We (Larry Lowery, Linda De Lucchi, and Larry Malone) were going to Japan in July because that's when the Japan Society for Science Education (JSSE) was having its 22nd annual meeting, and they were inviting us to present FOSS.
The following letter came to FOSS trainer and consultant, Leigh Agler, from Teresa Auldridge, a fourth-grade teacher in Salem, Virginia.
After one year as coordinator of the elementary science materials with the reality of having to do more with less, I knew our team needed help. The FOSS boxes purchased in 1993 were beginning to show wear, so the first step was to move from cardboard to plastic boxes which could be locked. The search and purchasing happened in the spring semester while the transfers occurred during the summer.
The following question was forwarded to the FOSS staff at the Lawrence Hall of Science by Susan Hardy, a FOSS Regional Sales Manager.
Late last year I got one of those letters (e-mail actually) I cherish so much. It came right to the point and took the Crayfish Activity in Structures of Life to task.