SCIENCE

The 6th grade science curriculum has a focus on Physical Science. Students learn about the periodic table, density, force, motion, and simple machines. They will also study renewable and nonrenewable resources, space exploration, the rock cycle, and classification of organisms.

Taught by GT trained teachers, GT students will seek out challenges to discover, develop and leverage capacity by making deep connections, developing social conscience and effectively collaborating and communicating with others. Such capacities will be purposefully developed as students design and conduct their own investigations and learn to use and develop critical thinking skills and problem solving methods. Students will be given opportunities to showcase products that demonstrate understanding and competence in communication skills needed to navigate the 21st-century learning, leading, and creating environments.

6th grade Honors Science curriculum studies the same topics as the 6th grade STEM Science class. However, in STEM Science Honors, there is a focus on students doing inquiry-based science by designing and conducting their own investigations, learning to use and develop critical thinking skills, and problem-solving methods. The course is intended to ground students in the inquiry skills of science and encourage thinking and acting like a scientist so that they are better prepared for the AP Sciences in high school.

The 7th grade science curriculum has a focus on Life Science. Students learn about photosynthesis, flow of energy in ecosystems, the chemistry of digestion and organic compounds. They also study human impact on Earth systems, characteristics of Earth that allow life, and the human body systems with an emphasis on living systems in their environment, adaptations, and cell theory.

Taught by GT trained teachers, GT students will seek out challenges to discover, develop and leverage capacity by making deep connections, developing social conscience and effectively collaborating and communicating with others. Such capacities will be purposefully developed as students design and conduct their own investigations and learn to use and develop critical thinking skills and problem solving methods. Students will be given opportunities to showcase products that demonstrate understanding and competence in communication skills needed to navigate the 21st-century learning, leading, and creating environments.

7th grade Honors Science curriculum studies the same topics and design challenges as the 7th grade STEM Science class. However, in STEM Science Honors, there is a focus on students doing inquiry-based science by designing and conducting their own investigations, learning to use and develop critical thinking skills, and problem-solving methods. The course is intended to ground students in the inquiry skills of science and encourage thinking and acting like a scientist so that they are better prepared for the AP Sciences in high school.

The 8th grade science curriculum has a focus on Earth and Physical Science. Students learn about atomic structure, the periodic table, chemical reactions, formulas and equations. They also study Newton’s 3 laws of motion, seasons, tides, lunar phases, stars and galaxies, plate tectonic theory, weather, and environmental changes due to human activities.

Taught by GT trained teachers, GT students will seek out challenges to discover, develop and leverage capacity by making deep connections, developing social conscience and effectively collaborating and communicating with others. Such capacities will be purposefully developed as students design and conduct their own investigations and learn to use and develop critical thinking skills and problem solving methods. Students will be given opportunities to showcase products that demonstrate understanding and competence in communication skills needed to navigate the 21st-century learning, leading, and creating environments.