7th Grade Students will study the following this year in science:
Strand 1: Inquiry Process
Formulate predictions, questions, or hypotheses based on observations.
Locate appropriate resources.
Design and conduct controlled investigations.
Analyze and interpret data to explain correlations and results; formulate new questions.
Communicate results of investigations.
Strand 2: History and Nature of Science
Identify individual, cultural, and technological contributions to scientific knowledge.
Understand how science is a process for generating knowledge.
Strand 3: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Develop viable solutions to a need or problem.
Strand 4: Life Science
Analyze the relationships among various organisms and their  environment.
Strand 6: Earth and Space Science
Structure of the EarthEarth’s Processes and Systems
Earth in the Solar System
8th Grade Students will study the following this year in science:
Strand 1: Inquiry Process
Formulate predictions, questions, or hypotheses based on observations.
Locate appropriate resources.
Design and conduct controlled investigations.
Analyze and interpret data to explain correlations and results; formulate new questions.
Communicate results of investigations.
Strand 2: History and Nature of Science
Identify individual, cultural, and technological contributions to scientific knowledge.
Understand how science is a process for generating knowledge.
Strand 3: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Describe the interactions between human populations, natural hazards, and the environment.
Develop viable solutions to a need or problem.
Strand 4: Life Science
Understand the basic principles of heredity.
Identify structural and behavioral adaptations.
Strand 5: Physical Science
Understand physical and chemical properties of matter.
Understand the relationship between force and motion. |
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