Science

  • 6th Grade Integrated Science 

Students in 6th-grade science will be using the Sixth Grade Integrated StemScopes program. This program is broken up into four segments which cover topics in life science, earth and space science, and physical science. More specifically, Students develop a model that compares Earth’s climate system and the human body system. Students design a portable structure that will keep athletes cool in hot climates and warm in cool climates. Students plan a new dog sled race similar to the Iditarod that will occur in the sand dunes of the Arabian Desert. Students address the effects of global warming on living systems by preparing an argument explaining why different groups should not have their water supply reduced and by participating in a debate with other groups to present their side of the argument. Within each segment, students will explore anchoring phenomena and will address the guiding questions. 

 

  • 7th Grade Integrated Science

Students in 7th-grade science will be using the Seventh Grade Integrated StemScopes program. This program is broken up into four segments which cover topics in life science, earth and space science, and physical science. More specifically students will study organisms and nonliving things made of atoms, Matter Cycles, and Energy Flows through Organisms and Rocks, Natural Processes and Human Activities Shape Earth’s Resources and Ecosystems, and Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing World. Within each segment, students will explore anchoring phenomena and will address the guiding questions. Each segment is further broken down into scopes as listed below.

 

  • 8th Grade Integrated Science

Students in 8th-grade science will be using the Eighth Grade Integrated StemScopes program. This program is broken up into four segments which cover topics in life science, earth and space science, and physical science. More specifically, students will study how objects move and collide, they will be part of a shuttle crew completing a one-year (365 day) journey in space to collect data. Their primary duty is to create a video log of significant discoveries they make throughout their journey. Students create an original organism and determine how it evolved and added unity and diversity to life through the help of natural selection, and how science can predict the age and environment based on clues from rock and fossils. Finally, students design a device to detect the number of different bat and dolphin species on an island uninhabited by humans.