BCCS uses Cereal City Science for its science instruction across all grade levels. This year, staff is introducing Next Generation updated curriculum. The goal is to incorporate even more hands-on learning and critical thinking in the subject area, especially in our elementary grade levels. Students are also able to use more engineering and math skills because the updates better incorporate those components in the lessons. For example, in the second grade Physical Science unit on Structures and Properties of Matter, students were given materials to build a “prototype” to accomplish a particular task. After direction from the teacher, students broke into work groups, created designs, and built their “prototypes.” To conclude their work, they presented their ideas, tested their products in front of the class and collaborated on what worked (or did not work) and why.
Watching the lesson, it was awesome to see the students so focused in their group work and excited for one another’s success in the testing stage.
As the school year continues, we look forward to the continued improvements in our science-specific learning!