SCIENCE

Throughout the curriculum, instruction is given in life science, physical science, and earth science. In life science, there is a progression from observation of growth and change in plants, to similar observations in animals. By grade 4, students are studying vertebrates and invertebrates, and human body systems. In physical science, students begin by learning the properties of matter. They eventually explore sound, heat, and light; magnetism and electricity; energy, forces, motion, and work. Earth science introduces students to weather and climate, the water cycle, crystals and rocks, the oceans, land forms, and the solar system. Ecology and conservation will be viewed in the light of our respect for God’s creation. Monthly hands’ on science labs for Grades 1-8 encourage an interest in the natural world and exploration. High School Science Labs provide a direct encounter with the laws of the natural world, hypothesis, experimentation, and conclusions.