What is the easiest and most efficient way to organize the materials for this unit?
Throughout all of its units, FOSS uses a “materials station” approach where the “Getter” in each group is responsible for retrieving and returning the materials to a central location. For Magnetism and Electricity, many have found it more efficient to package the needed materials for a specific lesson into group tubs or table group tubs. This makes distribution and collection easier. Have the groups observe the content of the tubs as they are distributed and then require that the groups return the tubs the same way, making sure all of the materials are accounted for. This is an especially useful technique when teaching the electricity portion of the unit where you have many D-cells, bulbs, wires and holders to manage.
