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6th Grade Science

Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.

Key Ideas Include:

  • Living things are both similar to and different from each other and from nonliving things.
  • Organisms inherit genetic information in a variety of ways that result in continuity of structure and function between parents and offspring.
  • Individual organisms and species change over time.
  • The continuity of life is sustained through reproduction and development.
  • Organisms maintain a dynamic equilibrium that sustains life.
  • Plants and animals depend on each other and their physical environment.
  • Human decisions and activities have had a profound impact on the physical and living environment.

7th Grade Science

Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.

Key Ideas Include:

  • Matter is made up of particles whose properties determine the observable characteristics of matter and its reactivity.
  • Energy exists in many forms, and when these forms change energy is conserved.
  • Energy and matter interact through forces that result in changes in motion.

8th Grade Earth Science

Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.

Key Ideas Include:

Geology:

  • Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition
  • Landscapes/Topo Maps
  • Minerals & Rocks
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Earth History
  • Minerals & Rocks
  • Plate Tectonics

Climate

  • Insolation
  • Geographic Factors
  • The Water Cycle
  • Human Influence (Global Warming, Heat Island, etc.)

Meteorology and Weather

  • Weather Variables (Temperature, Moisture, Pressure, Wind)
  • The Atmosphere (Measurements & Structure)
  • Weather Systems (Air Masses, Fronts, and Cyclones)
  • Weather Forecasting
  • Weather Hazards

Astronomy

  • Terrestrial Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)
  • Earth’s Motions (Rotation/Revolution)
  • Seasons (Insolation)
  • Solar System
  • Deep Space