Science
Elementary Science Website
PDE STANDARDS FOR SCIENCE
"In a world filled with
the products of scientific inquiry, scientific literacy
has become a necessity
for everyone. Everyone needs to use scientific information
to make choices that arise every day. Everyone needs to be
able to engage intelligently in public discourse and debate
about important issues that involve science and technology.
And everyone deserves to share in the excitement and personal
fulfillment that can come from understanding and learning
about the natural world”.1
"Scientific literacy also
is of increasing importance in the workplace. More and
more jobs demand advanced
skills, requiring
that people be able to learn, reason, think creatively,
make decisions, and solve problems. An understanding of science
and the processes of science contributes in an essential
way to these skills. Other countries are investing heavily
to create scientifically technically literate work forces.
To keep pace in global markets, the United States needs
to
have an equally capable citizenry”.1
SCIENCE K-5
Students learn the concepts by observing, defining, measuring,
comparing, predicting, recording data, classifying, forming
models, and proposing theories.
Every year, each elementary school sponsors a school-wide
science activity. The Invention Convention, Operation Egg-Drop,
Science Clubs and Science Challenges give children an opportunity
to ask insightful questions and exhibit enthusiasm for science.
SCIENCE 6-8
The middle school science curriculum is a spiral curriculum
that includes physical, chemical, biological and earth
science topics each year. The focus is on hands-on activities
that help students develop the process skills necessary
to conduct scientific investigations. A wide range of technology
tools is available to teachers and students to supplement
textbook-based learning.
SCIENCE 9-12
The high school science curriculum has a great variety of
choices with second year and Advanced Placement courses
in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, as well as Earth/Space
Science, Environmental Science, and Brandywine Flows.
COURSES:
- Physical Science Basic/Academic/Honors (9,
10)
- Biology I Basic/Academic/Honors/Seminar (9, 10)
- Chemistry
1 Honors/Seminar (10,11)
- Chemistry I Academic (10, 11,
12)
- Physics 1 Honors/Seminar (11, 12)
- Physics 1 Academic
(11, 12)
- Earth Science Honors (11, 12)
- Earth Science Basic/Academic
(11, 12)
- Space Science Basic/Academic (11, 12)
- Environmental Science
(11, 12) Basic
- Biology 2 Honors (11, 12) (10)
- Biology 2 AP (11,12)
- Chemistry 2 Honors (11, 12 )
- Chemistry 2 Seminar - Advanced
Placement (11, 12)
- Physics 2 Honors (12)
- Physics 2 Seminar - Advanced Placement
(12)
- Brandywine Flows (12) Honors
- Problem Solving with Technology
Honors/Academic (11, 12)
Contact: James
Attanasio
1. http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html/overview.html,
overview
