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Science Class Mission Statement
To provide learning experiences in which all students develop an appreciation for science.
   

Advances are made by
answering questions.
Discoveries are made by
questioning answers.
                -Bernhard Haisch

 

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Classroom Rules               
  • •Follow all school and classroom rules, policies & procedures.
  • •Keep a science notebook to record all vocabulary terms, notes and assignments everyday.
  • •Complete assignments neatly & on time.
  • •Use courteous and respectful behavior.
  • •Always strive to do your best.

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Class Assignments
  • •When work is assigned, it is due the following day.  Most work, however, is completed during class time.
  • •Assignments are typically a review of class work.  Occasionally an out of class assignment will be given to help reinforce concepts learned in class.

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Supplies         
  • •Inexpensive 3-ring binder
  • •
  • •Canister of anti-bacterial wipes
  • •2 dozen pencils
  • •Personal pencil sharpener
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Handouts            
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  • In my class, I send home a parent letter with each student at the beginning of the school year. 
  • I also require a Safety Contract to be completed by each students and kept on file at school.

Click to view and print:   Parent Letter or Safety Contract

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My Schedule 2006-07  

Monday/Wednesday (8th Grade)   •   Tuesday/Thursday  (7th Grade)
7:45-8:15 Homeroom 7-1 (role call, announcements, attendance)
8:15-8:55 8th or 7th Grade Science (8-3 or 7-3)
8:55-9:35 8th or 7th Grade Science (8-3 or 7-3)
9:35-10:20 8th or 7th Grade Science (8-1 or 7-1)
10:20-11:00 8th or 7th Grade Science (8-1 or 7-1)
11:00-11:40 8th or 7th Grade Science (8-2 or 7-2)
11:40-12:10 Wellness/Detention
12:10-12:40 Lunch
12:40-1:20 8th or 7th Grade Science (8-2 or 7-2)
1:20-2:00 Planning
2:00-2:40 Planning
2:40-3:15 Homeroom (buses, walkers, pick-ups, ball practice/cheerleading practice)
   
Friday Schedule
7:45-8:15 Homeroom 7-1 (role call, announcements, attendance)
8:15-8:55 8th Grade Science (8-3)
8:55-9:35 8th Grade Science (8-1)
9:35-10:20 8th Grade Science (8-2)
10:20-11:00 Planning
11:00-11:40 7th Grade Science (7-3)
11:40-12:10 Wellness/Detention
12:10-12:40 Lunch
12:40-1:20 7th Grade Science (7-1)
1:20-2:00 7th Grade Science (7-2)
2:00-2:40 Planning
2:40-3:15 Homeroom (buses, walkers, pick-ups, ball practice/cheerleading practice)
   

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Science Vocabulary
6th Grade Vocabulary

  1. Absorption

  2. Amplitude

  3. Classification

  4. Commensalism

  5. Consumer

  6. Decomposer

  7. Eclipses (Solar/Lunar)

  8. Energy transformations

  9. Extinction

  10. Food web

  1. Forms of energy

  2. Fossils

  3. Frequency

  4. Heat flow

  5. Mutualism

  6. Nuclear power

  7. Parasitism

  8. Producer

  9. Reflection

  10. Refraction

  1. Relative age

  2. Seasons

  3. Sedimentary rocks

  4. Tides

  5. Universe components

  6. Wave

  7. Wavelength

 

 
7th Grade Vocabulary

  1. •Asexual

  2. Carbon cycle

  3. Cell organelles

   • ribosome

   • mitochondria

   • chloroplast

   • vacuole

   • lysosome

  1. Chloroplast

  2. Chromosome

  3. Compound

  4. Concentration

  5. Cytoplasm

 

  1. Density

  2. Diffusion

  3. Element

  4. Gene

  5. Mitochondria

  6. Mitosis

  7. Molecule

  8. Nucleus

  9. Organ

  10. Organ system

  11. Osmosis

  12. Product

  13. Reactant

 

 

  1. Reproduction

  2. Respiration

  3. Run-off

  4. Sexual reproduction

   •plant and animal

  1. Tissue

  2. Transpiration

  3. Volume

  4. Weather data

  5. Weight

          •gravitational pull on

           mass/SI unit is Newton

 

 

 

8th Grade Vocabulary
  1. acceleration
  2. biome
  3. biotic and abiotic factors
  4. chemical equation
  5. continental drift and plate
  6. tectonics
  7. dichotomous key
  8. DNA
  9. dominant and recessive traits
  10. earthquake
  11. endo/exothermic

 

 
  1. energy resources
  2. genetic
  3. engineering
  4. genotype and phenotype
  5. genus and species
  6. gravitation (universal law)
  7. igneous and metamorphic rocks
  8. inertia
  9. law of conservation of mass

 

 
  1. minerals
  2. momentum
  3. monohybrid cross
  4. mutation
  5. Newton's 3 laws of
    motion
  6. pH
  7. Punnett square
  8. rock cycle
  9. speed
  10. velocity
  11. volcano

 

 
     

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Science Resources        

Science Fair Project Samples

 

 

http://www.cyberbee.com/science/scifair.html

 

http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com

 

http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/

 

 

 

Mad Scientist Network

 

http://madsci.org

 

 

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Course Outline
•6th, 7th, & 8th Grade Science are integrated science courses of:
  • Life Science
  • Earth Science
  • Physical Science

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            Grading
The following will count as a grade:
  • •Participation during lab investigations.
  • •Assignments, tests, and projects.
  • •Collaborative group activities.
  • •Reports
  • •(At times the lowest grade may be dropped during a nine weeks period).
  • •(Scott County Schools grading policy will be used).

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Textbooks
Textbooks for the sixth,  seventh, and eighth grade classes are the Glencoe Science Texts, although a variety of other science textbooks will be used in class.

 

Glencoe ScienceTextbook Link:

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/lep_science/physical_science/

 

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Science Standards  
6th Grade State Science Curriculum Standards

http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/cistandards2001/sci/ciscig6accomp.htm

 

7th Grade State Science Curriculum Standards

http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/cistandards2001/sci/ciscig7accomp.htm

 

8th Grade State Science Curriculum Standards

http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/cistandards2001/sci/ciscig8accomp.htm

 

 

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Lab Pictures
Germinating Bean Plants

Growing Bacteria

 

 

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