Literacy & Science Integration

Literacy and science go hand-in-hand when it comes to building student success. These resources focus on integrating reading, writing, and communication skills into science instruction. Discover strategies to strengthen vocabulary, comprehension, and critical thinking while deepening students’ understanding of scientific concepts.

Cross-Cutting Concepts and Sense-Making Discussions

It’s Time for Science! Today, we’re diving into crosscutting concepts and sense-making in the classroom. Tom sits down with Dr. Samantha Messier and professional learning specialist Leslie Lausten to explore the big ideas that connect all areas of science. They also talk about helping students make sense of the data they collect and the phenomena…
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A Multimodal Approach to Science Education

It’s Time for Science, and it’s time to discuss the importance of activating prior knowledge and a multimodal approach to science education through establishing noticing, wondering, and connections routines! Tom talks to Dr. Joel Donna, a professor of teacher education, about routines that help students access prior knowledge and lived experiences. This sets the stage for learning utilizing centering…
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ELD and Science Instruction

This month on It’s Time for Science, it’s time to talk about ELD (English language development) and science instruction! Host Tom Racine chats with Diana B. Vélez and Veronica Gallardo. Diana B. Vélez is a curriculum developer and professional learning provider for the Full Option Science System Project (FOSS) at the Lawrence Hall of Science. She specializes in English language development and…
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Science Centered Literacy Integration with FOSS

There 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…
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The Science of Reading

This month on It’s Time for Science, it’s time to talk about the Science of Reading and how FOSS®, The Full Option Science System™ incorporates everyday English Language Arts skills to support student literacy in conjunction with hands-on science learning! Host Tom Racine talks with Leslie Lausten, M. Ed and Dr. Jennifer Slavick, Ed. D., authors…
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Blending Active Science Learning and the Science of Reading

For more than three decades, FOSS® (Full Option Science System™) has enriched student learning through immersive science investigations, fostering active participation and exploration of natural phenomena, and empowering students to construct their own schema of scientific principles. FOSS is developed to be much more than just a science curriculum. FOSS integrates with the concepts of…
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Student Engagement with Hands-on Science

This month on It’s Time for Science, we talked about student engagement with a special guest. Host Tom Racine interviewed award-winning science communicator Maynard Okereke, the Hip Hop MD. Tom talks with Maynard about the importance of staying curious and keeping students and ourselves engaged. They discuss why you don’t need to be an expert to…
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Make Halloween a Day of Engagement with Science

As Halloween approaches, educators know the excitement and fun of the holiday can also bring disruptions to the classroom. In an effort to incorporate learning on such an eventful day, try to make Halloween a day of engagement- with science! Many educators opt for a science-based day of activities with center activities that explore the…
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Comics in the Classroom

For this episode of It’s Time for Science, we went to the world-renowned San Diego Comic Convention! We looked high and low for folks to talk with about the importance of science education and graphic novels, and it turns out it was super easy to find people on the same page! Tracy Edmunds Tom speaks first…
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