Grade 6 - Students work on changing different variables as they learn how to do controlled experiments.
Students also learn about simple machines as well as environmental science.
Curriculum Highlights
- Variables Unit with a mini Science Fair project
- Simple Machines Unit with a project using simple machines
- Camp Foley–a one-week, away from school experience focusing on science and science experiments
Grade 7 - Students will spend the year learning Biology.
They will be learning about the structure and function of cells, bacteria and viruses, plants, animals, and human body systems.
Curriculum Highlights
- Science Fair
- Frog Dissection
- Variety of labs
- Bacteria and Virus Project
Grade 8 - Students will focus on Chemistry.
- Classifying Matter
- Physical and Chemical Changes
- Changes in State of Matter
- Atomic Structure
- The Periodic Table
- Chemical reactions
- Waves and Sound
- Geology
- Weather and the Atmosphere
Curriculum Highlights
- Chemistry experiments and demonstrations
- Science Fair
- Adopt an Element Project
- Several STEM projects