The mission of Hampton City Schools Science Department is to prepare all students to be scientifically literate citizens and leaders in a world that is increasingly shaped by science and technology. The goal of our science programs is to actively engage our students to develop an understanding of and an enthusiasm for scientific discovery. We will encourage our students to generate and evaluate scientific explanations of the natural world and to productively contribute to scientific practices and discourse. This year emphasis will be placed on the successful preparation of our science students as we increase reading passages with science rigor, interactive science journals, technological platforms to enhance science learning, an increased focus on vocabulary, quarterly study guides, testing strategies to increase academic success and exposure to scientific careers.  Our goal is to ensure that every student from K-12 has the necessary tools to excel in science utilizing the scientific engineering method.

 

Science Program
Grades K-5 – General Science
Grade 6 – General Science
Grade 7 – Life Science
Grade 8 – Physical Science
High School – Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Advance Placement(AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), and Dual Enrollment (DE) Science

 

Online Resources
https://sites.google.com/hampton.k12.va.us/hcssciencedepartment/home

• All courses have access to Discovery Ed through Clever
• Students should be able to access that at home with their email information 
• 5th, 7th, and 8th have access to FOSS Web and will get that information from their teacher
• 3rd-Physics have access to Explore Learning Gizmos (online simulations) - teachers will have login access for students

Science Standards of Learning – Adopted 2018 Elementary

The elementary science program focuses on providing student-centered and inquiry-based learning experiences for students.  The instruction will emphasize building both student observational skills and knowledge of scientific inquiry as well as developing scientific habits of mind. 

 

Elementary

• 2018 Science SOLs from VDOE

• K-5th Grade 2018 Science Standards

Technology:

ixl.com

Solpass.org

Quizlet.com

discoveryeducation.com

gizmos.explorelearning.com

Science Standards of Learning – Adopted 2018

The secondary science program focuses on providing student-centered and inquiry-based learning experiences for students.  The instruction will emphasize building and developing a conceptual understanding of scientific practice, scientific habits of mind and scientific skills beyond observation.  The other emphasis of scientific instruction will be providing students with authentic laboratory and field investigations giving students the opportunity to generate and evaluate scientific explanations of the natural world.  

 

The Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework comprise the science content that teachers in Virginia are expected to teach and students are expected to learn.

 

Secondary

• 6th grade

• Life Science

• Physical Science

• Earth Science

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Physics

Additional High School Science Courses Offered:

Oceanography
Environmental Science
Physiology
Forensic Science (Bethel High School only)
AP Biology
AP Environmental
AP Chemistry
AP Physics 
IB Physics (HHS)
IB Biology (HHS)
IB Chemistry (HHS)
IB Environmental Science (HHS)

Dual Enrollment courses: Biology, Oceanography, Anatomy and Physiology, and Geology

 

Technology:

ixl.com

Solpass.org

Quizlet.com

discoveryeducation.com

gizmos.explorelearning.com

fossnextgeneration.com

edulastic.com

 

 

Virginia Air and Space Center

Located in downtown Hampton, the Virginia Air and Space Center has much to offer to Hampton teachers as well as their students. Every year the Center offers teacher workshops designed to reinforce Virginia and National SOL skills. The Center is also the home of the NASA Educational Resource Center, where teachers can obtain countless top-quality pictures, posters, videos and more. 

Programs and partnerships that are utilized by the HCS Science Department include the following:  

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Chincoteague Bay Field Station

Fort Monroe

Hampton University Proton Therapy Center

James River Association

Jefferson Lab

Kids in Kayaks

Minister’s Police Academy Alumni, Hampton Chapter

Norfolk Botanical Garden

National Park Service

Norfolk State University

Old Dominion University

Oyster Reef Keepers

Wallops Island

Sandy Bottom Nature Park

Shored Up

The Links, Incorporated, Hampton Chapter

Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated, Hampton Chapter

University of Virginia/National Science Foundation

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Virginia Living Museum

Virginia Mariners Museum

Virginia Zoo