Maureen Fitzgerald
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Outdoor Learning
Read more: Outdoor LearningA new It’s Time for Science podcast is out and it’s time to talk about taking science education outdoors! Host Tom Racine converses with Dr. April Holton and educator Elisa Slee about outdoor learning and the value it brings both students and teachers. Tom also talks with Erica Beck Spencer about the history and importance of…
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Elementary Science Implementation Strategies
Read more: Elementary Science Implementation StrategiesIt’s Time for Science, and it’s time to talk again about implementing elementary science effectively! Tom talks with the science team from the Syracuse City School District about what they’ve done to successfully implement the FOSS® Program. This well-oiled team is comprised of Science and Technology Director Dr. Dana Corcoran and elementary science instructional coaches Amy MacDonough…
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Fostering Safe Hands-On Science Environments
Read more: Fostering Safe Hands-On Science EnvironmentsIt’s Time for Science Podcast Episode 22 It’s Time for Science, and it’s time to discuss fostering safer, hands-on science environments! In this month’s podcast, Tom talks to safety expert Dr. Kenneth R. Roy (Director of Environmental Health & Safety for Glastonbury Public Schools in Connecticut) and 2025 Paul DeHart Hurd Award winner Kenneth L. Huff! Dr.…
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Award-Winning FOSS Active-Learning Science Program
Read more: Award-Winning FOSS Active-Learning Science ProgramReaders of THE Journal, the premier resource for K-12 senior-level district and school administrators, named the Full Option Science System™ (FOSS) a best science program for the second consecutive year. The program won silver in THE Journal’s third annual Readers’ Choice Awards in the Best Science Program category, competing against the software, hardware, and services…
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STEM for All Students and Technology Integration
Read more: STEM for All Students and Technology IntegrationIt’s Time for Science, and it’s time to discuss providing access to STEM for all students and also chat about technology integration! Tom talks to Dr. Leena Bakshi McLean (founder of STEM4Real and author of the book STEM for All: How to Connect, Create, and Cultivate STEM Education for All Learners”) and Nicole Czaplicki, a principal…
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FOSSweb Updates to ThinkLink™
Read more: FOSSweb Updates to ThinkLink™Over 30 significant improvements and enhancements have been made to ThinkLink over the past year! This allows you to further enhance your students’ experience with FOSSweb on ThinkLink. With an impressive 99.8% uptime, you can depend on ThinkLink to be there when you are looking for a reliable online learning resource to augment your Science lessons.…
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Science Centered Literacy Integration with FOSS
Read more: Science Centered Literacy Integration with FOSSThere just aren’t enough hours in the day. How many times have we made that statement? Probably many! In today’s fast-paced world, it often seems that there just isn’t enough time to get everything done. This is never more true than in the 21st-century classroom. Educators feel never-ending pressure to fit in multiple subjects and…