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FOSS MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM COMPONENTS
FOSS Middle School is a general science curriculum for students
and their teachers in grades 6–8. The curriculum is
organized into topical courses under three strands: Earth
and Space Science, Life Science,
and Physical Science and Technology. Each
course is an in-depth unit requiring 9–12 weeks to teach.
This course, designed for students in grades 7–8, includes
the following interconnected components:
- A detailed Planetary Science Teacher
Guide in a three-ring binder including
overview, materials preparation, goals and objectives,
at-a-glance investigation chart, science background,
lesson plans, transparency masters, teacher answer
sheets, assessments with masters and scoring guides,
CD-ROM user guide, and references (books, multimedia,
websites). Each chapter of the teacher guide is separated
by tabs for easy use. Planetary Science has ten investigations,
each with two to seven parts.
- Kit of student laboratory equipment
packaged for multiple classes of 32 students each.
The kit also contains class resource materials such
as posters, maps, books, and videos. Each course is
designed for use with one teacher working with five
sections of students per day. The kit also includes
44 transparencies for use in the
investigations.
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- FOSS Planetary Science
Resources book (103
pages) containing images, data, and readings for each
student.
- FOSS Planetary Science Lab Notebook
containing 41 student sheets and organizers for the
investigations. This can be a consumable book for
each student or serve as a set of duplication masters
for the teacher. Student sheets are printed on one
side of the paper so students can remove a page to
put it in a binder. The backs of the pages are printed
with a grid where students can take notes, make drawings
or calculations, or graph results.
- FOSS Planetary Science
CD-ROM for use as a whole-class demonstration
tool as well as an individual or small-group interactive
instructional tool. The extensive database together
with the Student Notebook feature serves as a research
and report-preparation tool. The CD-ROM is woven into
the instruction and is linked to each investigation
through the on-line Teacher Guide.
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