Partnering with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, each spring, 5th grade students take a field trip to a local waterway to learn about fish identification, fish anatomy, invasive species, fisheries management, boaters safety, and even get to try and catch a fish.  

Local experts volunteer their time to engage students in aquatic activities not normally accessible in the science classroom.  Students get to experience and learn about our local ecosystem.

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is an innovative project-based learning program that incorporates science, technology, engineering, and math. PLTW empowers students to develop and apply in-demand, transportable skills by exploring real-world challenges in an exciting and engaging way.

TPSD offers courses from two PLTW pathways, Engineering and Computer Science.  PTLW is grant funded and supported by Chevron and John Deere.  Funds pay for equipment, tools, technology, and teacher training.

More information about PLTW can be found here: https://www.pltw.org/. 

Through a partnership with the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center (SLWDC), high school environmental science teachers and their students complete this 20-day curriculum.   The curriculum provides information and tools for high school classes that will enable students to explore the environmental challenges of South Louisiana and to develop short- and long-term resilience plans for their communities. Project Resilience advisors include experts from the Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX), South Central Planning and Development Commission, T. Baker Smith, Terrebonne Parish School District (TPSD), and Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government. Over 1,000 students have completed the Project Resilience curriculum in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes since 2022. 

Hurricane Resilience is a high school environmental science curriculum for use in coastal locations where hurricanes are common. Through 20 days of instruction, students make connections between the science of hurricanes, how they affect their community and region, and how we can plan for a more resilient future. Making local connections, students develop an understanding of 1) the risks that their community faces now and in the future due to hurricanes and tropical storms, 2) how sea level rise increases the risk, and 3) how our actions can help us be less vulnerable and more resilient. The curriculum unit aims to empower high school students to have a voice in resilience planning and understand the relationship between the science of hurricanes and the local impacts these storms have on people and places.

The hurricane resilience curriculum was developed in 2019-2020 school year.  The effects of Hurricane Ida (August 2021) have proven why this part of student's science education is so essential. 

Through generous STEM donations by Chevron, TPSD has been able to place robots in the hands of K-8 students.  Students have competed in FIRST robotics and other state robotics competitions since 2017.  This is an optional program where participation is determined by school leadership.

TPSD is attempting to revive the STARLAB program.  Over the years, most STARLAB equipment has become damaged and out of date.  TPSD is hoping to secure funding to purchase the most up-to-date STARLAB equipment to again inspire students in grades 3-8 to reach for the stars!  

The StarLab is a portable, inflatable planetarium that can be set up in a large classroom. Students crawl inside the 16 ft. dome to experience a 360° astronomy lesson. Stars and constellations can be seen in their true three-dimensional relationship to each other, and can be viewed from different geographic, cultural, and temporal perspectives.

 Inside the dome, students can learn to locate and identify stars and constellations, discover how the earth's rotation and path through space affect which stars are visible at a given time, and absorb some history and culture along the way.