1. Ask questions.                           

2. Follow directions and instructions.                                 

3. Work collaboratively

4. Basic measuring skills   

5. Basic organizational skills 

6. Ask 3 before you ask the teacher                        

7. Basic math skills, averaging, simple graphing, and data tables. 

Textbook/Ebook: cK12 Online Textbook

Units:

-Scientific Method/Intro to Earth Science

-Mapping

-Space

-Weather

-4 Spheres

-Earth's Atmosphere

-Layers of the Atmosphere

-Geosphere

-Biosphere

-Hydrosphere

-Environmental Science/Connect all 4 spheres

Link to Curriculum, Standards, Pacing, Alignment, & PD document:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v2LTBe6sphxswS7gOaCeRdElPKel2GixBKPvdvlFj54/edit?usp=sharing

- Use scientific tools and equipment correctly.

- Understand some of the metric system (cm, m, mm, ml, l, etc.)

- Learning to measure with accuracy (ex: meniscus when measuring volume of liquid)

- Data tables, bar/line/pie charts

- Basic lab report writing skills

- Knowing the steps of the scientific method

- Lab Safety expectations

-Introduced to dependent/independent variables, controls, accurate setup of labs but with help.

They learn the microscope in 7th grade.

Textbook/Ebook: cK-12

Units:

-Scientific Inquiry

-Characteristics of Living Things/Classification

-Cell Structure and Function

-From Cells to Organisms/Mitosis/Asexual Reproduction

-Cell Reproduction/Meiosis/Sexual Reproduction

-Genetics

-Evolution/Natural Selection

-Ecology

-Population Growth (honors)

Link to Curriculum, Standards, Pacing, Alignment, & PD document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v2LTBe6sphxswS7gOaCeRdElPKel2GixBKPvdvlFj54/edit?usp=sharing

- How to read and follow the steps of a complete lab independently

- Create a graph using their own data

- Basic understanding of names and uses of lab supplies

- Terms of controlled experiments

- Lab safety

- How to measure accurately

End of MS career:

- Writing a lab report- following and understanding all the steps of the scientific method

- Creating and interpreting a graph

- Recognize the correct names and uses of lab supplies 

- Importance of lab safety rules

- Measuring and converting using the metric system

Textbook/Ebook: CK12

Units:

-Scientific Literacy

-Matter and It's Interactions

-Atoms, Elements, & Periodic Table

-Magnetism & Electromagnetism

-Motion (Speed, Velocity, Acceleration)

-Force's & Newton's Laws

Link to Curriculum, Standards, Pacing, Alignment, & PD document:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v2LTBe6sphxswS7gOaCeRdElPKel2GixBKPvdvlFj54/edit?usp=sharing

Textbook/Ebook:

Miller and Levine Biology 2019

ISBN-13 9780133236385

Units

Trimester 1:

Unit 1- The Science of Biology

Unit 2- Chemistry of Life

Unit 3- Cell Structure & Function

Trimester 2:

Unit 4-Cellular Energetics

Unit 5-Cell Growth and Division

Unit 6-Mendelian Genetics

Trimester 3:

Unit 7- DNA Structure and Function

Unit 8- Evolution

Unit 9-Ecology

Link to Curriculum, Standards, Pacing, Alignment, & PD document:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GHfItdLdl_OZOmHlMyh8OVotVjg4Csvq/edit

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XY_iRhvrbCmkCC6Bd6zEPbxUMINwYpgRsiUpGRTJWYI/edit?usp=sharing

Be able to identify variables-independent, dependent, control; know basic lab glassware & equipment (eg beaker, pipette, graduated cylinder, balance); measure using SI units (match measurements to units); lab report structure.

During

Develop research skills for background knowledge; analytical skills to write conclusions (CER); collect data and plot graphs using the appropriate format; interpret & analyze graphs; use significant figures in calculations.

After

Free response questions-analyze word problems; be able to identify the given, the wanted & the distractors; be able to recognize combined concepts in a word problem.

