Endeavour
Elementary Magnet School
of Science and Integrated Technology
Plants, animals, science and space become living textbooks for sensory-based
learning at Endeavour. This hands-on approach helps students make real
connections between academic concepts and real life. Students experience
what they learn through regular field trips, live animal encounters and
interactive projects. Because real intelligence comes from connecting
the big picture, Endeavour takes a thematic approach to learning, building
academic concepts around a topic of interest such as sea beans or planets.
This Integrated Thematic Instruction model provides “being there” experiences — whether
at the beach or in a museum — that give students common ground
for understanding.
Gardening and animal care are daily experiences at Endeavour. Here, students
feed and care for rabbits and chickens and cultivate the vertical hydroponics
garden. Pre-K and kindergarten students have their own gardens to learn
ABCs and basic science. Fifth grade students attend Brevard Zoo School
for a nine-week session through a special grant-funded program. All students
can participate in Zoo Explorers, an after-school program at the zoo
that helps improve student learning.
The school’s Intelligent Classrooms provide a wide range of high-tech
instructional tools including interactive whiteboards, projectors, an
interactive sound system, Interwrite School Pads and computer labs. Because
the school is focused on whole-brain learning, the SMILE Lab is an important
part of the curriculum that gets students moving to stimulate the right
and left brain for better retention. The keyboard lab also fosters brain-based
learning by teaching students to play music to enhance math and spatial
reasoning skills.
905 Pineda St, Cocoa, FL 32922 • Tel (321) 633-3545
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