The Science Program at Tassajara Hills is collaboration between the classroom teachers and the science specialist. All students in grades 1 through 4 come to the Science Lab once a week, 5th grade students attend the Science Lab twice a week. Primary students (grades 1-3) for 40 minutes and upper grade students (grades 4-5) for 50 minutes.

The Science curriculum at Tassajara Hills is based on State and District standards and combines textbook materials and hands-on experiences. Beginning in September 2008, all students will be using textbooks from Macmillian. Each classroom has a complete set of up-to-date Science texts. Students read the text with classroom teachers then come to the lab to do correlated activities or experiments.

The Lab is a well-equipped room that was designed and outfitted specifically for science. Through grants as well as generous support from PTA, the lab has been supplied with everything from beakers to bugs; minerals to microscopes, planetary models, and hundreds of science related books. The program also maintains a garden and is in the process of setting up two composting bins. All gardening materials are stored in a wonderful garden shed that was built by a former Tassajara Student as an Eagle Scout project.

 

Student Creation - Tassajara Hills Elementary