{"id":180,"date":"2016-04-25T14:13:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T18:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/isse\/?page_id=180"},"modified":"2016-08-22T14:45:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T18:45:58","slug":"secondary-science-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/isse\/secondary-science-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Secondary Science Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The St. Johns County Science Curriculum is developed in accordance with Florida\u2019s Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS).\u00a0\u00a0 The mandated standards are arranged to best facilitate student learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Middle school students enrolled in Comprehensive Science 3, Advanced Comprehensive Science 3, or Honors Physical Science will take the State wide Science Assessment (SSA) which requires that students demonstrate proficiency in 6<sup>th<\/sup>, 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup> grade science benchmarks.\u00a0 Eighth grade students enrolled in Biology Honors will not take the SSA, but, will take the Biology End of Course assessment and it will count for thirty percent of their grade for the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Middle school\/K-8 curriculum will vary, dependent upon the school.\u00a0\u00a0 All of our schools offer \u201cComprehensive Science\u201d and \u201cAdvanced Comprehensive Science Courses.\u201d\u00a0 Comprehensive Science integrates the different fields of Science in each grade in order to provide a full range of Life, Chemistry and Earth Science curriculum by end of 8<sup>th<\/sup> grade.\u00a0 Some of our middle schools offer high school courses such as Honors Physical Science or Honors Biology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Students at the high school level are required to take at least three \u201cequally rigorous\u201d courses in order to satisfy their Science graduation requirement.\u00a0 Every student will take a Biology course and must pass the course in order to receive credit \u2013 a graduation requirement.\u00a0 Other Science options, dependent on the school, are: Chemistry, Physics, Earth Space, Anatomy, Marine Science and honors versions of these courses.\u00a0\u00a0 Most schools offer AP science courses.\u00a0\u00a0 Two of our high schools, Pedro Menendez and Nease, are IB schools.\u00a0\u00a0 St. Augustine High School is an AICE Cambridge school.\u00a0 Standard science courses are offered the IB and AICE schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Science instruction is delivered in a variety of formats, depending on the school.\u00a0 A variety of strategies and resources are utilized, including hands on materials, group work, and technology.\u00a0 Science is about observing, describing and thinking about the natural world and cultivating and encouraging a love for the sciences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Marna Fox<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Secondary Science Program Specialist<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"mailto:Marna.fox@stjohns.k12.fl.us\">Marna.fox@stjohns.k12.fl.us<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Johns County Science Curriculum is developed in accordance with Florida\u2019s Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS).\u00a0\u00a0 The mandated standards are arranged to best facilitate student learning. 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