Welcome To Kids Doing Science

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This blog will follow the creation and implementation of a first through fourth grade science curriculum. This program is being created to take the school from a model where science was taught by individual teachers at each grade level to a singular science specialist who will teaching all grades and classes. This past year was spent talking to grade level teachers about their total curriculum (including science) and then designing a new program, that includes not only science, but technology, reading/writing, engineering, the arts, and math. This program will be a hands-on, constructionist approach to teaching science, focusing not only on content, but problem-solving, and cooperative learning, allowing students to be creative and reflective as they develop an excitement for science that will take them into a more rigorous middle and upper school program.

The program will also include introducing the students to rapid prototyping with software and equipment like laser cutters and 3D printers. We'll also be using virtual and augmented reality equipment to learn about science concepts, as well as doing some programming/coding for projects and activities.

Potential topics include:
     Building bridges with first grade
     Experimenting with aspects of the water cycle in second grade
     Studying and manipulating simple machines for third grade
     Using magnets to create a magnetic/levitation system with fourth grade

This will all start in the fall of 2019, as students are exposed to doing science in a new, state of the art lab, specifically for elementary students. Come along on this journey to see the changes made in how science is "taught" and how students "learn".




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