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The Science Department provides students with a strong foundation of scientific literacy in a world that is becoming increasingly complex. From nuclear-powered spacecraft headed to Jupiter’s moons to genetically engineered organisms, the demand for information and the need to understand complex events is greater than ever before. It is the goal of our department to enable students to play an informed and intelligent role in the scientifically complicated world in which they will grow up. The department provides a curriculum that both informs and engages students while creating
a better understanding of and appreciation for the diversity and relationships among all living and non-living things.
The MTS science program covers topics in the areas of Physical Science, Earth Science, and Life Science, addressing the following themes: energy, evolution, patterns of change, scale and structure, systems and interactions, unity and diversity, models, and stability. Activities, demonstrations, projects, lectures, and related discussions provide students with opportunities to look critically at the natural world and are presented with the intellectual and developmental abilities of the students in mind.
 MTS students’ exposure to science begins in Kindergarten, where a nature-based curriculum encourages wonder, excitement and an appreciation of the natural world. In grades 1-5, Science courses prompt students to achieve a better understanding of themselves and their environment. At these grade levels, the curriculum covers a variety of general science topics from ecology, weather and climate to magnetism and astronomy.
Students in grades 6-8 progress through a three-year curricular cycle, which includes one year each of Life Science, Chemistry, and Physics. At this level, students are introduced to scientific notation, comprehensive laboratory investigation write-ups, graphing, and to various techniques for measuring various physical and chemical properties of matter.
Skills taught throughout all grade levels include content reading and comprehension, note taking, content outlining, study skills, test preparation, test taking, appropriate and safe use of laboratory materials, and making connections between the classroom and the natural world.
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We are pleased to announce our participation in the "Trout in the Classroom" project. Fertilized eggs are now in our refrigerated tank and developing in Room 11. They will be released locally in March. Please check the links to the right for weekly video and still image updates. |
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