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Vision:  The Thrill of Discovery

In our curriculum we strive to instill both a love of learning science as well as a scientific way of thinking.  Students learn the skills needed to experience the thrill of discovery as they acquire the information necessary for scientific literacy.  The desired result is for students to apply their scientific knowledge and skills when making personal decisions in their everyday lives.

Student Goals

Students will:

• learn content in the various fields of science: health, life science, physical science, earth science, and ecology/environmental science.
• achieve the thinking skills associated with science:  process skills (the scientific method), critical response skills (data interpretation), manipulative skills (using equipment), and communication skills (oral and written).
• experience learning opportunities in various environments including the classroom, the science laboratory, the rural 64-acre campus, and the computer lab.
• participate in both traditional and experiential (hands-on) activities.

                                                     Unit Topics

Junior Kindergarten:

• Nutrition/Human Body/Five Senses
• Trees
• Bats
• Birds
• Types of Animals
• Forests/Wetlands
• Oceans
• Weather
• Rainforests
• Dinosaurs
• Insects
• Solar System

Kindergarten:

• Human Body
• Trees
• Adaptations for Winter/Bears
• Seasons
• Eggs
• Butterflies

First Grade: 

• Animals
• States of Matter (Solids, Liquids, Gases)
• Weather
• Garden

Second Grade: 

• Plant Life Cycles
• Balance and Motion
• Volcanoes and Rocks
• Garden

Third Grade

• Fossils
• Tree Identification
• Light
• Sound
• Chemistry ( Acids and Bases)

Fourth Grade

• Electricity
• States of Matter
• Temperature and Heat
• Simple Machines
• Solar System

Fifth Grade

• Flower Anatomy
• Invertebrate Identification and Classification
• Insects
• Maps
• Geology
• Water Cycle
• Water Pollution

Sixth Grade

• Populations and Communities
• Conservation
• Biomes
• Pollution and Global Warming
• Evolution

Seventh Grade

• Metric System, Lab Skills, Scientific Method
• Biochemistry
• Cell Biology
• Genetics
• Viruses, Bacteria 
• Digestive, Circulatory, Respiratory, Nervous, Reproductive Systems
• Nutrition

Eighth Grade

• Physics
• Fluid Pressure/Aerodynamics
• Chemistry
• Astronomy
• Forms of Energy
• Meteorology

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