Hooked on Science

The Hooked on Science program will:

• Create new elective courses:
  • BioTechnology and Environmental Studies
    
  • Organic Chemistry
    
  • Field Geology, Environmental Science and Astronomy
    
  • Modern Physics and Engineering
• Establish a Laboratory for Extended Research, Engineering and Robotics
• Develop two extra curricular seminars: one for freshmen and sophomores and one for juniors and seniors
  
• Design an independent research module for select CCHS juniors, who can partner with local content experts (scientists in the community)
• Enhance and expand science clubs and competition teams
  
  • extend club partnership opportunities to K-8 students and teachers
  • expose K-8 students to the new capacity for higher level experimentation and engineering at CCHS
  • enable a Concord Middle School Science Olympiad Team
• Sustain faculty enrichment through two annual awards for summer travel and research with proven professional development programs.

Why Science? The Center Timeline

Now is the time to act

Two years ago, CCHS added two electives to its Science Curriculum. Those classes are oversubscribed while core courses continue at capacity. Demand for more advanced study exists at CCHS. A recent post on tomorrow’s Professor, a forum created by MIT and Stanford academicians, asks if Engineering Schools can “go green” fast enough to save our planet. Without motivated science students, no amount of investment of time or resources will alter our future. To engage and prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s possibilities, we need to promote and provide for advanced study in science. We need to act now. We need to get our students hooked on science.

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