Hardy is preparing students to be informed citizens and future scientists. Students build science mastery through repeated learning experiences centered around everyday events in nature and their lives. Focusing instruction around these observable phenomena allows students to understand how their world works and gives them the tools to solve problems they identify in it. Students shift from learning facts about science to actually engaging in the practices of science. They learn how to be scientists!
*Information and text in this section was produced for the Consortium for the Implementation of the Common Core State Standards under the leadership of the Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources Division of the California Department of Education and the Sacramento County Office of Education. California Next Generation Science Standards brochure: https://www.scoe.net/castandards/Documents/parent_overview_science_k-2.pdf