The decision was controversial. Many teachers preferred textbooks and expressed fears that the kits would not be replenished. Sometimes you get a whole skull. He offered an intact skull with gray fur attached and two yellow teeth curving from the jaw. Lopez likes the interdisciplinary nature of the FOSS curriculum.
Students measure, draw, record data, describe what they see and use math.
Lopez says his students carry over the thinking skills they ve learned in class to their science fair projects. They formulate a hypothesis, predict what they think they re going to find and think about what materials they will need. A key element in the district s reform effort is its mentoring program, Baldwin said. Each elementary school mentor is responsible for 40-50 teachers. NSF grants are funding the implementation but the difficulty of hiring replacements made it impossible to attain the ideal ratio.