FOSS Next Generation
Product identity
- Publisher
- Delta Education / School Specialty
- Program family
- FOSS
- Edition
- Next Generation Edition
Instructional fit
Materials and delivery
- Format description
- Hands-on classroom modules and kits supported by print teacher and student materials, science notebooks, assessment, and digital resources.
- Included components
- Durable investigation kits and refill materials; teacher guides; student science notebooks; science resources books; embedded and benchmark assessment; online resources; elementary modules; integrated middle-school courses.
- Languages and support
- English with instructional strategies intended to engage learners across language and cultural backgrounds; confirm grade-specific translated materials with the publisher.
- Format components
Links and notes
- Vendor product URL
- Visit publisher product page
- Curriculum notes
- FOSS stands for Full Option Science System. The source inventory identifies the Next Generation edition, which was developed for NGSS and remains distinct from later FOSS Pathways materials.
Availability
- Product availability
- Available
- Last checked
- September 29, 2026
A hands-on K–8 science program developed at UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science, combining investigations, classroom kits, science notebooks, reading, assessment, and digital resources.
FOSS Next Generation engages students as active investigators of observable phenomena. Elementary modules and integrated middle-school courses build understanding through firsthand investigation, collaboration, science notebooks, reading, data analysis, explanation, engineering, and assessment. The program was developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science and is published by Delta Education, a School Specialty company.