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The FOSS CA Edition Teacher Preparation Videos help you prepare to teach the FOSS CA modules. They include teacher guide information, safety precautions, set up procedures, and classroom footage. Click on the name of the video clip you wish to view from the list below. Once on the FOSS Teacher Preparation Video page, select "Play All" to view the entire Teacher Preparation Video, or select specific clips to play. More Teacher Preparation Videos will be online soon. Check the Elementary Science website often.
Technical Note: You must have Adobe Flash Player Version 8 or higher to view these videos. You can download the player for free from www.adobe.com.
Be sure to also check out the rest of the FOSS California webpages for a wealth of instructional resources specific to FOSS California modules.
Click here to link to the FOSS California website.
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Click here for a list of teachers' frequently asked questions collected from professional development across the district. (PDF) Updated May 2009.
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FOSS® California is a complete, modular, research-based K-5 science curriculum for teaching science in interesting and engaging ways. FOSS is developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley with input from California scientists and educators to provide teachers with all the resources they need to teach science effectively and efficiently.
Based on cognitive research about how children think and learn, FOSS uses an active learning teaching approach. Students assume the role of scientists by making observations, asking questions, making predictions, collaborating and communicating with peers, and conducting experiments to test ideas and verify results. Following the active investigations, students apply and reinforce what they have learned through reading and writing. FOSS excites students and motivates them for more advanced study in science.
Standards-based
FOSS is a standards-based program that aligns completely with the Science Content Standards for California Public Schools and the Science Framework for California. Through extensive research and field-testing, the FOSS developers produced a developmentally-appropriate science curriculum that provides multiple exposures to all California science content standards for in-depth student learning.
Click here for FOSS California Edition 2007 Module Summaries.
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Local District staff coordinate FOSS professional development for elementary school teachers. For specific information, contact your local district. Meanwhile, Central OCISS Science Team staff are currently preparing to launch FOSS salary point classes beginning in early 2010. Continue to check under Professional Development on this page or visit the Learning Zone.
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Call 800-258-1302 (8 a.m. - 6 p.m. EST) or click here to contact Delta Education Customer Service for FOSS (customerservice@delta-edu.com). For FOSS ordering/delivery inquiries, please have your BPO number handy. The BPO may be found on the original order form.
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MEM-3783.2 Elementary Science FOSS Instructional Materials Use and Management at School Sites (PDF)
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