Science
During the Apollo program NASA created a slogan for all of its employees to help focus their work. Each NASA employee received a card imprinted with the phrase, “Go to the moon.” Any task or work that was to be completed needed to support that statement, whether it was done by the mission commander or the custodian. In that same spirit, the Breck science department fosters curiosity about the natural world, encourages learning through inquiry, and develops critical thinking at all ages.
The Breck science department fosters curiosity about the natural world, encourages learning through inquiry, and develops critical thinking at all ages.
The Advanced Science Research Program
The Advanced Science Research Program gives the opportunity to students interested in science to have an actual research experience. The students are placed in a research lab with a faculty mentor and spends time during the summer pursuing a research project of his or her choosing. Students are matched based on their interests and talents with university mentors. Then they work for at least 320 hours during the summer in the lab, starting either during May Program or the first week of June. Summer research experiences are offered at universities and colleges such as the University of Minnesota, University of St. Thomas, and Augsburg, to name a few. During research, students learn to use a vast array of databases to find information on their research topic. As they work in the laboratory, students keep a notebook following the guidelines of the laboratory in which they work. Learn more about the class by visiting our curriculum below.
