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CURRICULUM GUIDE 2008-2009

6th: 

SCIENCE
Students will use inquiry to understand life, earth, and physical science.  
Inquiry involves the use of scientific method to question, predict, 
investigate, analyze, and explain.  Students will apply math and language 
art skills to correlate with the further development of science skills.

Students will:
•	use inquiry skills for classroom instruction and labs
•	investigate the factors that create and affect weather and climate
•	explore rocks, minerals, and Earth’s geological processes
•	describe relationships between organisms & environment, & biomes 
          & ecosystems
•	investigate advancements in ecology and environmental science
•	develop and write a lab report


7th: 

SCIENCE
Students will use inquiry to understand life, earth, and physical science.  
Inquiry involves the use of scientific method to question, predict, 
investigate, analyze, and explain.  Students will apply math and language 
art skills to correlate with the further development of science skills.

Students will:
•	use inquiry skills for classroom instruction and labs
•	investigate and classify organisms: microscopic, plates, and animals
•	identify and determine how cellular life processes are accomplished
•	investigate the evidence of life on Earth
•	explore the development of the universe
•	develop and write a lab report


8th: 

SCIENCE
Students will use inquiry to understand life, earth, and physical science.  
Inquiry involves the use of scientific method to question, predict, 
investigate, analyze, and explain.  Students will apply math and language 
art skills to correlate with the further development of science skills.

Students will:
•	use inquiry skills for classroom instruction and labs
•	identify the characteristics, properties, and interactions of matter
•	investigate and understand the periodic table
•	investigate and apply concepts of human biology & their 
          interactions
•	explore and apply concepts of genetics and heredity
•	develop and write a lab report