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Let’s Take It Outside Fall is upon us and it’s time to kick your lessons into high gear. The excitement that was present at the beginning of the year has started to fade, so in an attempt to re-energize student (and educator) interest, try a change of scenery and take...

Using Science to Launch a New School Year with Parents: Leveraging Inquiry for Back to School Night (BTS) & Open HouseBack to School Night & Open House: Setting the Stage for Science Success Whether your school holds Back to School Night before school starts or an...

Did you know that FOSS offers professional learning opportunities to enhance your science lessons?The 2023 FOSS Summer Leadership Institute, held just outside Portland, OR, focused on transforming professional learning. Each attendee developed a professional learning...

What’s the goal? Most elementary educators start the school year with 1) classroom rules, 2) English instruction, and 3) math instruction. This can be disengaging for everyone involved and leave science on the sideline. One of the best ways to avoid disengagement from...

Can you imagine society without science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)? These fields form the foundation for many aspects of human civilization, so it’s hard to fathom humanity without STEM. Even if we just consider a specific area of STEM – like energy, or...

Phenomena in a science class are like oases in a desert: absolutely essential, beautifully vibrant, and rich with creative growth and potential, but unfortunately too uncommon, infrequent, and far apart. Real-world phenomena illustrate scientific principles with...

Research proves that Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is essential to student success, both in school and in life. We know that time and resources to teach active investigations and SEL practices are limited, but we have good news. There’s a specific way to teach...

As science education becomes increasingly vital, elementary educators find themselves struggling to make time for teaching science during an average school day. While the complexities of this problem will require solutions from school and district leaders, we can at...