Science Enrichment - E2K Program

The Mitchell Excellence 2000 (E2K) Program is an extra curricula program we have offered to our gifted 6th and 7th graders in Math and Science. Based on their performance in these two disciplines as well as standardized test scores and teacher recommendations these students were invited to join our after school program.

The students meet once a week for one hour after school and explore through experimentation the various principals of science. The 7th graders will complete a unit on chromatography and discovered how this science is used in industry as well as forensic science. In their second six week cycle they will investigate a crime scene incorporating the varies principle of Archimedes.

6th grade will be working on a unit called Light the Candles – Science and Chanukah. The experiments help students understand the complexities of a commonplace phenomenon. In their second cycle the unit will be Sky Rocketing into Space. In this unit students will answer questions related to the principles of force and gravity while building a soda bottle rocket.

This program has been very exciting as I watch the children develop critical thinking skills while having fun. The depth of their questions and insights has often been awesome.