Science

MPS aligns science curriculum and instruction to the vision outlined in A Framework for K–12 Science Education, which is the foundation of the Next Generation Science Standards. This approach is designed to more closely replicate the way scientists think and work by ensuring that students learn the skills and practices of scientists in concert with specific content knowledge. Students are exposed to research-based science education in the life, physical, earth, and space sciences while integrating engineering practices and Common Core State Standards for math and literacy. This holistic approach to science learning allows students the opportunity to examine, explore, and explain how and why things happen in the world around us while working to create solutions to challenges we face now or will face in the future. It emphasizes the importance of hands-on, inquiry-based, relevant lifelong learning to foster student achievement.