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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 Electronics 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). Each chapter of the
teacher guide is separated by tabs for easy use. Electronics
has nine investigations, each with two to five parts.
- Kit of student laboratory equipment
packaged for multiple classes of 32 students each.
Each course is designed for one teacher working with
five sections of students per day. The kit also includes
40 transparencies for the investigations.
- FOSS Electronics Resources
book (36 pages), containing data
and readings for each student.
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- FOSS Electronics Lab Notebook
containing 48 pages of student sheets and organizers
for the investigations. This can be a consumable book
for each student or serve as a set of duplication
masters for the teacher. Student sheets are three-hole
punched and perforated so students can remove a page
to put it in a binder. The backs of some of the pages
are printed with a grid where students can take notes,
draw schematics, work out calculations, or graph results.
- FOSS Electronics CD-ROM
for use as a whole-class demonstration tool as well
as an individual or small-group interactive instructional
tool. The CD-ROM is woven into the instruction for
many of the investigations.
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