We believe in hands-on learning.
Pre K 3 and 4 Year Old
- The 5 senses
- Animals and animal habitats
- Weather
- Seasons
- Plants and seeds
- Nutrition and health
- Dental health
- Bugs & insects
- Weather
- Earth & space
Kindergarten
Our program is based on hands-on experience and covers the following areas:
- Plants and seeds
- Weather
- Farm and zoo animals
- Five senses
- Matter
- Magnets
- Sound
- The human body and nutrition
- Butterflies
- Living/nonliving
- Natural resources
- Basic safety practices
First through Third Grade
The following units are covered with hands-on activities for each unit of study:
- Plants & animals/Classification, habitats, and life cycle
- Plant parts/Developing for seeds
- The sky/weather, moon, sun, stars & planets
- Matter/Properties, states of matter
- Force & motion/Magnets
- Fossils
- Earth & space science
- Basic physics
- Models
- Experiments
Fourth through Eighth Grade
Hands-on inquiry-based learning in our Science Lab:
- Growing mold
- Film canister rockets
- Chemical reactions
- Experimenting with gravity and inertia
- Microscopic analysis of organic and non-organic materials
- Dissecting owl pellets and chicken wings
Internet-enabled interactive learning:
- Interactive solar system
- Virtual heart
- Roller coaster simulation
- MyPyramid meal planning
Project-based learning:
- Create animals that fit into real and imaginary ecosystems
- “Earthquake-proof” a city
- Design a “green” suburb
- Model a renewable energy power plant
- Plan an animal-friendly zoo
These topics culminate in an independent science product to design, conduct, display and report on a one-variable experiment