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I love to look at interesting shapes and patterns.
I love watching animals on their journey!
I love noticing how things change over time.
I love spending time in nature!
I love to think about how things work.
I love findings details I've never noticed before!
I love having adventures and visiting new places.
Science
Science
Students hone their curiosity, observations, and thinking moves to learn more about key foundational knowledge and the skills to work scientifically. Students make their own scientific discoveries through exploration and investigation. They share what they are learning and thinking through writing, discussion, design challenges, and presentations. They revise their thinking and understanding as they uncover new ideas and challenge misconceptions.
The Science Lab provides students with a nurturing and empowering environment to explore in a manner that affords them with an intimate understanding of their experiences. Students generate meaning through inquiry, discovery, investigations, and discussions. They explore and challenge their own understandings, problem solve, collaborate, and persevere to make sense of the world around them. Students develop their recording skills, variable manipulation, data analysis, and communication skills. They learn to postulate, interpret, adapt, create, and invent. Students develop a meaningful understanding of science concepts in the disciplines of physical, life, earth, and space sciences.
Scientific methods and processes provide tools to help students answer their own questions and learn from their investigations. Cross-cutting concepts and an understanding of the scientific core ideas help students discover the complex and interconnected nature of the natural world (NGSS Standards and Scientific Process).
Biography
Biography
Erin Gaddis joined RGS in 2013. A Rio Grande School graduate, Erin has a B.S. in Anthropology and Psychology in Biological Mechanisms, a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education from the University of New Mexico, as well as a Master's of Science Teaching from New Mexico Tech. In addition, she has been trained in many science education, conservation, and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) programs. Prior to joining RGS, Erin taught fourth grade at Alamo Navajo Community School and focused on building and implementing upper elementary science curricula. She has received training in Project-Based Expeditionary Learning and continues her professional development with frequent science and pedagogy workshops, conferences, and classes. She is also on the advisory board for the Santa Fe Science Initiative. In her free time, Erin enjoys reading and spending time outdoors.
Pequeños (Small Group)
Tue 10:30-11:00
Grandes (Small Group)
Tue 11:30-12:00
Kindergarten (Small Group)
Tue & Wed: 8:30-9:30
1st Grade (Small Group)
Mon 8:30-9:30 / Fri 10:30-11:30
2nd Grade
Wed, Fri 12:30-1:15
3rd Grade
Tue, Thur 12:30-1:15
4th Grade
Mon, Wed 11:00-12:00, Fri 2:00-3:00
5th Grade
Tue, Thur 2:00-3:00, Fri 8:30-9:30
6th Grade
Mon, Tue 2:00-3:00 / Thur 11:00-12:00
Overview of Science Guiding Questions by Grade
Why are flowers and pollinators important?
What happens in fall?
What are the parts and lifecycle of a pumpkin?
What are germs and how can we wash them off?
How can we use our senses to learn about the world?
What is weather?
How do trees change over time?
How do different cars move?
What makes two organisms similar and different? How does form follow function?
How do germs travel?
How can we take care of our teeth?
How do objects move?
How can we design structures that create movement and change an object's direction?
What are light and shadow?
What do animals do in winter?
What are the Sun, Earth, and Moon cycles?
What is it like in space and what would it take to survive?
What can we learn from observing animals?
Why are insects important?
What makes spiders special?
How do birds fly?
What are the properties of different states of matter?
How does water change states?
What is matter?
What makes elements different?
What adaptations do whales and other organisms have to survive in the ocean?
What are the human body systems?
What makes a strong bridge?
What makes flying machines similar and different?
How do different variables affect motion?
How can we be inspired by nature to invent solutions for existing problems?
Where do our food and agricultural products come from?
Why are decomposers important?
What variables help plants grow the best?
How were/are Earth's landforms created?
How can we prevent erosion and landslides?
What are the properties of rocks and how are rocks recycled?
What can we do with the magnetic force?
Which arrangements create the best electrical circuit?
What is the structure of the Earth?
How do fossils form?
What variables create the best volcano?
How do different ecosystems compare?
Why are trees important?
How can we reduce the impacts of wildfire?
What variables create a balanced ecosystem?
How do adaptations evolve over time?
How do organisms inherit traits?
How is energy transformed?
What can you uncover about the water cycle?
How does water change the land?
What features will help a city better retain and utilize their water?
Where do we get our water?
What are the properties of water?
What are the properties of different states of matter?
How are molecules formed?
What is a chemical reaction?
How and why do humans develop over their lifetime?
What are the parts, purposes, and complexities of the human body?
What variables affect Earth's climate?
How can we reduce the impacts of climate change?
How can data inform your design to help create the hottest solar oven?
How do plants make their own food?
How can we be inspired by nature to create novel solutions?
What are the parts, purposes, and complexities of a cell?
How can we use programming to model complex adaptive systems?
How can electrical components be used to create a machine that completes a task?
I love spending time with the children and seeing the world anew from their eyes!
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