On October 1–2, 2004, elementary education science methods faculty and science content faculty from Pennsylvania met at Lock Haven University's Sieg Conference Center to explore ways to integrate exemplary elementary science materials into their college classes.
Greece, the eighth largest school district in New York State, adopted FOSS in 2002 because it provided them with a science program that was matched to their standards and promoted instructional practices that were consistent with their district goals.
The FOSS project and Delta Education sponsored a Weather and Water workshop from June 26–July 1 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Climatological Survey and the University of Oklahoma provided onsite coordination for the workshop through the valuable services of Andrea Melvin.
A teacher's dream...all students were completely engrossed, noses buried in their investigations into milkweed bug reproductive cycles. The buzz of voices in lively discussion echoed throughout the room. But we could not understand a word they said!
In Mr. Cho's seventh-grade science class at the James P. Timilty Middle School in Roxbury, Massachusetts, science does not end when class is over.