6th Grade:
Sixth grade science focuses on Earth Science. 地球科学课程建立在学生自然好奇心的基础上. 通过将它们与美丽的地质历史联系起来, the amazing landforms around the globe, the nature of the sea and air, and the newest discoveries about our universe, 该课程为学生提供了与日常世界联系的机会. 学生将探索地质学基础等主题, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy; Earth’s minerals and rocks; Earth’s interior; plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, and the movements of continents; geology and the fossil record; the oceans and the atmosphere; the solar system and the universe. 课堂作业帮助学生了解科学家如何研究我们星球的科学.
7th Grade:
7th grade Science focuses on Life Science. 生命科学课程邀请学生通过阅读来探索生物的世界——无论是大的还是小的, observing, 并尝试地球上生命的各个方面. 学生们探索各种各样的生物, 细胞和细胞生物学的复杂工作原理, 生物与环境的关系, 以及现代遗传学领域的发现. Students tackle such topics as ecology, microorganisms, animals, plants, cells, animals, species, adaptation, heredity, genetics, and the history of life on Earth. 课堂活动和作业帮助学生了解科学家是如何研究生活世界的.
8th Grade:
8th grade Science focuses on Physical Science. 物理科学课程向学生介绍物理世界的许多方面, 先专注于化学,然后是物理. 本课程提供了物理世界的概述,并为学生提供了清晰思考物质的工具和概念, atoms, molecules, chemical reactions, motion, force, momentum, work and machines, energy, waves, electricity, light, and other aspects of chemistry and physics. Among other subjects, students study the structure of atoms; the elements and the Periodic Table; chemical reactions; forces, including gravitational, motion, acceleration, and mass; and energy, including light, thermal, electricity, and magnetism.