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Discover where your interest in the world STEMs from in our science courses.

George School encourages students to understand the world in which they live. The academic schedule provides ample time for hands-on learning through experimentation in our classrooms, on our campus, and around the globe.

The purpose of science at George School is to understand the world by exploring it.

A wide survey of courses provides a broad knowledge of science. For a student who comes to George School in 9th grade, this survey begins with a chemistry course.

The paths that follow vary a great deal from student to student, but typically include at least one biology course and one physics course. Many students choose to delve more deeply into one or more of these three fundamental scientific disciplines by taking a second course, culminating in an IB or AP exam.

Students also frequently opt to include courses in areas such as computer programming, robotics, and environmental science.

Botany at GS

Take a short tour through our greenhouse where students in our Applied Technologies in Botany class merged technology with plant science, using robotic platforms to imagine, design, and build equipment for monitoring plant growth!

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Robotics at GS

Check out the innovative projects our talented robotics students created and shared with the community! Projects include a muscle sensing prosthetic gripper, "Marley" the measurer, a green energy robot, and a persistence of vision light device. 

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Scientific exploration at GS begins by building a firm STEM foundation in the major disciplines of chemistry, biology, and physics. 

Then, paths diverge in ways that speak to each individual student. Take IB or AP courses in disciplines that pique your curiosity, or branch off into computer programming, animal behavior, robotics, or environmental science. These can be followed by progressively targeted courses like cognitive neurology or forensic science.

Science courses at George School teach students to question, experiment, analyze evidence, refine hypotheses, learn through through lab and field work, and address problems.

Applied Technology and Botany class visited UrbanPonics, a nonprofit dedicated to educating the community about sustainable farming, hydroponics and aquaponics. During their visit, students learned about hydroponic growing systems and discussed agribusiness and food sustainability.

Binoculars ✅ Cameras ✅ A shared moment of appreciation for the many birds that call Tyler State Park home. ✅

With campus and nearby parks like Tyler State Park as our classroom, we explore of world of birds in Ornithology class. 🐦

Exploring the wonders of Island Beach State Park, NJ in Marine Biology class. Students traveled to the nearby beach to learn about the Barnegat Bay estuary. From kayaking to sein fishing, observing birds and conducting tests on water samples, students learned about the intricacies of estuarian ecosystems.

➡️ Did you know that it takes 7.5 minutes for a photon from the sun to reach earth? This means our Astronomy class was literally peering into the past when they were looking at the sun!

Students used a Newtonian reflector telescope to study the sun, observing sunspot activity and magnetic storms. “I wanted students to start to appreciate the scale of the things we’ll be studying in this class,” said Science Teacher Chris Odom. “The sun is an average-sized star, and still it’s unfathomably huge compared to Earth. Much of what we’ll cover will reference the sun, its size, and its mass.”

You can find GS students all across the world! While in Belize, students completed white-lipped mud turtle tracking using radio telemetry at the T.R.E.E.S. Research Station.

In the IB SL Environmental Systems & Societies turtle population survey class, students study, capture, and release native eastern painted turtles on campus.

Students in Biology take trips to the nearby Newtown Creek to do macroinvertebrate surveys.

Students from Science and Literature class planted a white oak on campus as part of our interdisciplinary course that uses the Richard Powers novel, "The Overstory" as a vehicle to connect the two disciplines.  

Applied Technology and Botany class visited UrbanPonics, a nonprofit dedicated to educating the community about sustainable farming, hydroponics and aquaponics. During their visit, students learned about hydroponic growing systems and discussed agribusiness and food sustainability.

Exploring the wonders of Island Beach State Park, NJ in Marine Biology class. Students traveled to the nearby beach to learn about the Barnegat Bay estuary. From kayaking to sein fishing, observing birds and conducting tests on water samples, students learned about the intricacies of estuarian ecosystems.

Our 240-acre campus is our classroom. There are opportunities each day for students to learn about nature and wildlife right outside their doorstep.

You can find GS students all across the world! While in Belize, students completed white-lipped mud turtle tracking using radio telemetry at the T.R.E.E.S. Research Station.

Students in Biology take trips to the nearby Newtown Creek to do macroinvertebrate surveys.

Applied Technology and Botany class visited UrbanPonics, a nonprofit dedicated to educating the community about sustainable farming, hydroponics and aquaponics. During their visit, students learned about hydroponic growing systems and discussed agribusiness and food sustainability.

Binoculars ✅ Cameras ✅ A shared moment of appreciation for the many birds that call Tyler State Park home. ✅

With campus and nearby parks like Tyler State Park as our classroom, we explore of world of birds in Ornithology class 🐦

Exploring the wonders of Island Beach State Park, NJ in Marine Biology class. Students traveled to the nearby beach to learn about the Barnegat Bay estuary. From kayaking to sein fishing, observing birds and conducting tests on water samples, students learned about the intricacies of estuarian ecosystems.

In the IB SL Environmental Systems & Societies turtle population survey class, students study, capture, and release native eastern painted turtles on campus.

In the IB SL Environmental Systems & Societies turtle population survey class, students study, capture, and release native eastern painted turtles on campus.

You can find GS students all across the world! While in Belize, students completed white-lipped mud turtle tracking using radio telemetry at the T.R.E.E.S. Research Station.

In the IB SL Environmental Systems & Societies turtle population survey class, students study, capture, and release native eastern painted turtles on campus.

Students from Science and Literature class planted a white oak on campus as part of our interdisciplinary course that uses the Richard Powers novel, "The Overstory" as a vehicle to connect the two disciplines.  

Students from Science and Literature class planted a white oak on campus as part of our interdisciplinary course that uses the Richard Powers novel, "The Overstory" as a vehicle to connect the two disciplines.  

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