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SCIENCE PROGRAM

Students hone their curiosity, observations, and thinking moves to learn more about key foundational knowledge and the skills to work scientifically. Students make their own scientific discoveries through exploration and investigation. They share what they are learning and thinking about through writing, discussion, design challenges, presentations, and experimentation.

Students develop close observation and recording skills, the ability to manipulate variables, analyze data, and synthesize information.

The Science Lab provides students with a nurturing and empowering environment to explore in a manner that affords them with an intimate understanding of their experiences. Students generate meaning through inquiry, discovery, investigations, and discussions. They explore and challenge their own understandings, problem solve, collaborate, and persevere to make sense of the world around them. They learn to postulate, interpret, adapt, create, and invent. Students develop meaningful understanding of science concepts in the disciplines of physical, life, earth, and space sciences . 

Scientific processes provide tools to help students answer their own questions and learn from their investigations. Cross cutting concepts and an understanding of the scientific core ideas help students discover the complex and interconnected nature of the natural world (NGSS Standards and Scientific Process).

Students will:

• develop and harness curiosity and inquire into the natural world
• use the scientific method to plan and carry out investigations
• identity and use variables to obtain information from experiments
• collaborate within and between teams to obtain information, solve problems, and communicate
• use collaboration, communication, perseverance, and ingenuity to solve problems and design solutions
• have a rich and meaningful understanding of science concepts in the disciplines of physical, life, earth and space sciences