The Green School teaches many of the skills, processes, and concepts necessary for science and social studies literacy through the year-long projects for each grade level. These projects address both natural and socio-cultural environments and help students understand the complex interrelationships and connections among individuals, communities, and society by allowing them to apply their science and social studies knowledge in real-world settings. Through these projects, students learn and apply fundamental science skills including:

• observing (using the senses to get information);
• communicating (talking, drawing, acting, writing);
• comparing (pairing, one-to-one correspondence);
• organizing (grouping, seriating, sequencing);
• relating (cause and effect, classification, correlating);
• inferring (classification, if/then reasoning, developing scientific laws); and
• applying (developing strategic plans, inventing).