HALF HOLLOW HILLS SCIENCE K-12 2007-2008

ELEMENTARY K- 5 PROGRAM Spiral Development of Curriculum Scientific Knowledge and Skills Caleb Smith Outdoor Education Program Planetarium Program Shuttle Room

District Science Elementary Committee Science Kits Trade Books Review and Alignment of K-5 Curriculum Preparation for the Elementary Science Examination in Grade 5 Professional Development Teaching Science in the Elementary Classroom Western Suffolk BOCES courses Meetings with Grade Level Teachers SUMMER 2007/2008 Grade 2 and 5 K-5 Creating Specific Lessons

District Science Elementary Committee

Science Kits

Trade Books

Review and Alignment of K-5 Curriculum

Preparation for the Elementary Science Examination in Grade 5

Professional Development

Teaching Science in the Elementary Classroom

Western Suffolk BOCES courses

Meetings with Grade Level Teachers

SUMMER 2007/2008

Grade 2 and 5

K-5 Creating Specific Lessons

MIDDLE SCHOOL Transition Between Elementary and High School Full Laboratory Program Acceleration in Science Cold Spring Harbor DNA Learning Center Wildwood State Park Science Olympiad Long Island Science Congress Science 7 Outdoor Education Project

DNA LEARNING CENTER SIXTH GRADE

Wildwood State Park

Science 7 Outdoor Ed Project Science 7 students are involved in an authentic investigation of their environment. Fall Program-Sunken Forest Spring Program- Pine Barrens Investigation: the Ecology of Long Island’s Forests Clam / Fish Dissection

Science 7 students are involved in an authentic investigation of their environment.

Fall Program-Sunken Forest

Spring Program- Pine Barrens Investigation: the Ecology of Long Island’s Forests

Clam / Fish Dissection

HIGH SCHOOL Full Science Program Offered Living Environment, Chemistry, Earth Science, Physics Overall Passing Rate for Department 93.8% Mastery For the Department 48.4% Advanced Placement Courses: Biology, Chemistry, Physics B, Physics C Psychology, Environmental Science 2007 Enrollment 578 Students Successful AP Audit 2007

Full Science Program Offered

Living Environment, Chemistry, Earth Science, Physics

Overall Passing Rate for Department 93.8%

Mastery For the Department 48.4%

Advanced Placement Courses:

Biology, Chemistry, Physics B, Physics C

Psychology, Environmental Science

2007 Enrollment 578 Students

Successful AP Audit 2007

Electives: Meteorology Astronomy Forensics Anatomy and Physiology Genetics Chemistry A/B * Physics A/B * Marine Science* Introduction to Engineering* * Third year credit

Electives:

Meteorology

Astronomy

Forensics

Anatomy and Physiology

Genetics

Chemistry A/B *

Physics A/B *

Marine Science*

Introduction to Engineering*

* Third year credit

EARTH SCIENCE PERFORMANCE TEST New for June 2008 All Earth Science Teachers Must Be Trained in the Set up and Administration of the Performance Test Hands-on Tasks Designed to Measure Student Achievement as included in the PS/ES Core Curriculum Four Stations : Mineral and Rock Identification Locating an Epicenter Relative Density of Fluids Constructing and Analyzing Asteroid’s Elliptical Orbit

New for June 2008

All Earth Science Teachers Must Be Trained in the Set up and Administration of the Performance Test

Hands-on Tasks Designed to Measure Student Achievement as included in the PS/ES Core Curriculum

Four Stations :

Mineral and Rock Identification

Locating an Epicenter

Relative Density of Fluids

Constructing and Analyzing Asteroid’s Elliptical Orbit

NEW SCIENCE LABS

Biotechnology Program: In-school, SUNY Stony Brook, Cold Spring Harbor DNA Lab Marine Science Schooner Excursion Anatomy and Physiology: Bodies Exhibit Nissequogue River Study Environmental Club Adopt a Highway HSW Aquascapes Pond Physics Day at Adventureland

Biotechnology Program:

In-school, SUNY Stony Brook,

Cold Spring Harbor DNA Lab

Marine Science Schooner Excursion

Anatomy and Physiology: Bodies Exhibit

Nissequogue River Study

Environmental Club Adopt a Highway

HSW Aquascapes Pond

Physics Day at Adventureland

Physics Day

Marine Science Schooner Excursion

High School West’s Pond Project

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD Regional Competitions held at High School East February 2 Candlewood February 9 NY State Finals At the State Finals this year, High School East finished 19 th overall out of 338 Teams that participated at West Point. Congratulations to the team and to their coach, Mr. Thomas Page.

Regional Competitions held at

High School East February 2

Candlewood February 9

NY State Finals

At the State Finals this year, High School East finished 19 th overall out of 338 Teams that participated at West Point. Congratulations to the team and to their coach, Mr. Thomas Page.