Contact Information
Phone number: 864-355-6143
Email: aweaver@greenville.k12.sc.us
Course Overview
In grades six through eight, the standards and performance indicators for the science and
engineering practices and core science content, transition students to developing and planning
controlled investigations to create more explicit and detailed models and explanations. The seven
core concepts (patterns; cause and effect; scale, proportion, and quantity; systems and system
models; energy and matter; structure and function; and stability and change) are reinforced in the
appropriate context of the core science content through hands-on instruction in the classroom.
Science in the middle school provides students with the foundation to be successful in high school
science courses, by providing a range of content in the life, earth, and physical sciences.
The 5 core areas of the grade six standards include:
States of Matter and Energy
Waves and Their Applications
From Molecules to Organisms
Earth's Geologic and Human Activity
Earth's Atmospheric Systems and Human Activity