Core Curriculum: Science

Students this year will explore a variety of topics in science using their textbooks Science Plus: Technology and Society, and a variety of recourses including Glencoe Science as well as materials from Premier Science curriculum.  Students will develop scientific processing skills that are essential to the text.  As the curriculum progresses, they will master increasing complex tasks.  For example, students will move from directed to open-ended inquiry, and from reading and completing tables and graphs to constructing them from experimental date that they themselves have collected.

Science Classroom Expectations;

1. The students are expected to put forth their best effort and demonstrate consideration of their fellow students. In addition to following school rules, all students are expected to follow classroom directions carefully.
2. The students are encouraged to seek additional help from the teacher when needed.  Help is available before or after school and during supervised study.
3. High school course recommendations are based on achievement in eighth grade, an ability to grasp scientific concepts with depth and understanding.  Math placement and interest in the various branches of science.