Middle School Science Teacher Kelly Bornmann brings scientific exploration to life in the Lower School by developing units of study with the classroom teachers and supporting learning by bringing hand-on activities and labs into the classrooms. A special treat is when Lower School students visit our Middle and High School labs.
In 2019, our Kindergarten classes hosted a Medical Day with Ms. Bornmann to kick off their study of the human body. As part of the event, Kindergarten parents and friends in the medical field were invited to share what they do for a living and how they serve as "community helpers" for people and animals.
Each year, students also participate in PhUn (Physiological Understanding) Week, a program developed in conjunction with the American Physiological Society and professors in the Biological Sciences department at Sacramento State University, engages our students in an exciting and active exploration of human body systems. In 5th grade, Country Day students travel to Sac State to a lab using the same facilities that research scientists use.
The science program has three key areas of focus:
- To teach the scientific method and reinforce it across the years
- To teach students how to design an experiment and to problem solve if their design isn’t working
- To discuss that failure isn’t necessarily a bad thing and how some of the greatest scientific discoveries have come from experiments that technically failed their primary objective
Middle School Science Teacher Kelly Bornmann brings scientific
exploration to life in the Lower School by developing units of
study with the classroom teachers and supporting learning by
bringing hand-on activities and labs into the classrooms. A
special treat is when Lower School students visit our Middle and
High School labs.
In 2019, our Kindergarten classes hosted
a Medical Day with Ms. Bornmann to kick off their
study of the human body. As part of the event, Kindergarten
parents and friends in the medical field were invited
to share what they do for a living and how they serve as
“community helpers” for people and animals.
Each year, students also participate in PhUn (Physiological
Understanding) Week, a program developed in conjunction with the
American Physiological Society and professors in the Biological
Sciences department at Sacramento State University, engages our
students in an exciting and active exploration of human body
systems. In 5th grade, Country Day students travel to Sac
State to a lab using the same facilities that research scientists
use.
The science program has three key areas of focus:
- To teach the scientific method and reinforce it across the
years
- To teach students how to design an experiment and to problem
solve if their design isn’t working
- To discuss that failure isn’t necessarily a bad thing and how
some of the greatest scientific discoveries have come from
experiments that technically failed their primary objective
