a storeroom of FOSS supplies and sends to teachers when requested
- Maintains an open P.O. with Niles Biological and keeps track of what live organisms teachers order
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Sites |
Contact: Anne Conlon |
Phone: 650-312-7247 |
Email: aconlon@smfc.k12.ca.us
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Instructional Materials Center, Newark, CA |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS, GEMS, Glenco |
- Kit refurbishment
- Kit pick-up
- Live organism ordering and delivery
- Live organism breeding
- Kit training
- Teacher support services (e.g. Professional Development on content, inquiry, or notebooking)
- Pre-prep kits (prep and package materials by investigation)
- Print materials
- Develop teaching rotation
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Center |
Contact: Valerie Aguiliar, Diana Hoban |
Phone: 510-818-4218 |
Email: vaguiliar@nusd.k12.ca.us, dhoban@nusd.k12.ca.us
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Science Materials Center (SMC), Placentia, CA |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS, Delta Science Module |
- Kit refurbishment
- Kit pick-up
- Live organism ordering and delivery
- Live organism breeding
- Kit training
- Teacher support services (e.g. Professional Development on content, inquiry, or notebooking)
- Pre-prep kits (prep and package materials by investigation)
- All enrollment for science kit training/kit check out is available online (PDExpress software, housed on district server.)
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Center |
Contact: Eddie Tabata, Donna Loken |
Phone: 714-996-1551 ext. 23027 |
Email: etabata@pylusd.org, dloken@pylusd.org
Web: http://sciencepylusd.wordpress.com/ |
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BAER Center, Sunnyvale, CA |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS |
- Kit refurbishment
- Kit pick-up and delivery
- Literature for kits
- In the process of collecting some live organisms
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Center |
Contact: April Lincoln |
Phone: 408-423-2874 |
Email: alincoln@scusd.net
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Menlo Park City School District Science Materials Center, Menlo Park, CA |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS |
- Kit refurbishment
- Kit pick-up and delivery
- Kit trainings
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Center |
Contact: Carrie Bildstein |
Phone: 650-326-4341 x 2124 |
Email: cbildstein@mpcsd.org
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PAUSD Science Resource Center, Palo Alto, CA |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS, STC |
- Kit refurbishment
- Kit pick-up
- Live organism ordering and delivery
- Kit training
- Teacher support services (e.g. Professional Development on content, inquiry, or notebooking)
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Sites |
Contact: Mary Childress |
Phone:650-565-8437 |
Email: mchildress@pausd.org
Web: http://www.lucinda.net/k6science/ |
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Cupertino Union School District Kit Stop, Cupertino, CA |
Publishers |
Services |
Kit Storage |
FOSS |
- Kit refurbishment
- Kit pick-up
- Live organism ordering and delivery
- Kit training
- Develop teaching rotation
- Literature for kits
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Center |
Contact: Betty Saunders |
Phone: 408-252-3000 x256 |
Email: saunders_betty@cupertino.k12.ca.us
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