Welcome back!
I am looking forward to another great year at TMS. I am excited to meet all of the 7th graders and work with you this year. 8th graders - this is your year! Lets aim high as we move through our last units before high school.
Please remember to bring your composition notebook, pencils and ruler. We will be setting these up the first few days of school.
On this website you will have access to the worksheets and some of the text that we will use throughout the year. Please take a few minutes to look over the links within my website and come to class armed with any questions you may have.
The class syllabus and lab safety contract will be sent home with students within the first week of the new school year.
Mrs. Harris
Welcome to 7th and 8th Grade Science at Tenino Middle School
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Friday, August 23, 2013
Welcome to 7th and 8th Grade Science with Mrs. Harris
Welcome to your 7th and 8th Grade Science class at Tenino Middle School! Science is a fun and exciting content area and I hope that you will enjoy your year with me. I have many hands on lab investigations planned for you that I think you will find interesting and engaging. I look forward to working with you this year and watching your Scientific skills and knowledge grow.
Required
Materials
The following items need to be brought to class each
day.
·
Composition Notebook – you will need TWO of these, one for the fall and one
for the spring.· Additional notebook/paper for notes, homework assignments.
· Pencils – ALL work will be done in pencil in this class.
· Calculator
· Ruler
· Colored Pencils
· Closed toed shoes - We will be doing a lot of hands on experiments and for your safety your toes must be covered.
Lab Safety Contract
Mrs. Harris Student Laboratory Safety Contract
Conduct yourself in a responsible manner at all
times in the laboratory.
HORSEPLAY, PRACTICAL JOKES, AND PRANKS ARE DANGEROUS AND PROHIBITED
Follow all written and verbal instructions
carefully. If you do not understand a
direction or part of a procedure, ASK YOUR TEACHER BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE ACTIVITY.
When entering the science classroom, do not touch
any equipment, chemicals,
or other materials in the laboratory area until you are instructed to do so.
Perform only those experiments authorized by your
teacher. Carefully follow
all instructions, both written and oral. Unauthorized experiments are not allowed.
DO NOT EAT
FOOD, DRINK BEVERAGES OR CHEW GUM in the
laboratory, this is for your safety.
Keep hands away from face, eyes, mouth, and body
while using chemicals or
lab equipment. Wash your hands with soap and water after performing all experiments.
Observe good housekeeping practices. Work
areas should be kept clean and
tidy at all times.
Labels and equipment instructions must be read
carefully before use.
Set up and use the equipment as directed by your teacher.
Experiments must be personally monitored at all
times. Do not wander around
the room, distract other students, startle other students or interfere with the laboratory experiments of others. |
I,
__________________________________ (student's name) have read and agree to
follow all of the safety rules set forth in this contract. I realize that I must obey these
rules to insure my own safety, and that of my fellow students and teachers. I am aware
that any violation of this safety contract that results in unsafe conduct in the
laboratory or misbehavior on my part, may result in my being removed from the
lab classroom, detention, having to redo a lab on your own time, and/or further
disciplinary action.
follow all of the safety rules set forth in this contract. I realize that I must obey these
rules to insure my own safety, and that of my fellow students and teachers. I am aware
that any violation of this safety contract that results in unsafe conduct in the
laboratory or misbehavior on my part, may result in my being removed from the
lab classroom, detention, having to redo a lab on your own time, and/or further
disciplinary action.
Student
signature: ______________________________________ Date:_____________
Parent/Guardians:
I have read, understood and support the classroom safety contract.
Parent
signature:________________________________________ Date:_____________
7th Grade Course Content
Course Content 2013-2014
In
the fall students will learn about the Diversity of Life. The Diversity of Life unit emphasizes the use of
knowledge and evidence to construct explanations for the structures and
functions of living organisms. Students will observe and maintain protists,
plants, and animals in the classroom and study their characteristic features.
The study progresses from macroscopic to microscopic observations to discover
the fundamental unit of life, the cell. Students will then investigate organism
subsystems and behaviors and consider their diversity of adaptive structures
and strategies. The unit is broken down into 10 investigations.
Investigation 1:
What is life?
Investigation
2: Introduction to the MicroscopeInvestigation 3: Microscopic Life
Investigation 4: Cells
Investigation 5: Seeds of Life
Investigation 6: Transpiration
Investigation 7: Plant Reproduction
Investigation 8: Snails
Investigation 9: Roaches
Investigation 10: Kingdoms of Life
Students
in the spring will learn about Forces and Motion. This unit investigates linear motion,
including position and several aspects of change of position—distance,
displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration. They will also investigate the
fundamental forces in familiar environments, such as pushes, pulls, impacts,
and falls. Students will conduct
investigations of opposing forces and additive forces to help them develop the
idea that a net force on an object produces motion. The unit is broken down
into the following investigations.
Investigation
1: From Here to There
Investigation
2: SpeedInvestigation 3: Comparing Speeds
Investigation 4: Representing Motion
Investigation 5: Acceleration
Investigation 6: Force
Investigation 7: Gravity
Investigation 8: Momentum
8th Grade Course Content
Course Content 2013-2014
In
the fall students will learn about the Populations and Ecosystems. This unit explores ecosystems as the largest
organizational unit of life on Earth, defined by its physical environment and
the organisms that live within it. Students will learn that every organism has
a role to play in its ecosystem and has structures and behaviors that allow it
to survive. Students will raise populations of organisms to discover population
dynamics and interactions over a range of conditions. They will also learn
about reproduction, including limiting factors, heredity and natural selection
as ways to understand both the similarity and the variation within and between
species. The unit is broken down into 10 investigations.
Investigation 1: Milkweed Bugs
Investigation 2: Sorting Out Life
Investigation 3: Miniecosystems
Investigation 4: Mono Lake
Investigation 5: Finding the Energy
Investigation 6: Population Size
Investigation 7: Ecoscenarios
Investigation 8: Adaptations
Investigation 9: Genetic Variation
Investigation 10: Natural Selection
Students
in the spring will learn about Catastrophic Events. Each lesson in this unit builds on skills and
concepts presented in previous lessons. As students’ progress through the
module, they take greater responsibility for their own learning, eventually
planning and conducting their own procedures, devising their own data tables,
and analyzing the results they obtain.
The Catastrophic Events unit is organized into three parts:
1. Storms
2. Earthquakes3. Volcanoes.
Throughout both semesters students will also learn about the scientific method and will be able to write hypotheses and procedures, plan and conduct scientific experiments, record and analyze experimental data and draw solid conclusions based upon the scientific data obtained.
http://www.fossweb.com/
http://www.carolinacurriculum.com/STC/Middle+School/Catastrophic+Events/index.asp
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