Hildebrandt is a Weathernet School! |
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Science Program Goals: |
The following goals encompass five facets of student preparation and were developed to help students prepare for their futures in a technology-based world:
-to increase students' conceptual base of scientific phenomena.
-to promote students' abilities to think critically in order to find solutions to problems.
-to foster students' comfort with technological advances.
-to develop students' attitudes toward and appreciation for science in our society.
-to develop students' awareness of career opportunities in science.
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Science Grade Distribution: |
A student's overall grade is based on daily grades, which account for 30%, major grades will be 60% of their grade, and 10% will be homework. |
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Science Testing Days: |
Major test days for Science classes are Mondays and Thursdays for the 2008-09 school year. |
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Inquiry Laboratory Investigations: |
All 7th and 8th grade science students will complete at least one inquiry laboratory investigation during each semester in which they research a question or problem, form a testable hypothesis, design and conduct an experiment to test their hypothesis, and analyze the results to form a conclusion and make predictions. These investigations will cover 6th, 7th, and 8th grade science curriculum and will be completed by the students in class.
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6th Grade Science Scope and Sequence: |
FIRST SEMESTER:
Lab Safety (3 weeks)
Chapter 1: Matter and Energy (3 weeks)
Chapter 2: Solids, Liquids, and Gases (3 weeks)
Chapter 3: Relating Force and Motion (3 weeks)
Chapter 4: Cells Sections 1-4,
Chapter 11: Earthquakes and Volcanoes (3 weeks)
SECOND SEMESTER:
Chapter 12: Water Cycle (1.5 weeks)
Chapter 13: Earth's Atmosphere (1.5 weeks)
Chapter 14: Energy in the Atmosphere, Heat Transfer, and Weather Instruments and Chapter 15: Weather Maps and Storms (3 weeks)
Chapter 9: Energy Transformations and Chapter 11: Energy Resources and Electrical Circuits (2 weeks)
Chapter 16: The Solor System, Space Exploration, and Microscopes and Their Uses (4 weeks)
Chapter 10:Rock Cycle and Layers of the Earth (2 weeks) Chapter 5: Sections 1-3, and Chapter 6: Sections 1-2 (4 weeks)
Chapter 8: Ecosystems Sections 1 & 3 and Limiting Factors (2 weeks) |
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7th Grade Science Scope and Sequence: |
FIRST SEMESTER:
Unit 1: Introduction
Unit 2: Interactions Between Matter and Energy
Chapter 1: Properties of Matter
Chapter 2: Elements Forming Compounds
Chapter 3: Everyday Changes in Substances
Unit 3: Earth and Space Systems Chapter 7: Weathering and Soil Formation
Chapter 8: Erosion, Deposition and Catastrophic Events
Chapter 9: The Earth-Moon System
Unit 4: Organisms and Their Environment
Chapter 17: Ecosystems and Biomes
Chapter 18: Relating to the Environment
Chapter 19:Living Resources
Inquiry Lab: Either First or Second Semester
Second Semester
Unit 5: Motion and Forces: 5 Weeks
Chapter 4: Motion and Forces
Chapter 5: Work and Machines
Chapter 6: Energy and Power
Unit 6: Living Systems 11Weeks
Chapter 10: Muscles Skin and Bones
Chapter 11: Food and Digestion
Chapter 12: Circulation
Chapter 13: Respiration and Excretion
Chapter 14: Fighting Disease
Chapter 15: The Nervous System
Chapter 16: The Endocrine System Reproduction
* Genetics
* Frog Dissection
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8th Grade Science Scope and Sequence: |
FIRST SEMESTER:
Introduction (1 week)
Chapter 1 - Chemical Interactions (3 weeks)
Chapter 3 - Motion and Energy (2 weeks)
Chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7 - Characteristics of Waves, Sound Waves, The Electromagnetic Spectrum, and Light Waves (3 weeks)
Chapter 8 - Characteristics of the Universe (3 weeks)
Chapters 10 and 11 - Minerals and Rocks (2.5 weeks)
Mapping (2.5 weeks)
Inquiry Lab (1 week sometime during the semester)
SECOND SEMESTER:
Chapter 9 - Plate Tectonics (4 weeks)
Chapters 18 and 19 - Change Over Time (plus the Nitrogen Cycle, Carbon Cycle, Stratigraphy, and Radiometric Dating) and Interdependence in Living Systems (sections 2 and 3) (4 weeks)
Chapters 16 and 17 - Genetics (3 weeks)
Chapters 14 and 15 - Oceans and Climate (plus the water cycle) (3 weeks)
Chapters 12 and 13 - Land & Soil Resources and Air & Water Resources (2 weeks)
Inquiry Lab (1 week sometime during the semester) |
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