Curriculum: Science

The science curriculum revolves around five major themes over three years. Under a sustainability umbrella, the themes of energy, matter, information, time, and space are threaded together via student experiences and explorations that ask the question, ‘How do scientists know what they know, and how do they do their work?” The curriculum develops concepts through lab experiments, group activities, research projects, and discussions of current issues.

Essential questions guide the work of student scientists in each grade level.

Sixth Grade

• How can maps help us understand the changing surface of the Earth?
• How does water shape and change land over time?
• Why is water such an important characteristic of our planet?
• What can we do to preserve the Earth's resources and promote sustainability?

Seventh Grade

• How do living things maintain homeostasis and stay alive?
• How does genetic information get passed on?

Eighth Grade

• How can you predict how and why something moves?
• What is matter made up of, and how can we tell?
• How do you investigate things you can’t see?
• How do matter and energy interact to form our world?