Jemicy's Lower School - Science

Science at Jemicy emphasizes learning through inquiry and exploration. JE students learn basic science skills, as well as physical and life science concepts through hands-on projects rather than through textbooks. They revisit the same basic concepts each year, but at successively more challenging levels. In M Group, students begin to identify, classify and name groups of organisms. In I Group, students work in teams, on labs and research projects. Topics include:
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Lower School Science Experiments

JE Community: Science

  • Life cycles of Chesapeake Bay creatures

  • Human body systems

  • Energy and electricity
  • Simple machines

M Group: Nature and Life Science

  • Trees and ecosystems

  • Animal classification
  • Oceans / Migration

  • Botany / Gardening


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Annual Science Fair

I Group: Physical Science



  • Reactions

  • Chemistry

  • Magnetism

  • Layers of the earth

  • Atmosphere and Space

  • Simple machines

  • Reflection / Refraction

  • Engineering challenges