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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are grown.  As I recall when they developed Curriculum 2.0, they tried to incorporate some science and social studies into the reading curriculum, which I think has been replaced.  You may be left with the lousy science curriculum my kids had before that.  To compensate, my school’s PTA allowed an outside enrichment group called Hands on Science to come in and offer an after-school enrichment program, which was wildly popular.  You might check with your PTA and see if that program, or something similar, might be available at your school.

The STEM magnets are great and I think the specialty programs are generally good too.  The very limited info I had on the standard MCPS middle school science classes are that they weren’t great, but at least there were formal classes, which is an improvement over your current elementary science program.

Here are some other resources:

Hoagie’s has links to websites for enrichment for all subjects and ages:
https://www.hoagiesgifted.org/science.htm
https://www.hoagiesgifted.org/links.htm

Brainpop has great animated lessons in many subjects, but does charge a fairly significant fee.

Rockville has an annual science day in the Spring. I don’t see 2024 info yet, but here’s info from 2023. 
https://www.rockvillesciencecenter.org/rockville-science-day

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I had kids before and after Curriculum 2.0 and Curriculum 2.0 meant the end of all science. We at least had gotten dedicated science time in the old curriculum.[/quote]

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