Birchwood
School
World Class Education
in a Globally Diverse Environment
A private
elementary school serving grades K through 8
| 4400 West 140th
Street Cleveland, OH 44135 Office: 216.251.2321 Fax: 216.251.2787 |
Core Curriculum
> Science Curriculum
The thrust of the Birchwood science program is threefold. First, we seek to cultivate a love of science by providing children with a broad range of
hands-on learning experiences. In this way, children learn the thinking
habits of the scientist. When appropriate, we take an inquiry approach to
science instruction that helps children learn the process of inductive
thinking. Students learn to observe and interpret scientific phenomena.
They learn from field observations, teacher demonstrations, and
classroom experiments. Students work with laboratory specimens and
use scientific equipment.
Second, students learn higher order thinking skills in science, including
the scientific method. Students observe and collect data. They compare
and evaluate findings while organizing information, making inferences,
and relating findings to previous experiments and observations. Then
they draw conclusions and make evaluations. A school wide science fair
for fifth and sixth grade students is designed to walk students through
each step of the scientific method in detail.
Third, students also learn how to study, retain, and apply scientific
knowledge. They need a scientific knowledge base of concepts, terms,
and processes. To this end students must learn how to learn. Knowing
how to study, memorize, and apply bodies of scientific knowledge are
important skills for life-long success in the study of science.
Link to grade level syllabi:
Kindergarten
1st & 2nd Grade
3rd & 4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
> Science Curriculum
The thrust of the Birchwood science program is threefold. First, we seek to cultivate a love of science by providing children with a broad range of
hands-on learning experiences. In this way, children learn the thinking
habits of the scientist. When appropriate, we take an inquiry approach to
science instruction that helps children learn the process of inductive
thinking. Students learn to observe and interpret scientific phenomena.
They learn from field observations, teacher demonstrations, and
classroom experiments. Students work with laboratory specimens and
use scientific equipment.
Second, students learn higher order thinking skills in science, including
the scientific method. Students observe and collect data. They compare
and evaluate findings while organizing information, making inferences,
and relating findings to previous experiments and observations. Then
they draw conclusions and make evaluations. A school wide science fair
for fifth and sixth grade students is designed to walk students through
each step of the scientific method in detail.
Third, students also learn how to study, retain, and apply scientific
knowledge. They need a scientific knowledge base of concepts, terms,
and processes. To this end students must learn how to learn. Knowing
how to study, memorize, and apply bodies of scientific knowledge are
important skills for life-long success in the study of science.
Link to grade level syllabi:
Kindergarten
1st & 2nd Grade
3rd & 4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
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