Science Curriculum

Welcome to 7th Grade Science!

This year we will be studying the following topics:

Potential and Kinetic Energy
Energy Transfer in Temperature
The Role of Water in the Earth's Surface, and Weather and Climate
Natural Resources and Human Impacts on Earth Systems
Growth and Development in Organisms
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

Welcome to 8th Grade Science!

This year we will be studying the following topics:

Cells and Living Systems
Inheritance and Variation of Traits
Common Ancestry and Diversity
Changes in Organisms Over Time
Chemical Reactions
Structure and Properties of Matter

Engage in Three-Dimensional Learning

Science and Engineering Practices

The practices are behaviors that scientists engage in as they investigate world around them and the practices that engineers use as they design and build models and systems.

Asking questions and defining problems
Developing and using models
Planning and carrying out investigations
Analyzing and interpreting data
Using math and computational thinking
Constructing explanations and designing solutions
Engaging in evidence-based arguments
Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Crosscutting Concepts

Crosscutting concepts are scientific concepts that have applications across all science domains. They provide a link between all the different domains of science.

Patterns
Cause and effect
Scale, proportion, and quantity
Systems and system models
Energy and matter
Structure and function
Stability and change

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