The Academic Excellence Program (AEP) augments the elementary schools curriculum-talents students. This program stresses the advanced academic skills of inquiry, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation that are necessary for scholarship in all subjects.
The goal of the Hands-on Science component is to give students the opportunity to use scientific inquiry skills to develop the ability to think, question, plan conduct investigations, use appropriate tools and techniques, and think critically about the nature of science. Through hands-on experiments and activities, students will develop skills such as observing, classifying, communicating, measuring, predicting, and inferring. These activities, which focus on the Science Sunshine State Standards, employ cause and effect strategies that help students to draw conclusions and make generalizations. The Hand-on Science component will foster creativity, self-exploration, and scientific knowledge.