The following are examples of how within all grade levels of the Lower School we are making sense of the natural world and deepening our understanding of STEM.
Preschool 3-1st Grade Overview
In science, we discuss the many special gifts that nature gives to us. We explore nature and look for items such as acorns, leaves, small rocks, and sticks that we consider to be treasures. Often, these small items find their way home in coat or pants pockets and...
2nd-4th Grades Overview
This fall, second through fourth graders started off the year learning about the lifecycle and migrations of butterflies. October brought second and third graders the opportunity to integrate Halloween into our curriculum with some spooky skeletal science! Second...
5th Grade
Fifth grade STEM classes have been exploring the following questions: How can a mixture be separated? Where does the solid material go when a solution is made? How can you separate a mixture of dry materials? What is the difference between dissolving and evaporation?...