Throughout the program, students get opportunities to pose scientific questions, to write and follow procedures, to make qualitative and quantitative observations, to collect and analyze data, to draw conclusions from scientific evidence and to present their results. Each girl participates in a laboratory-based unit of physical science. Students may study Everyday Chemistry, The Air in Aeronautics, Amusement Park Physics or other captivating topics while they learn important concepts and skills of physical science.
Classes emphasize experimental design, laboratory techniques and data collection and analysis.
Each girl studies a life science unit, including both laboratory work and field work. Seaing is Believing. Students study earth systems science through laboratory experimentation and field work. We focus on building girls' abilities to use mathematics to solve problems in science and everyday life, on deepening their understanding of the key concepts of elementary mathematics needed for high school mathematics, and strengthening girls' oral and written mathematical communication skills. We do not attempt to accelerate students beyond their current grade level in mathematics.