Science

The Meadowbrook School Science program is designed to introduce students to the exciting and varied world of science. The goals of the curriculum are many. To begin, the science program is designed to help develop students' innate curiosity about their world, acquire scientific knowledge and scientific habits of mind, and to help students develop a positive attitude toward science.

The Meadowbrook School Science Program is designed to introduce students to the exciting and varied realm of science.

The science program broadens students' skills for investigating the world, solving problems, and making decisions. It is important for students to develop awareness that they are an integral part of nature, they must learn to respect the earth and its communities, and make a commitment to preserve life on earth. The students develop specific scientific skills through observation, measurement, collection, categorization, recording and interpreting data.

Whenever possible, the methods used to achieve these goals are founded in the experimental and inquiry-based philosophy of science education. Goals and concepts presented are intended to be built upon progressively though the grades.

Activities, experiments, demonstrations, reading, current events, observations and interactions with the materials and artifacts help explore the themes and concepts. Field experiments are gained as students use the 18 acres of school property. The science curriculum is also connected with other subject areas such as social studies, math and language arts.

Philosophy

The Meadowbrook School Science Program is designed to introduce students to the exciting and varied realm of science. It is meant to capture children's natural curiosity and sense of wonder about their world. The program can help students develop science concepts and process skills, which they will use throughout their lives.

Goals

The goals of the curriculum are:

  1. To help develop students' innate curiosity about the world, acquire scientific knowledge, scientific habits of mind, and to help students develop a positive attitude toward science.
  2. To broaden students' procedural and cognitive skills for investigating the world, solving problems, and making decisions.
  3. To help students develop an awareness that they are an integral part of nature, as well as develop an affection and report for the earth and its communities.
  4. To help students develop scientific process skills through reading, writing, discussing, listening, forming questions, experimenting, hypothesizing, observing, measuring, collecting, categorizing, recording, interpreting data, and drawing conclusions.
  5. To nurture a commitment among students for the preservation of earth's life and environment.