The Science Program at The San Francisco School is based on the premise that learning to think and work like a scientist is the most important curricular goal of the program. The big overarching understanding for the entire eleven year career at SFS is a deep understanding of the scientific method. 

At the preschool level, the focus is on observation and questioning.  At the lower elementary, the focus moves to data collection and close observation, and in the upper elementary onto asking provocative questions, forming good hypotheses and designing experiments.  In middle school, attention turns to carefully controlling variables, challenging apparent results and rigorous analysis. 

No matter what the topic, from looking at a fish in the preschool to global warming in middle school, students are learning to think and act like scientists.