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Science

2007-2008 Science Staff

Peg LeGendre, Ed.D. Interim Cambridge Science Coordinator K-12
Tanya Augustine, Joshua Bartholemew, Susana Castillo, Joseph Childs, Susan Costello-Alden, Sarah Colby, Barbara Dorritie, Dr. Margaret Farrar, Anne Holzman, Marlene LaBossiere, Marian Levinstein, Parul Matani, Edward McGillicuddy, Paul McGuinness, Janani Nathan, Kristin Newton, John Samp, Cate Stabile, Tobe Stomberg.

Science courses are designed to produce an organized sequence of experiences to help students develop the ability to understand and to appreciate the physical world in a technological age. These experiences promote:

the ability to distinguish between scientific evidence and personal opinion by inquiry and questioning;
the ability to recognize the role of observation and experimentation;
the development of scientific theories;
the skill to gather information through laboratory, field trips and library work;
the ability to understand, in some depth, the unifying themes of life and physical sciences.

Physics is the first course in a coherent order of science courses, taught conceptually and using the math of 8th and 9th grades. Click here to view the Physics First Course Overview. Chemistry is the second course, building on the knowledge of atomic structure to study the structures and properties of matter, and chemical reactions. Modern molecular-based biology is the third course in this hierarchy of science courses. In this sequence, physics concepts and topics underlie chemistry, and physics and chemistry support modern biology.

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