Science

In our science curriculum, students learn to observe, compare, order, categorize, infer, and apply aquired knowledge in each scientific area. The scientific method — focusing on questioning, making observations, recording results, and drawing conclusions — is emphasized in all activities and hands-on experiments. Students reflect on their observations both orally and in their science journals by making observations, sketches, measurements, and graphs to record their results.

The scientific principles studied throughout the lower school are applied to real-life situations through observations in nature, guest lectures, and field trips.  Our many exciting field trips include the Chabot Science Center, Lawrence Hall of Sciences, day trips on a Marine Science Institute research boat, and visits to local farms.