Full Option Science System 3 rd Edition The

Full Option Science System, 3 rd Edition The Next Generation of Active Learning 1

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 • 2 Provide schools with a program that addresses community science-achievement standards

K-8 Scope and Sequence

FOSS Elementary Modules Sequence • • 4 Core ideas in science are organized into learning progressions Ideas become more complex as students get older

Instructional Design MODULE 20 FOSS Elementary Modules INVESTIGATIONS 3 -5 Investigations per Module PARTS 3 -6 Parts per Investigation Each module takes 9 -12 weeks to complete. 5

Instructional Design Active Investigation • Context: focus question and planning • Activity: doing and observing • Data management: recording and organizing information • Analysis: discussing and writing explanations 7

Instructional Design Science Notebooks • • • 11 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

Instructional Design Reading FOSS Science Resources • Expository articles and biographical sketches • Scientific explanations and real-world applications for first-hand experiences • • Discussion questions 14 Reinforce vocabulary

Science-Centered Language Development Language Arts Skills and Strategies • Reading Comprehension • Writing Expository Text • Exercising Oral Discourse English Language Development • English Learners (EL) Notes 16

Instructional Design Assessment FOSS Assessment provides • Students with opportunities to reflect, communicate, selfassess, and revise their thinking • • Teachers with essential feedback 17 Families with evidence of student progress

Embedded Assessment • Occurs daily through teacher observation • 18 and notebook entries Integrated into flow of investigation

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 • • 19 Answer sheets and coding guides Next-step Strategies

Instructional Design Taking 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 20

Instructional Design FOSSweb Student Resources include • • Virtual investigations • • Class pages 22 Student tutorials Student media library Recommended books and websites Home/school connection www. fossweb. com

Differentiated Instruction • • • 23 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

FOSS 3 rd Edition Modules Complete Kits include • • 1 Teacher Toolkit Equipment kit for 32 students • • • 24 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

FOSS 3 rd 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 25

FOSS Teacher Toolkit Includes Three Components: • Investigations Guide (spiral-bound) • Teacher Resources (binder) • FOSS Science Resources (student book) 26

Teacher Toolkit Investigations 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 27

Teacher Toolkit Teacher 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 28

Teacher Toolkit Teacher Resources 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 29

FOSS Science Resources • • • 30 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

FOSSweb (www. fossweb. com) 31

FOSSweb Teacher Resources include • Resources by Investigation • Teacher Preparation Videos • Investigations e. Guide • Equipment Photo Cards • Home/School Connections • Interactive Whiteboard resources 32

FOSSweb Premium Content includes • FOSS Science Resources e. Books 33

FOSSmap (Grades 3– 6) Online Assessment Program • • Students can take assessments online Automatically codes assessment items • • • 34 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

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 35

Spanish Duplication Masters • Available on CD in Teacher Resources and on FOSSweb Spanish FOSS Science Resources • Available as e-Books only 36

FOSS Third Edition • • • Complete equipment kits • • • Multiple strategies formative assessment • Outdoor experiences to extend apply ideas to the natural world • Website with interactive simulations for students and extensive resources and support for teachers 37 Detailed Investigations Guide Embedded science notebooks for novice and experienced users Benchmark assessments with online tools Module-specific readings for content and language development

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