| Approved Site(s): |
| | Approved for Dana Middle School. Other schools may not offer this course without prior approval from the Interdivisional Curriculum Committee.
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| Grade Range: |
| | 5–6 |
| Prerequisites: |
| | None |
| Course duration: |
| | Two semesters |
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| Course Description: |
| | Discovery Science is an elective course designed to provide students with additional time to explore key scientific concepts in more depth than is possible in their regular, grade-level science courses. This enrichment course, which is taught concurrently with a student’s fifth- or sixth-grade science course, also allows students to engage in hands-on activities that support the processes of scientific inquiry. This site-adopted course is funded by the Point Loma Cluster Foundation. |
| State Course Code(s): |
| | 9320 - Science (Departmentalized K-6) |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: |
| | Not specified. |