We now know that little is truly known. Each new question needs to be approached with an open mind using the study techniques of a scientist. At the beginning of each year, the students will first be taught to apply the Scientific Thinking Processes in a series of explorations utilizing, and enhancing, the techniques of scientific research. The importance of a broad background, communication, and hands-on is also emphasized. Each of the grades will use core themes around which the concepts, theories and content of science is organized.
Energy is the central concept unifying all science.
Traditionally taught, it is extremely complex. In simple terms, energy is present whenever anything has a change in state, whether that change is size, shape, location, movement, temperature, or structure. All changes, observable or not, are the result of energy in some form. Some forms of energy require an expenditure of energy to get started. If the result produces more energy, the object had potential.