Science

Science 7

Science 7 is a course designed to prepare students to achieve proficiency or better on the eighth grade PSSA exam. Instruction is delivered with an emphasis on developing laboratory skills, collecting and interpreting data, and reinforcing vocabulary through studying prefixes, suffixes and root words. Students will provide written responses which will include evidence to support their answers.

Units Studied: (Approximately 9 weeks per unit)

• Introductory Unit - Graphing, Scientific Method, and Measurement
• Ecology - Library Project
• Chemistry
• Biology