7th and 8th Grade Science Mrs. Alison Szczerba
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akszczerbasmmschoolde.com7th/8th Grade Science
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Welcome to Middle School Science!
God is Great! And he has Great Plans for each one of us!Parents, thank you for the opportunity to work with your amazing children as we strive each day to do His will and be His hands for each other. This year our Diocesan theme is One Body in Christ. We will be using Catholic Social Teaching to learn how to treat everyone with dignity and unite together through Christ as we serve others.All curriculum information and daily class information will be shared with students on our Google Classroom platform. classroom.google.com. Parents can log in with their student's login information or sign up for guardian update emails if they would like to see more information. Please let us know if you would like the guardian emails, and we will send you an invitation. You can also click on the pages to the left for some basic information and links.Please contact me anytime via email at akszczerba@smmschoolde.com. -
7th & 8th grade science
We are happy to be continuing our Science Fusion Program, from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Through this program and the Next Generation Science Standards, the students are engaged in hands-on investigations, thoughtful discussions, and challenging learning opportunities. Students will be encouraged to come up with questions and ideas that they want to explore, and then go and actually try to find and measure real scientific evidence to back up their ideas. Our program provides many ways to be hands-on with our learning as well as a solid resource in the consumable worktext. Students are able to write in their worktext, highlight important parts, fill in graphic organizers and summary pages, and jot down notes about questions they start to ponder. We are developing active reading skills that will help them become critical science readers, while also learning lab techniques and ways to investigate the world of Life Science and Physical Science. We're looking forward to another great year of exploring!
7th Grade Life Science Topics:
Cells, Reproduction, Heredity, Organisms, Human Body Systems, Human Health, Ecology, Ecosystems, Earth’s Resources, and Human Impact on the Environment
8th Grade Physical Science Topics:
Matter, Energy, Atoms and the Periodic Table, Reactions, Solutions, Acids and Bases, Motion and Forces, Work, Potential and Kinetic Energy, Machines, Electricity and Magnetism, Waves, Sound, and Light -
Upcoming events
Please see the school calendar and google classroom for major events.
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7th-8th grade snow day procedures
* Students, please make sure you always know your login credentials for your online texts and programs; most items are accessed through your singal sign in Classlink.
- By 9:00 AM on the snow day, teachers will post assignments on their Google Classroom pages.
- Students will receive work in math, science, language arts, and social studies. Students should expect to complete about 2 hours of work total (20-30 minutes for each assignment).
- The Diocese requires that students are held accountable for snow day assignments.