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Mrs. Piekarz:
Mrs. Piekarz:
I make every effort to respond promptly to emails and, in the event that I need an extended response time, I will send a quick confirmation reply. If you have not seen a response from me within 48 hours and you have verified that your email was sent to my correct email address, please resend the email (as occasionally some non-D203 emails will be trapped in the district spam filter).
Mrs. Piekarz's Availability:
3rd period (9:36 - 10:18) daily: small group & 1:1 student assistance
Lunch (11:51 - 12:33) as needed: returning emails & parent phone calls, scheduled student assistance
8th period (1:21 - 2:03) as needed: returning emails & parent phone calls
Class Announcements
Class Announcements
Griffins teachers will be utilizing Remind to push out time-sensitive announcements and reminders:
D203 has set up Remind groups for each course section. Students should verify that they are members of their science class Remind group.
Occasionally, I will need to send out a lengthy, more detailed communication using Infinite Campus (sent as an email). A brief Remind message will alert you to new IC emails from me.
2025-2026 Order of Study
2025-2026 Order of Study
Lab Skills & Safety Review
Lab Skills & Safety Review
Unit One: Thermal Energy
Unit One: Thermal Energy
What is temperature and how is related to the total energy within a system?
How can temperature be used to predict and determine the transfer of thermal energy?
What property of matter can determine the amount of energy needed to change its temperature?
Unit Two: Waves
Unit Two: Waves
How have advancing understandings of the uses of waves impacted our lives?
What factors impact the use of waves in our world?
Unit Three: Human Impact
Unit Three: Human Impact
What is the relationship between uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources and past and current geoscience processes?
How do increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems?
Unit Four: Genetics -- Evolution at the Cellular Level
Unit Four: Genetics -- Evolution at the Cellular Level
What is the underlying mechanism causing diversity in living organisms?
What traits have I inherited? Where did they come from? Can I pass them on?
Unit Five: Principles & Evidence of Evolution
Unit Five: Principles & Evidence of Evolution
Why is it important to understand diversity?
What evidence is there that organisms have changed over time?
How can we use patterns to look for relationships?
How do humans and nature influence biodiversity?
Given the evidence of diversity of living things and changes that have occurred over time from the last unit, how does this happen?
Why do some organisms change and others remain the same? What causes the changes?
Email address & phone number: jpiekarz@naperville203.org 630.420.3443
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