Hello families:
FOSS offers a number of ways to get parents involved in their child's science education during school year 2020-21.
Download a copy of the Letter to Families—School Year 2020–2021 PDF in English or Spanish.
Everyday Outside Challenge in English or Spanish.
Each FOSS module includes a letter to parents to tell you what your child will be doing in the investigations at school and to share ways that you can develop your child’s scientific interests at home. This will be very important during School Year 2020-21.
Download a copy of the Structures of Life Letter to Parents about the Module PDF in English or Spanish.
We have developed a Home/School Connection for four investigations in Structures of Life. There are also other At-Home Activities for each investigation for use during COVID-19 school year 2020-21. These require little or no materials from home.
- Investigation 1: Origin of Seeds
Home School Connection—Students are encouraged to search for seeds around their home and neighborhood. They compare the structures of the seeds they have found and try to figure out how each seed might travel away from the parent plant to a growing location.
Download a copy of the Investigation 1 Home/School Connection PDF in English or Spanish.
Download Other At-Home Activities for Investigation 1 PDF in English or Spanish. - Investigation 2: Growing Further
Home School Connection—Students consider the needs of house plants. They look around their neighborhoods for plants, observe their structures and properties,and draw a picture of an interesting plant.
Download a copy of the Investigation 2 Home/School Connection PDF in English or Spanish.
Download Other At-Home Activities for Investigation 2 PDF in English or Spanish. - Investigation 3: Meet the Crayfish
Home School Connection—Students are asked to design a food-gathering device that simulates an adaptation that an animal might display. Students select a challenge from a list of possible food-gathering devices.
Download a copy of the Investigation 3 Home/School Connection PDF in English or Spanish.
Download Other At-Home Activities for Investigation 3 PDF in English or Spanish. - Investigation 4: Human Body
Home School Connection—Students investigate what bone is made of by soaking a chicken bone in vinegar for a week or more.
Download a copy of the Investigation 4 Home/School Connection PDF in English or Spanish.
Download Other At-Home Activities for Investigation 4 PDF in English or Spanish.