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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 6–7, includes
the following interconnected components:
- A detailed Weather and Water 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). Chapters of the teacher guide are separated
by tabs for easy use. Weather and Water
has nine investigations, each with two to five parts.
- Kit of student laboratory equipment
packaged for multiple classes of 32 students each.
The kit also contains class resource materials such
as posters and videos. Each course is designed for
one teacher working with five sections of students
per day. The kit includes 34 transparencies
for the investigations.
- FOSS Weather and Water Lab Notebook
consisting of student sheets and organizers for students
to use while they engage in the investigations. One
copy comes in the kit. The lab notebook can be a consumable
item if one is purchased for each student. The book
is rendered in black and white and the sheets are
perforated, so individual sheets can be used as duplication
masters, adding flexibility to your use of the notebook.
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- FOSS Weather and Water Resources
is a book containing data and readings that are used
throughout the course. Sixteen copies of the full-color
resources book come in the kit. They are intended
to be used as classroom resources, shared by all students,
but additional copies can be purchased. We recommend
that each student have a copy of the resources book.
- FOSS Weather and Water
CD-ROM for use as a whole-class demonstration
tool as well as an individual or small-group interactive
instructional tool. The multimedia is woven into the
instruction and is linked to each investigation.
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