Science

6th Grade Science 

Ms. LaGrippe, Mrs, Weinhammer, Mrs. Zamarripa, Mr. Jurgensen

October

Sixth grade science will finish up our investigation of the Strange New Planet and the students will take their summative the last week of the quarter. The Strange New Planet is an exoplanet revolving around the habitable zone of the star closest to Earth. The kids have put on the shoes of scientists and engineers at NASA to investigate this discovery. They have learned about the exciting field of studying exoplanets to try and find life outside our Solar System. We have viewed the exoplanet in four different ways, analyzed our data and planned to send a lander to Proxima b, the Strange New Planet. Additionally, throughout our investigation we have used many of the science and engineering practices. These are guiding skills in science that the students are learning about and will use throughout the years to come.

Following our investigation, we will learn about the Earth, Sun, Moon system. 

7th Grade

Mrs. Beere

Mrs. Martinez (Sub is Mrs. Travez) 

Mrs. Wapole

October 

7th graders have just finished their first unit and assessment on the Characteristics of Life.  Our next stop is microscopes and cells.  Our Healing Cuts Unit will take us from October until mid-November.  We are planning our first dissection of the year to occur the second week of October. During this dissection we will practice our new skills using a pickle.  Our goal this year is to provide students with multiple opportunities to practice important lab skills including dissection.  We will be working up to our final summative dissection of a frog this spring! 

8th Grade

October

Eighth grade students will be using the Science and Engineering Practices to learn about Motion and Forces. Force is a push or a pull on an object, which is a fundamental interaction that can cause a change in its motion. Motion is the process of an object changing its position over time in relation to its surroundings. Unbalanced forces cause objects to accelerate, meaning their speed or direction of movement changes, while balanced forces result in no change to an object's existing motion.  

For more information on the Next Generation Science Standards, please click the links below. 

Parent Info Guide-English

Parent Info Guide-Spanish

Mrs. Campbell

Dr. Sitkie

Mr. Jurgensen