Links to resources through a superior technology network, partnerships with researchers, alliances with guest speakers and advisors, teams of teachers and students together bring science to life at Beaumont.
As part of the scientific process, Beaumont encourages students to form connections and allows flexibility in class scheduling to make them possible.
Researchers and doctors -- significant numbers of students work on independent projects side-by-side with professionals at Case Western Reserve University, John Carroll University, MetroHealth Systems, University Hospitals and Ursuline College.
Mentors from the scientific community advise honors students showing a desire for research.
Guest experts address classes and act as advisors on topic presentations.
Faculty: Beaumont’s own science teachers are available after-hours to help prepare students for competitions, provide personal one-on-one advice and act as advisors to the Math & Science Club and Pre-Med Club.
The science curriculum, in keeping with Beaumont’s educational philosophy encourages students to weigh ethical and moral issues as they relate to science and technology in the 21st century. Just one example -- experts in the fields of Gene Therapy and Genetically Modified Organisms worked with Beaumont genetics students preparing for the 2002 Science and Societal Issues Symposium, directly involving students in bioethical debate.
The Science Fair experience is praised by our graduates as outstanding preparation for college science courses and labs. All first and second year Honors Science students enter a project in the annual school Science Fair. The top 15 go to the Northeast Ohio Science & Engineering Fair.
WHY SCIENCE FAIR?
Beaumont believes that participation in science fairs has proven to be invaluable
- as hands-on application of the scientific process
- as an opportunity to work alongside professional scientists in real labs
- to enhance college applications – original research and the recognition
- it brings are impressive!
Three times a year, Beaumont partners with Our Lady Of Peace School for an environmental science program. Beaumont students pass on their knowledge to 1st through 4th graders via hands-on outdoor experiences on our wooded campus "lab".
Beaumont students gain vital experience in annual top-level competitions:
- Beaumont School Science Fair
- Northeast Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Western Reserve Disctrict 5 Science Day
- State Science Day
- Buckeye Science & Engineering Fair
- Science Olympiad (Case Western Reserve Univ.)
- Chemistry Olympiad (American Chemical Society)
- Science & Societal Issues Symposium (Case Western Reserve Univ.)
- State History Day
Northeast Ohio Science & Engineering Fair
- 1998-2002, 75 entrees amassed
- 158 category & special awards including
- 1 Grand Prize
- 17 Gold Medals
- 25 Silver Medals
- 3 Grand Prize winners since 1993 have gone on to international fairs.
Western Reserve District 5 Science Day
- "Outstanding School" 1999-2002
State Science Day
- "Outstanding School" 2000 and 2001
- The equivalent of a state championship in athletics
Science & Societal Issues Symposium 2002
- Team B: 1st Place in category
- Team A: 2nd Place in category
COLLEGE PREP
9th
- Biology I
10th
- Comparative Anatomy I
- Comparative Anatomy II
- Astronomy/Meteorology
- Geology/Oceanography
- Genetics
11th
- Chemistry I
- Chemistry II
- Biology II
- Astronomy/Meteorology *
- Geology/Oceanography *
- Comparative Anatomy I *
- Comparative Anatomy II *
- Genetics
12th
- Physics
- Chemistry II
- Biology II
- Comparative Anatomy I *
- Comparative Anatomy II *
- Astronomy/Meteorology *
- Geology/Oceanography *
- Genetics *
*1/2 credit each, all others 1 credit
HONORS COLLEGE PREP
9th
- Honors Biology I
10th
- Honors Chemistry I
11th
- Honors Chemistry II
- AP Chemistry
- Honors Biology II
12th
- Honors Physics
- Honors Chemistry II
- AP Chemistry
- Honors Biology II
Louis Pasteur
to be scientifically literate
To understand the scientific issues in the media and to be able to make moral and ethical value judgments about them
to become life-long learners
To never lose their interest in the way science impacts their lives
to learn the nature of science
To look for the validity of information, to appreciate the value of testing and analysis, to sort fact from fad.
to be passionate
To be enthusiastic, confident and comfortable with science, never intimidated. To see how science relates to everyday life.
TO BE WOWWED!
Last Update: 08 September 2005
