Augustine Hills School’s Science program teaches students to view the world around them through the eyes of a scientist. Students learn to problem solve using the scientific method and to analyze results to determine if they have found a viable solution. Students explore how the world around them interacts and the impact those interactions have on their lives. Students are introduced to the diversity of life, the building blocks of life, and the forces at work in our world  on daily life. Students also learn what mankind knows about the world beyond our planet. Through direct instruction, technology, and hands-on activities, students learn the vital role that science plays in their life.

Eighth grade science focuses on providing students with hands-on, real world connections aimed at meeting the needs of individual learners. These activities are designed to generate higher level thinking and application skills. The students explore genetics and heredity,  properties of matter and energy, how substances react with each other and form new materials. They investigate electrical and magnetic currents, power, how unbalanced forces change the path of an object, and recognize that light and sound waves move at different speeds.