Process
Emulate the methods used to conduct science in the global community, including close collaboration, individual research, and active peer review
Through an exciting variety of classes and opportunities, the Science Department prepares students for college and life in a dynamic and rapidly changing world, grounding students in fundamental principles of scientific reasoning. We seek to produce graduates motivated to investigate and solve problems using creativity, logic, technology, and collaboration with a sense of and commitment to ethics and integrity.
Our science faculty emphasize science as a particular way of understanding the world. This way of knowing is based upon devising, testing, discarding, and revising hypotheses. To implement this strategy, students must apply a process of inquiry which relies on both logical reasoning and imaginative thinking.
The science curriculum is structured to achieve increasing levels of complexity as students move through the science curriculum in 6th grade -12th grade.
Emulate the methods used to conduct science in the global community, including close collaboration, individual research, and active peer review
Work with peers, faculty, and others to achieve ends which incorporate diverse perspectives.
Use a variety of existing and emerging technologies for data collection, analysis, and presentation.
Share research and results effectively to peers, faculty, parents, and community members.
Express learning in creative formulations original to the student, while properly crediting the work of others.
Apply lab and field techniques to answer questions in novel ways.
See themselves as active community members and global citizens with a responsibility to apply their knowledge and make connections through projects, field trips, and clubs.