6th-8th Science 

6th-8th Grade Science Syllabus 2025-2026

Science is the study of the universe and all of its contained phenomena. Engineering is the way we fulfill human needs and solve problems. These practices represent the skills and knowledge necessary for scientists and engineers to accomplish what they do. Scientific practices start with questioning that leads to inquiry, seeking evidence to ultimately construct explanations and develop models that can be used to best describe and predict (at the present) how and why natural phenomena occur.

6th-7th and 8th grade Science Course Description: In this course students will cover Science "Safety training"; Energy transfer and conservation; Weather and Climate; Classification of living things; Animal adaptation and survival; The Kingdoms including Protists, Fungi and Plants. Matter and Interactions; From Molecules to Organisms; Ecosystems; Earth and Human activity; Motion; Waves and their applications; Inheritance of traits; Biological Evolution and Earth's pace in the universe.

Reading and Writing skills that are necessary to the process of comprehension will be incorporated according to their individual IEP goals as the year progresses. The sixth-eighth grade Social Studies course will incorporate all of the standards as outlined in the South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for Social Studies. The purpose of this course is to extend each student’s knowledge of world history and how it led to the development of the world they live in today.