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n 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 Space & Science Center, Lawrence Hall of Science, day trips on a Marine Science Institute research boat, and visits to local farms.

LS Science News

  • Kindergarten Tours Marine Mammal Center

    Posted April 15, 2013

    As part of an integrated language arts/science study unit on animals, our kindergarten students visited the Marine Mammal Center, where they attended a class on marine mammals and land mammals, acted out a rescue, watched the naturalists mix up special fish milk shakes, and observed the animals in their pools. Students will be learning about different animal groups and recording facts in illustrated journals.

  • First Grade Science Unit Ends on a Sweet Note—Ice Cream

    Posted April 4, 2013

    First grade students have been studying "secret formulas," a GEMS unit developed by the Lawrence Hall of Science. Through hands-on investigations, students have learned science concepts such as the repeatability of results, cause and effect, measurement, and observation. In their final experiment, students created a unique formula for their own ice cream.

  • Secret Formulas Intrigue First Grade

    Posted February 19, 2013

    First graders have been investigating "secret formulas" as part of the FOSS science curriculum (see CURRICULUM SPOTLIGHT). Students recently began a series of physical science experiments, analyzing the attributes of glue and cola, and then proceeding to make their own formulas. "Each investigation follows a similar structure," said Natanya Biskar, first-grade coteacher, "a structure that mirrors the scientific process..."

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