Inquiry-based investigation and constructivist learning theory are the hallmarks of science education at James S. Rickards High School. Instead of teaching science as "an encyclopedia of facts" that students have to memorize and be tested for, our science educators develop critical thinking skills by presenting students with problems for which they have to find solutions. In the process of solution-seeking, principles of science are discovered, argued about, and developed within the context of real-world applications. In short, we learn science by doing it instead of reading it!

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