Why FOSS works for West Virginia

Phenomena-based science with an eye to the future

FOSS incorporates local and relevant phenomena in a way that addresses standards and instills science literacy that will serve students and their communities well for a lifetime.

FOSS is built around phenomena that students can observe firsthand and relate to the world they know in West Virginia. Phenomena are organized into coherent storylines for the teacher, empowering them to engage students as they explore.

Benefits of Local and Relevant Phenomena

Leverages students’ prior knowledge
Offers direct access and connection to their world
Levels the playing field for all students
Allows student-generated questioning and experimentation
Ensures developmentally appropriate phenomena

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Why West Virginia Districts Choose FOSS

FOSS gives students the opportunity to think and act like scientists and engineers. UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science developed FOSS for West Virginia to present science the way students learn it, as they experience phenomena firsthand through active investigation. It’s why FOSS is proven to measurably improve test scores in districts across the country and in local districts in West Virginia.

Barbour County

Grant County

Kanawha County

Preston County

Greenbrier County

Lewis County

Braxton County

Monongalia County

Lincoln County

Putnam County

Hancock County

McDowell County

Cabell County

Hardy County

Marion County

Wood County

Mercer County

Marshall County

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Making Phenomena Driven Instruction Local and Accessible for all West Virginia Students.

Recommended Scope & Sequence

See how FOSS is aligned to NGSS Performance Expectations for each module and course in the chart below.

FOSS Pathways PreK-5

Grade

Earth Science

Physical Science

Life Science

Observing Nature

Foundation for LS1.A, LS1.C, PS1.A, ESS3.C

Trees & Weather

Materials & Forces

K-PS2-1 | K-PS2-2 | K-PS3-1 | K-PS3-2 | K-ESS3-3 | K-2-ETS1-1 | K-2-ETS1-2 | K-2-ETS1-3

Animals Two by Two

K-LS1-1 | K-ESS2-2 | K-ESS3-1

Changes in the Sky

1-ESS1-1 | 1-ESS1-2

Sound & Light

1-PS4-1 | 1-PS4-2 | 1-PS4-3 | 1-PS4-4 | K-2-ETS1-1 | K-2 ETS1-2 | K-2-ETS1-3

Plants & Animals

1-LS1-1 | 1-LS1-2 | 1-LS3-1 | K-2-ETS1-2

Water and Landforms

2-ESS1-1 | 2-ESS2-1 | 2-ESS2-2 | 2-ESS2-3 | 2-PS1-1

Solids & Liquids

2-PS1-1 | 2-PS1-2 | 2-PS1-3 | 2-PS1-4 | K-2-ETS1-1 | K-2-ETS1-2 | K-2-ETS1-3

Insects & Plants

2-LS2-1 | 2-LS2-2 | 2-LS4-1 | K-2-ETS1-2

Water & Climate

3-ESS2-1 | 3-ESS2-2 | 3-ESS3-1

Motion

3-PS2-1 | 3-PS2-2 | 3-PS2-3 | 3-PS2-4 | 3-5-ETS1-1 | 3-5-ETS1-2 | 3-5-ETS1-3

Structures of Life

3-LS1-1 | 3-LS2-1 | 3-LS3-1 | 3-LS3-2 | 3-LS4-1 | 3-LS4-2 | 3-LS4-3 | 3-LS4-4

Soils, Rocks, and Landforms

4-ESS1-1 | 4-ESS2-1 | 4-ESS2-2 | 4-ESS3-2 | 3-5-ETS1-2

Energy

4-PS3-1 | 4-PS3-2 | 4-PS3-3 | 4-PS3-4 | 4-PS4-1 | 4-PS4-2 | 4-PS4-3 | 4-ESS3-1 | 3-5-ETS1-1 | 3-5-ETS1-2 | 3-5-ETS1-3

Senses and Survival

4-LS1-1 | 4-LS1-2 | 3-5-ETS1-1

Earth & Sun

5-ESS1-1 | 5-ESS1-2 | 5-ESS2-1 | 5-ESS2-2 | 5-ESS3-1 | 5-PS1-1 | 5-PS2-1 | 3-5-ETS1-1 | 3-5-ETS1-2

Mixtures & Solutions

5-PS1-1 | 5-PS1-2 | 5-PS1-3 | 5-PS1-4 | 5-ESS3-1 | 3-5-ETS1-2

Living Systems

5-PS3-1 | 5-LS1-1 | 5-LS2-1 | 5-ESS2-1 | 5-ESS3-1 | 3-5-ETS1-3

FOSS Next Generation Middle School

Grade 6

Weather and Water

PS, ES, E

Planetary Science

PS, ES

Populations and Ecosystems

ES, LS, E

Waves

PS, E

Grade 7

Earth History

PS, ES, LS

Diversity of Life

Electromagnetic Force

PS, ES, E

Gravity & Kinetic Energy

PS, E

Human Systems Interactions

Grade 8

Heredity and Adaptation

ES, LS

Chemical Interactions

PS, ES, E

*Half-length courses PS: Physical Science content, ES: Earth Science content, LS: Life Science content, E: Engineering content

Resources

The FOSS curriculum is designed as a laddered series of experiences that cumulatively develop not just knowledge, but scientific thinking across all three dimensions. You’ll find that the research-based FOSS curriculum with complete equipment kits is ideal for your elementary and middle school classroom. Review the West Virginia resources below and see for yourself why FOSS is the Full Option Science System that works for West Virginia teachers and students.

FOSS Pathways:

NGSS Correlations Grade 3-5

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Why FOSS in West Virginia?

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Grades K-5 Module Descriptions

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Grades K-2 Detail Correlations

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