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SCIENCE
Science is the systematic observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena. In scientific inquiry, students learn to carefully observe, gather evidence, make predictions, determine the causes of events, and generally make sense of the world. |
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 ridleyturtles.org
Click the Sea Turtle to read an article featuring Mr. Schaff's Class project to help raise awareness about saving endangered animals and Sea Turtles.
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A comprehensive science curriculum for the elementary grade levels. Including basic Chemistry, Biology and Physics. Fundamental concepts are introduced and will begin to form a solid science foundation. Upon completion students will be able to answer questions such as:
- What is an atom?
- What is a molecule?
- What is a pure substance and what is a mixture?
- What are the parts of a plant or an animal?
- How do we classify living things?
- What is inside a cell?
- What is energy
- How is energy converted between its various forms?
- What is force and work?
- What is an electromagnet?
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Science Lab
This lab offers many exciting opportunities to get elbow-deep in science. Besides our many lab pets, terrariums and aquaria, our lab is stocked with microscopes, a bioscope, geoforms, and anatomical models. Our programs’ unique features include a SmartBoard, and outdoor classroom, gardening beds and natural study areas in our SPARK Park.
We are proud to be one of the WeatherBug schools in Houston. Our electronic weather monitoring station provides a constant stream of data, which the students use in their studies of Earth Science, and in their understanding of patterns and trends. Listen for our Junior Meteorologists announcing the weather conditions and forecasts each day in the morning announcements. |
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- Second Grade
- Weather
- All about Water
- Sound
- Animals
- Third Grade
- Earth Materials and Their Uses
- Shadows and Light
- Motion, Force, and Simple Machines
- Plant Parts
- Fourth Grade
- Earth Features and Changes
- Simple Electric Circuits
- Plant Growth
- Interdependence of Animals and Plants
- Fifth Grade
- Astronomy
- Matter, Energy, and Changes
- Weather Systems
- Electricity
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Harvard Elementary | 810 Harvard | Houston, Texas 77007 | 713.867.5210 |
info@harvardschool.org
It is the policy of the Houston Independent School District not to discriminate on the basis of age, color, handicap or disability,
ancestry, national origin, marital status, race, religion, sex, veteran status, or political affiliation in its educational or employment programs and activities.
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Maintained by AO Media
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