Mission

The mission of Science education in the Edina Public Schools is to establish and maintain a standards based, coherent, rigorous curriculum, which incorporates authentic assessment and which challenges and inspires each student to achieve their potential as a citizen, consumer, and continuing learner.

Beliefs

1. All students need access to high quality standards based science at appropriate developmental levels and learning styles.

2. All students need instruction in inquiry skills and strategies.

3. All students need tasks that require independent research and synthesis.

4. All students need to become increasingly independent and autonomous learners.

5. Student assessment must be on going and used to direct science instruction.

6. All students should be exposed to meaningful and sophisticated lab experiences.

7. All students should have access to facilities appropriate to support the curriculum and which will meet or exceed student needs.

8. All students should have access to vertically and horizontally aligned curriculum.

9. All students must have curriculum that requires a range of thinking skills.

10. All students must have curriculum that integrates technology in its planning and delivery.

11. All students must experience an appropriate balance between knowledge and skills/ theory and application/content and process.

12. All students should have the opportunity for interdisciplinary connections.

13. All students should have the opportunity for authentic, real world learning experiences and applications.

14. All students should have the forum for group collaboration, and problem solving, and the opportunity to communicate ideas.

15. All students should have some opportunity to choose courses or projects that reflect their interests.

16. All students should have curriculum and teachers who create an engaging learning environment with a variety of instructional and assessment strategies.

Course Sequence

In addition to the Science Course Sequence document, course specific information can be accessed through the Searchable Online Curriculum Database.

To search:

1. For 'Curriculum Area' select Science

2. For 'School' select the appropriate school

3. Click 'Go'

4. Click on the desired course