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Science

Ignite Curiosity. Inspire Discovery.

In Armstrong’s interactive science program, students become active investigators — asking questions, testing ideas, and uncovering the wonders of the world around them. Through hands-on investigations, data analysis, and critical thinking, students explore essential concepts across life, physical, and earth sciences, and engineering.

Our Program

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  • Developing scientific literacy

  • Understanding and applying the scientific method

  • Connecting scientific principles to real-world phenomena

  • Building on foundational skills year after year

  • Engaging in increasingly complex inquiry

  • Strengthening problem-solving experiences

Lower School Science Program Highlights

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  • Grades 1-3

    • Tools of a Scientist 
    • Forces and Motion 
    • Animal Classification 
    • Plant Life Cycle 
  • Grade 4

    • Earth and Space
    • Magnetism and Electricity 
    • Physics of Sound 
    • Ideas and Inventions 
  • Grade 5

    • Matter and Its Interactions 
    • Energy, Matter, and Ecosystems 
    • Earth's Systems 
    • Human Growth and Development 

Middle School Science Program Highlights

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  • 6th Grade

    • Lab Orientation and Practices 
    • Branches of Science 
    • Human Body Systems 
    • Health Education 
    • Drug Education 
    • The Water Cycle 
    • Climate Correlations/Atmospheric Science 
  • 7th Grade

    • Lab Orientation and Practices 
    • Observation & Measurement
    • Resource Race 
    • Plastic Tide 
    • Scientific Method - Create Your Own Experiment 
    • Drug Education 
    • Cell Biology 
    • Health Education 
    • Dinosaur Trail 
  • 8th Grade

    • Lab Observation and Practices 
    • Observation & Measurement Review 
    • Ocean Powered 
    • Asteroid Alert 
    • Scientific Method - Create Your Own Experiment 
    • Drug Education 
    • Periodic Table of Elements 
    • Volcano Hunters