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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 Populations and Ecosystems
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 and
websites). Chapters of the teacher guide are separated
by tabs for easy use. Populations and Ecosystems
has ten investigations, each with one to four parts.
- Kit of student laboratory equipment
packaged for multiple classes of 32 students each.
The kit also contains class resource materials such
as 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 Populations and Ecosystems 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 Populations and Ecosystems 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 Populations and Ecosystems
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 most investigations.
One CD-ROM comes in the kit; additional CDs can be
purchased in lab packs of 5, 10, 20, and 50 for use
with multiple computers. For this course, we strongly
recommend that you have a CD for each pair of students
in your class.
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