DHH Science
DHH Science
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Welcome to DHH Applied Science at Innovation Middle School!
Science is a great way to explore the world around us and learn problem solving skills that we can apply to other areas of our lives. Through science investigation we learn strategies to make sense of our world. Science study is a way to understand that all things work together and depend on one another- down to the smallest parts within a system.
DHH students will meet 8th grade integrated Next Generation Science Standards by practicing methods for exploring and investigating the world around us. This set of standards covers the units of study in the areas of Physical, Life, and Earth Sciences. At the end of each unit students will use technology tools to create a project or complete a Performance Expectation (final assessment) that demonstrates their scientific knowledge. We look forward to providing meaningful, interactive learning experiences as your child grows academically in a supportive environment. Click here for class syllabus
Unit Overview
September
September
October
October
November
November
Unit 1: Evolutionary History
Unit 1: Evolutionary History
Students create arguments based on evidence about which living animals a mystery fossil is most closely related to. they figure out how evolution results in some body structures staying stable and others changing over mill
Unit 2: Natural Selection
Unit 2: Natural Selection
Students investigate what caused a population of newts to become so poisonous. They use mathematical thinking to make sense of patterns in data showing how traits of populations are changed by natural selection.
Unit 3: Force and Motion
Unit 3: Force and Motion
Students figure out ideas about force, velocity, mass, and collisions as they explain why a spacecraft filed to dock as expected. They use the concept of cause and effect to construct explanations and make visual models showing what went wrong.
December
December
January
January
February
February
Cont'd Unit 3: Force and Motion
Cont'd Unit 3: Force and Motion
Unit 4: Meteorite Impact
Unit 4: Meteorite Impact
Unit 5: Earth, Moon, & Sun
Unit 5: Earth, Moon, & Sun
Students help an astrophotographer plan when to take pictures of specific moon features and a lunar eclipse. They use digital and physical model, and consider the ways they represent scale, to figure out what causes moon phases and eclipses.
March
March
April
April
May
May
Unit 6: Light Waves
Unit 6: Light Waves
Students' investigations of Australia's high rate of skin cancer lead them to figure out how energy from different wavelengths of light can interact with matter. They write arguments based on evidence they gather from models, articles, experiments, and data.
Unit 7: Magnetic Cannon
Unit 7: Magnetic Cannon
Students plan and conduct investigations to figure out why the test-launch of a magnetic spacecraft did not go as planned. They use patterns in magnetic field lines, and evidence from articles, models, and experiments to learn about magnetic force and energy.
Sexual Health Education Sessions
Sexual Health Education Sessions
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