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Science, engineering, and technology permeate nearly every facet of modern life, and they also hold the key to meeting many of humanity’s most pressing current and future challenges…” This powerful assertion opens the seminal work, A Framework for K-12 Science Education published in 2012 by the National Research Council.

The science curriculum at New Trier is designed to help students develop the skills, knowledge, and thinking habits needed to meet these challenges.  In short, students will learn about science while also learning through science.  In their science classes, they will do what scientists do and think like scientists think.

As a result of their experience in Science, students will: 

• Learn to employ the major practices that scientists use as they investigate and build models and theories about the world
• Understand and apply practices that engineers use as they design and build systems
• Know the big ideas that cut across science disciplines and utilize these to better understand each domain of science
• Expand their understanding of the core scientific knowledge in specific disciplines
• Connect science with their everyday lives and prepare them for their future career
• Appreciate the wonders of our universe