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The Elementary Science Program offers math/science kits for
students in grades kindergarten through six, and special education
classes. Using hands-on experience, these kits coordinate to
the New York State Math, Science and Technology Learning Standards.
Every grade level has a math skills unit that emphasizes the
link between math and science while some also include a technology
unit. Kits enable students to develop effective communication
skills and positive attitudes. Kits assist teachers in providing
authentic assessment experiences for children. In the life science
unit, students study the growth and development of both plants
and animals while working cooperatively in groups. The physical
science kits emphasize the inquiry and problem solving processes
as students perform experiments in electricity, buoyancy, earth
science, chemistry, sound and light energy. The technology components
encompass a problem solving issue for students to apply the knowledge
they have learned whether it is building a wind-powered vehicle
or designing a way to preserve a sandwich, or building a model
flower to withstand wind.
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