Thematics
learning through deep connections
"I like thematics because we do projects where we can have fun but still learn at the same time."
-Mason 6th grade
Thematics
At Lupine we believe that academic achievement is optimized by using a thoughtful balance of in-depth interdisciplinary thematic experiences and individual units of study. During each learning cycle, each cohorts engages in an in-depth thematic investigation that comes alive through experiences and hands-on projects. As faculty, we feel our job is to ask more questions than give answers. Student inquiry is the foundation of our project-based approach.
Our thematic studies include science and social studies topics drawn from concepts we feel are crucial and relevant to today’s student. Our curriculum covers, but is not limited to national learning standards.
meaningful content
Interdisciplinary connection
deep Understanding
science
understanding the world
Science
Lupine’s science program is embedded into our thematic studies. Students explore life, earth and physical sciences using integrated inquiry. Our students are provided with opportunities to investigate a problem, search for possible solutions, make observations, ask questions, test out ideas, think creatively and use their intuition. Lupine teachers recognize the importance of presenting problems to students that will challenge their current conceptual understandings so they are forced to reconcile anomalous thinking and construct new understandings.
history
understanding the past to prepare for the future
Social Studies
Like our science program, social studies concepts relating to civics, economics, geography, and history are explored through our thematic units. At Lupine, students ask or are given compelling questions and then investigate those questions. They inspect primary sources, make inferences about the past, find and evaluate evidence and communicate their findings.
