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Grading :
70% : Unit Tests, Quizzes, Projects
30% : Classwork, Homework, Practice Questions, Exit Tickets
2026-27 Syllabus (given out at Open House)
Units of Study
Quarter 1 (first 9 weeks)
Earth's Systems
Atmosphere and Weather:
Water Cycle, Composition and Levels of the Atmosphere, Convection Currents, Global Winds, Jet stream, Air Masses, Pressure Systems, Fronts, Weather Conditions, Weather Predicition, Weather Instruments, Weather Maps
Quarter 2 (second 9 weeks)
Earth and Human Activity
Atmosphere and Human Impact:
Maintaining Air Quality and Stewardship, Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming, Hazardous Environmental Factors, Extreme Storms
From Molecules to Organisms
Cell organelles, differences between plant and animal,Protists, Levels of Heirarchy , Human Body Systems
Quarter 3 (third 9 weeks)
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
Genetics: Heredity, Chromosomes, Reproduction, Punnett Squares, Dominant and Recessive Traits
Energy
Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy, Mechanical Energy, Energy Transfer, Work
Quarter 4 (last 9 weeks)
Energy
Simple Machines, Work Efficiency
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Balanced and Unbalanced Forces, Motion, Speed, Position, Graphing Position and Time, Graphing Distance and Time
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