FOSSweb Middle School Multimedia Now Include an Updated Teacher Guide Available

Each of the FOSS Middle School Courses now includes an updated multimedia teacher guide. This resource helps you locate, download, and use the various components found online for the middle school courses. (The multimedia teacher guide shouldn’t be confused with the print teacher guide in the black and green binders.) The multimedia teacher guide includes an index containing each investigation. When you link to a particular investigation, you will find links to each part in that investigation. By clicking on a part, you will find which multimedia activities, lab notebook sheets, and transparencies you will need for that part.

For example, if you are teaching the Weather and Water Course, Investigation 3: Seasons and Sun Part 2, you can connect with the appropriate multimedia, lab notebook sheets, and transparencies you will need for that part as shown in the screen shot here. If you need the Response Sheet or transparency no. 4, Sun-Earth System, all you have to do is click on it, and it appears as a pdf ready to download, print, or project. The appropriate reading in the Student Resources book is also listed, although it is not Guideavailable online at this time. Teachers who use an interactive whiteboard, such as SMART Board™ or Promethean Board™, now have easy access to resources that can be projected.

If you have any questions about the multimedia teacher guide, please contact the FOSS team at foss@berkeley.edu.