The aspirations and expectations of the Science programme at CIS are:

• Students are confident in their scientific thinking skills, able to take risks and approach problems with creative solutions and have a positive mindset.
• Students are curious about the natural world and are inspired to explore it.
• Students have the ability to cooperate and communicate effectively within international and diverse communities.
• Students understand that working in groups builds upon and deepens their understanding of a concept.
• Students are inspired to connect with and commit to solving global issues.

We teach Science to:

• Make sense of the world around us, and be inspired to explore it.
• Inspire and motivate students to students appreciate connections and relationships between different scientific phenomena in the universe
• Develop critical thinkers needed to solve problems in a complex world.

How do we teach Science?

Teaching and learning in Science is most powerful when:

• Topics and concepts studied are exciting and relevant to students’ understanding of the scientific world.
• A process of building conceptual models is used, based on experimental evidence.
• Students are engaged in the scientific process (observing, questioning, designing experiments and analysing evidence),
• Students are engaged in respectful interactions with members of a group by sharing ideas and communicating effectively.

The experience of Science at CIS is one which:

• Is student centred, active learning
• Uses hands on experience to complement theoretical understanding
• Links to the students’ own interests and curiosity within the framework of the curriculum where possible
• Is a blend of conceptual and inquiry Is taught through a range of strategies
  • Questions and Inquiry
  • Discussions (both small and whole group)
  • Demonstration
  • Experimentation
  • Skill focused
  • Testing /retrieval practice
  • Application in the real world