CORAL REEF COMMUNITY This course will introduce primary students to the plants, animals and environment of the coral reef. Students will be involved in activities designed to help them identify, compare, and contrast the animals and plants of the coral reef with freshwater and land animals. Students will use classification and measuring skills while comparing and contrasting the characteristics and basic needs of the organisms present in the reef with those on land and in freshwater. A study of land and sea turtles and their life cycles is included to illustrate this concept. The learner will have the opportunity to ask a marine biologist questions about coral reefs online and explore web sites picturing coral reefs around the world. CREEPY CREATURES The largest group of creatures in the animal kingdom crawl, creep, and fly. They are insects. Some insects live in colonies, have specific jobs, and communicate with one another. Some insect actions tell temperature, and not all insects are "bugs". In this course students learn interesting facts about insects. ELECTIVE COURSES GRADES K-2 SCIENCE HOW THINGS WORK Students will explore the fascinating world of gadgets and tools in looking at how things work! Tools, machines, gears, and other gizmos will be used as students build their understanding of how simple machines and tools make our world an easier place in which to live. INVISIBLE THE AIG – Students will about the layers of the atmosphere, the composition of air, properties of air and ways air pressure is used. IT’S FOR THE This inquiry based science course will introduce primary students to birds and their characteristics, habits, life cycles and role in the environment. Students will be involved in hands on activities designed to help them identify bird characteristics compared with those of other creatures, identify and classify different types of birds, and build an understanding of a bird’s life cycle and the roles birds play in their environment. Students will develop their own questions about birds and throughout the course of the elective discover the answers by participating in learning experiences such as experiments, journal keeping, reading, and first hand observation as well as creating a welcoming habitat for birds on their school grounds. KITCHEN CHEMISTRY In this course the students will learn, through many exciting experiments, about simple scientific phenomena, such as physical and chemical changes; states of matter--solids, liquids, and gases; and the cause and effect of heat. Students will also learn how ice cream and soap are made. LEARNING THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION - AIG
CORAL REEF COMMUNITY This course will introduce primary students to the plants, animals and environment of the coral reef. Students will be involved in activities designed to help them identify, compare, and contrast the animals and plants of the coral reef with freshwater and land animals. Students will use classification and measuring skills while comparing and contrasting the characteristics and basic needs of the organisms present in the reef with those on land and in freshwater. A study of land and sea turtles and their life cycles is included to illustrate this concept. The learner will have the opportunity to ask a marine biologist questions about coral reefs online and explore web sites picturing coral reefs around the world. CREEPY CREATURES The largest group of creatures in the animal kingdom crawl, creep, and fly. They are insects. Some insects live in colonies, have specific jobs, and communicate with one another. Some insect actions tell temperature, and not all insects are "bugs". In this course students learn interesting facts about insects. ELECTIVE COURSES GRADES K-2 SCIENCE HOW THINGS WORK Students will explore the fascinating world of gadgets and tools in looking at how things work! Tools, machines, gears, and other gizmos will be used as students build their understanding of how simple machines and tools make our world an easier place in which to live. INVISIBLE THE – AIG Students will about the layers of the atmosphere, the composition of air, properties of air and ways air pressure is used. IT’S FOR THE This inquiry based science course will introduce primary students to birds and their characteristics, habits, life cycles and role in the environment. Students will be involved in hands on activities designed to help them identify bird characteristics compared with those of other creatures, identify and classify different types of birds, and build an understanding of a bird’s life cycle and the roles birds play in their environment. Students will develop their own questions about birds and throughout the course of the elective discover the answers by participating in learning experiences such as experiments, journal keeping, reading, and first hand observation as well as creating a welcoming habitat for birds on their school grounds. KITCHEN CHEMISTRY In this course the students will learn, through many exciting experiments, about simple scientific phenomena, such as physical and chemical changes; states of matter--solids, liquids, and gases; and the cause and effect of heat. Students will also learn how ice cream and soap are made. LEARNING THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION - AIG
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