• Science Instruction at Harper-Archer Elementary

    Harper-Archer Elementary School uses the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) for Science. The standards provide one way that teachers organize and teach the Georgia Standards of Excellence with content related to earth, life and physical sciences. Frameworks include curriculum maps, pacing guides, and instructional segments. All segments are phenomenon-based and are structured in a 5E format.

    Atlanta Public Schools goals for science education are to educate students who are able to:

    a) experience the richness and excitement of knowing about and understanding the natural world.

    b) use appropriate habits of mind and understandings of the nature of science and scientific principles in making personal decisions.

    c) engage intelligently in public discourse and debate about matters of scientific and technological concern; and

    d) increase their economic productivity and personal responsibility through their knowledge, understanding, and skills as environmentally, scientifically, and technologically literate people in their careers and personal endeavors.