FOSS Module Poster Packs Now Available!

FOSS poster packs for the Magnetism and Electricity and Earth Materials Modules are now available from Delta Education. The Poster Packs were created by FOSS developers after a survey of FOSS users put them at the top of the list of things educators would like to have to enrich students’ learning experiences. FOSS posters connect classroom learning with real-world objects, systems, and places. They provide answers to the frequently asked question “How does what we are learning in the classroom apply to the world?”

Each FOSS Poster Pack includes a set of full-color, 17 x 22-inch posters (one poster per investigation) with accompanying question strips, as well as an instruction folio that provides strategies for using the posters. The folio includes discussion questions, fun facts, research opportunities, background information, and science content and vocabulary that extend the ideas developed in the FOSS investigations and provide a focus for classroom discussions and student projects.

The posters are introduced during a class discussion period after students have completed investigations in a module. For example, the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park is included on one of the posters for the Earth Materials Module. This poster is best introduced after students have explored how acid interacts with rocks containing calcite in Investigation 3. With their knowledge of calcite, students will better understand how Carlsbad Caverns formed. The question strips can be cut apart and a new question introduced with the poster each day. The questions can serve as a prompt for a writing exercise or for
a class or small-group discussion.

Let us know how you use the posters in your classroom.

You can order the FOSS Posters online from Delta Education here:
http://www.deltaeducation.com/foss/foss_posters.html