Lynchburg City Schools

The Lynchburg City Schools K-5 science program stresses the importance of a variety of hands-on investigations to study the life, physical, and earth sciences as outlined in the Virginia Standards of Learning. Students use science skills such as observing, asking questions, measuring, classifying, predicting, data collection, and drawing conclusions to explore the world around them. More specific information about the science curriculum may be found in the SCIENCE CURRICULUM TIMELINES. Science kits for each grade level are delivered to schools each six weeks. These kits include materials and activities, which address specific Standards of Learning. Questions about the K-5 science curriculum may be addressed to
April Bruce, Supervisor for Math & Science (bruceam@lcsedu.net, 522-3715, ext 136) or Anne Berry, Instructional Science Specialist (berryag@lcsedu.net, 522-3715).

Lynchburg City Schools provides the following opportunities for science enrichment.

Saturday Science

A Saturday Science program is offered to third and fifth grade students. Students from throughout the city have the opportunity to attend Saturday science classes and engage in exciting science activities. Third graders meet every Saturday in February and fifth graders meet every Saturday in March. The classes are held in the science labs at T. C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation and Dearington Elementary School for Innovation.

Science Resource Teacher Services

The science resource teacher from T. C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation travels to all eleven elementary schools to teach unforgettable, hands-on science lessons to students in fourth and fifth grades.

All third and fifth grade students travel to the science lab at Dearington Elementary School for Innovation to experience the adventure of activity based learning in a fully equipped science lab.