Students at Milton do science, rather than just read about it
Each course offers students unique and individualized opportunities for developmentally appropriate experimental work. Through labs, students exhibit their approach to scientific inquiry, logical thinking, precision and accuracy in measurement, careful control of variables, and clear, concise reporting of findings. Students' questions drive scientific inquiry. From "Methods in Scientific Research," which introduces Class IV students to laboratory exploration based on integrative science, to honors level courses in physics, chemistry and biology, the Milton Academy science curriculum is an interactive, creative process that reinforces investigation, imagination and discovery. 

The science program at Milton has long included two crucial features, each a significant aspect of the current efforts to reform science education in the United States.  One is our preferred sequence for core courses: physics, chemistry and then biology.  This sequence best allows students to build on fundamentals as they move through the curriculum.  The second is our emphasis on process learning, a hallmark of our program.  Students spend significant amounts of time, outside normal class hours, performing open-ended experiments rather than the exercises in more familiar science curricula.

The department believes that by the time they graduate, students should:
be curious about the natural world
be able to think critically
be able to solve problems
be enthusiastic about learning science
be able to collect, organize and analyze data.
have been exposed to environmental issues.

Click here to read science course descriptions.

Click here for a list of faculty members in the science department.

Summer Science Opportunities

Science and Engineering Summer Programs
Click on the link below to view a list compiled by MIT of science and engineering programs for high school students.
http://tbp-highschool.mit.edu/highschool/

Project SMART
Students interested in biotechnology, chemistry: the science of molecules, marine and environmental science and space science should explore Project SMART at the University of New Hampshire.
http://www.smart.unh.edu/

The TOPS Physics Workshop
The TOPS Physics Workshop is a two-week program for high school students interested in science who are currently freshmen and sophomores. Participants will explore the physics of heat, energy, and light through hands-on activities and lessons taught by undergraduate physics students. They will also learn about research in the CUA and see how elementary principles of physics are manifested in frontier research. This program is offered free-ofcharge and will take place at the Center for Ultracold Atoms at MIT in Cambridge. The TOPS Physics Workshop is a program within the Teaching Opportunities in Physical Science (TOPS) program for undergraduate physics and engineering majors.
http://www.rle.mit.edu/cua/tops/workshop.htm

Woods Hole Sea Grant
Click here to read about Woods Hole Sea Grant marine or nature based summer programs.