Science

Effective science education includes both content and process learning. Learning about science (content) and learning how to do science (process) are two different, but equally important functions of the science program. To this end, students engage in manipulative activities that allow them to construct a knowledge base of science concepts. The science processes stressed in grades 3-5 are predicting, observing, data collecting and recording, and explaining experiment results. The science curriculum is based on the National Research Council's (1996) National Science Education Standards.  Students are exposed to a variety of life, earth and space, and physical sciences in order to build a foundation of general science knowledge.  In third grade, students study Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils; Inventions; Weather; and Environmental Science.