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Full Option Science System, 3rd Edition

The Next Generation of Active Learning

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Goals of the FOSS Program

1. Scientific Literacy

• Provide students with appropriate experiences with core science ideas, scientific practices, and engineering experiences

2. Instructional Efficiency

• Provide teachers with a complete and flexible program that reflects current research and best practices in education

3. Systemic Reform• Provide schools with a program that

addresses community science-achievement standards

K-8 Scope and Sequence

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• Core ideas in science are organized into learning progressions

• Ideas become more complex as students get older

FOSS Elementary Modules Sequence

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Instructional Design

MODULE20 FOSS Elementary Modules

INVESTIGATIONS3-5 Investigations per Module

PARTS3-6 Parts per Investigation

Each module takes 9-12 weeks to complete.

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• Context: focus question and planning

• Activity: doing and observing

• Data management: recording and organizing information

• Analysis: discussing and writing explanations

Instructional DesignActive Investigation

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Instructional DesignScience Notebooks

• Written record of learning

• Opportunity to reflect on learning

• Formative assessment tool

• Vocabulary reinforcement

• Parent reporting

“Writing reflectively can increase the retention of content information up to 400%.”

David Sousa, 2002

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Instructional DesignReading

FOSS Science Resources

• Expository articles and biographical sketches

• Scientific explanations and real-world applications for first-hand experiences

• Discussion questions

• Reinforce vocabulary

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Science-Centered Language Development

Language Arts Skills and Strategies

• Reading Comprehension• Writing Expository Text• Exercising Oral Discourse

English Language Development• English Learners (EL) Notes

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Instructional DesignAssessment

FOSS Assessment provides

• Students with opportunities to reflect, communicate, self-assess, and revise their thinking

• Teachers with essential feedback

• Families with evidence of student progress

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Embedded Assessment

• Occurs daily through teacher observation and notebook entries

• Integrated into flow of investigation

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Benchmark Assessment

• Survey: Prior to instruction (grades 3-6)

• I-Checks: After each investigation (grades 1-6)

• Posttest: After module is complete (grades 3-6)

• Benchmark Assessment Chapter

• Answer sheets and coding guides

• Next-step Strategies

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Instructional DesignTaking FOSS Outdoors

• Last part to most investigations is an outdoor activity

• Students apply what they learn in the classroom to the real world

• Support for how to manage time, space, materials, and students

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Student Resources include

• Virtual investigations

• Student tutorials

• Student media library

• Recommended books and websites

• Class pages

• Home/school connection

www.fossweb.com

Instructional DesignFOSSweb

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• Science-Centered Language Development• Engaging context for developing literacy skills• Scaffold instruction for English learners

• Embedded and Benchmark assessment• Provide opportunities to determine levels of

understanding

• Assessment Chapter• Next-step strategies for moving students’

understanding and ability to communicate forward

Differentiated Instruction

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FOSS 3rd Edition Modules

Complete Kits include• 1 Teacher Toolkit• Equipment kit for 32 students

• Consumables for 2 class uses • Measurement tools included

• 32 FOSS Science Resources books• 1 FOSS Science Resources big

book (K-2)• Access code for FOSSweb content

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FOSS 3rd Edition Modules

What’s not in the kit

• Living Materials coupons

• Teacher Supplied Items

• Teacher Prep Videos

• Composition books for science notebooks

• Preprinted Science Notebook

• Spanish duplication masters (on CD and FOSSweb)

Refill kits are also purchased separately

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FOSS Teacher Toolkit

Includes Three Components:• Investigations Guide (spiral-bound)• Teacher Resources (binder)• FOSS Science Resources (student

book)

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Teacher ToolkitInvestigations Guide (spiral bound)

Overview• Conceptual framework• Teaching schedule

Materials• Kit inventory list• First time prep• Materials management suggestions

Investigations• Science background for the teacher• Materials and prep• Step-by-step instructions

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Teacher ToolkitTeacher Resources (binder)

Includes these chapters• FOSS Introduction• Assessment• Science Notebooks• Science-Centered Language Development• Taking FOSS Outdoors• FOSSweb and Technology• Science Notebook Masters• Teacher Masters• Assessment Masters

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Also includes 2 CDs

• PDFs of Teacher Resources chapters

• PDFs of Spanish Duplication Masters• Spanish masters are only on

CD and online; not printed

PDFs also available on FOSSweb

Teacher ToolkitTeacher Resources

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FOSS Science Resources

• Student book with content support for FOSS investigations

• Emphasis on expository articles and biographical sketches

• Full color photographs and illustrations

• K-2 softcover with Big Books• 3-6 hardcover with index

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FOSSweb (www.fossweb.com)

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FOSSweb

Teacher Resources include

• Resources by Investigation

• Teacher Preparation Videos

• Investigations eGuide

• Equipment Photo Cards

• Home/School Connections

• Interactive Whiteboard resources

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FOSSweb

Premium Content includes• FOSS Science Resources eBooks

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FOSSmap (Grades 3–6)

Online Assessment Program

• Students can take assessments online

• Automatically codes assessment items• Multiple-choice, multiple-answer, and

short-answer questions only• Teachers score open-response items

manually and input the code

• Assign Tutorials for remediation based on student performance

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FOSSmap (Grades 3–6)

Generate reports

• Code-Frequency Report

• Class-by-Item Report

• Class-by-Level Report

• Class-Frequency Report

• Student-by-Item Report

• Student Assessment Summary

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Spanish

Spanish Duplication Masters• Available on CD in Teacher

Resources and on FOSSweb

Spanish FOSS Science Resources • Available as e-Books only

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FOSS Third Edition

• Complete equipment kits

• Detailed Investigations Guide

• Embedded science notebooks for novice and experienced users

• Multiple strategies for formative assessment

• Benchmark assessments with online tools

• Module-specific readings for content and language development

• Outdoor experiences to extend and apply ideas to the natural world

• Website with interactive simulations for students and extensive resources and support for teachers

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