"In science children make discoveries about their environment and themselves. It is crucial to science education that students at every level have the opportunities to participate in hands-on activities and to investigate, make hypotheses, test ideas, and draw conclusions. In a Catholic school, students of science will marvel at the beauty of God's creation and be strengthened in their faith because of it. They will also learn that, as individuals created by God, they must take care of their own bodies, and also take responsibility for protecting their immediate environment, the planet Earth, and that part of space affected by humankind."