Chemistry Honors Textbook/Ebook: HMH Ed Science Dimensions online platform

Units:

Unit 1 Introduction to Chemistry, Matter & Measurement

Unit 2 Atoms & Elements

Unit 3 Chemical Nomenclature, Compounds & Mixtures ( ionic, covalent, & metallic bonding)

Unit 4 Chemical Reactions (Balancing Chemical Equations & Stoichiometry)

Unit 5 Equilibrium, States of Matter & Gases

Unit 6 Acids & Bases

Link to Science Department (Chemistry Honors) Curriculum, Standards, Pacing, Alignment, & PD document:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uRSY2RK58T31vr2WbAJKAaH2zsDicw6zUCaBevnMg78/edit

CP Chem

1- Intro to chem

2- Matter and change

3- Measurements

4- atomic structure

5- electrons in atoms

6- periodic table

7- chemical nomenclature

8- ionic and metallic bonding

9- covalent bonding

10- mole

11- chemical reactions

12- stoichiometry

13- states of matter

14- behavior of gassess

21- acids and bases

Link to Curriculum, Standards, Pacing, Alignment, & PD document:

CP Chem Link below

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OSZ0AMHgIBonwICAq5vYdyNpcdMiBJ5v9HVTzJ6wZew/edit?usp=sharing

real-world problem-solving skills 

identifying errors in experimental or real-world design 

Research techniques

Textbook/Ebook: Forensic Science: Fundamentals & Investigation 3rd edition

Units:

• Unit 1: Observation Skills 

• Unit 2: Crime Scene Investigation and Evidence Collection 

• Unit 3: Fingerprinting 

• Unit 4:  DNA Profiling

• Unit 5:Blood/Blood Splatter 

• Unit 6: Autopsy / Death 

• Unit 7: Toxicology

Link to Curriculum, Standards, Pacing, Alignment, & PD document:

MARINE BIOLOGY: LINK to curriculum, standards, etc.

Units:

Unit 1: Intro to Marine Ecology 

Unit 2: Physical Factors in the Marine Environments

Unit 3: Plankton

Unit 4: Invertebrates

Unit 5: Marine Vertebrates (Fish, reptiles, and birds)

Unit 6: Marine Mammals

Unit 7: Coral Reefs

Unit 8: Open Ocean

• Manipulate and solve for a single variable

• Functional use of metrics and conversions  

• Basic research skills including recognizing valid resources  

• In-text citations and full sources 

• Basic measurements of distance, volume, area, mass 

• Basic analysis of data, graphs, tables 

• Functional use of the scientific method 

What will they learn during? 

• They will learn to use inferential statistics 

• Evaluate experimental design 

• Apply their skills to solving real world problems 

• Accurate plotting of graphics 

• Capacity to use 2 or more different concepts for answering questions (FRQ’s) 

• Apply concept knowledge to answering FRQ’s 

• Essay writing strategies such as outlining 

What will they know after? 

• They will know how to choose an appropriate statistical test  

• Know how to conduct a literature review and ask a scientific question 

• Independently design an experiment to test a hypothesis 

• Analyse data 

• Draw conclusions including evaluations of the methodology 

• Complete an IA 

• Prepare for a comprehensive examination 

IB ESS: Kognity & InThinking

Units:

1) Foundations of ESS

2) Ecosystems & Ecology

3) Biodiversity & Conservation

4) Water and aquatic food production systems & societies

5) Soil systems & terrestrial food production systems & socities

6) Atmospheric systems & societies

7) Climate change & energy production

8) Human systems & resource use

9) Internal & external assessment

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MrQajc963vdyw7344ji70YtT2_jdY3Wve2xHSjAsjcU/edit?usp=sharing

AP Biology: Biology for the AP Course

Unit 1: Chemistry of Life

Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function

Unit 3: Cell Energetics

Unit 4: Cell Communication

Unit 5: Heretidy

Unit 6: Gene Regulation & Expression

Unit 7: Natural Selection

Unit 8: Ecology

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gYAFz81EiZ7s_n7vAjS2wYx-qR5667Ypsl1qNxOtWO0/edit?usp=sharing