Sixth grade science classes are finishing the Amplify Unit “Microbiome” by studying the scale of microscopic things, learning to use microscopes, and doing a case study on the fictional Patient 23. These lessons use the Science and Engineering Practices of Constructing Explanations and Developing and Using Models.
Seventh grade science has completed their first Amplify Unit called “Life on Mars”. The students used the Science and Engineering practices of Analyzing and Interpreting Data and Engaged in Argument from Evidence. The next topic will be Plate Tectonics with a focus on volcanoes and Earth’s plate motion.
Eighth grade has used Scale and Proportion skills to make an Earth and a Planet of their choice to scale. As we continue with Space science, we are learning the phases of the moon and what causes us to see the moon in these phases as it orbits Earth. The Science and Engineering skill of Developing and Making Models is enhancing student understanding of the Earth-Moon-Sun system. Students are making a lunar phase wheel in the pictures below.
