Science

Students from Preschool through 8th grade are prepared to utilize our two full operating science labs to explore the world of scientific inquiry and STEM instruction.  The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) challenge our students to view science as an interrelated world of inquiry and phenomena that engage students to create learning opportunities and demonstrate thinking using the three dimensions of science together.

•  Science and Engineering Practices 
  • asking questions and defining problems 
  • analyzing and interpreting data   
  • obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

• Crosscutting Concepts are those that apply across all scientific disciplines
  • cause and effect
  • scale, proportion, and quantity
  • energy and matter

• Disciplinary Core Ideas for the basis of scientific facts grouped into four content domains
  • physical sciences
  • life sciences
  • earth sciences
  • engineering, technology, and the application of science

To learn more about Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) download the fact sheet.