What are the goals of FOSS?
1. SCIENTIFIC LITERACY. Provide all students with science experiences that a. are appropriate to their cognitive stages of development and b. serve as a foundation for more advanced ideas that prepare them for life in an increasingly complex scientific and technological world. 2. INSTRUCTIONAL EFFICIENCY. Provide all teachers with a complete, flexible, easy-to-use science program. 3. SYSTEMIC REFORM. FOSS continues to respond to the needs of systems moving away from passive exposure to scientific concepts toward real experiences for students that reflect the vision of the National Science Education Standards.