Each culture studied presents students with an opportunity to read a wide variety of sources to find out more about life in another time and place. They also are assigned a variety of projects. For example, while studying India, they work on a mapping project. While studying Egypt, they research some aspect of Egyptian culture and create models, artwork and other projects for a hallway museum. Science focuses on the natural communities and physical features in this region.
Students study plant and animal cells and, later, learn about animal and plant classifications.
Looking at topographic and hydrographic maps they find out about Maine landscapes. They study geology and physical sciences. They learn about energy and electricity and about ecology and natural history. Throughout the year they use the scientific method and work on several special projects. They build an electrical system, make models of local geologic features, crate a HyperStudio project about ecology and participate in a community planting.