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Curriculum Night

Discover the comprehensive Science Curriculum for 7th and 8th grades covering biology, life sciences, chemistry, and physical sciences. Emphasizing NGSS and STEM concepts, students explore plant and animal cells, evolution, gravity, motion, and more through hands-on labs. The curriculum encourages responsibility, preparation, and active participation. Supply list, discipline guidelines, rewards, communication methods, and contact information provided.

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Curriculum Night

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  1. Curriculum Night Mrs. Meagher

  2. Expectations • Try their best at everything they do. • Be responsible with their work and actions. • Be prepared for class and do their own work. Students are in control of their own situation!

  3. Our Science Curriculum • 7th grade : Biology/life sciences using Next Generation Science Standards(NGSS) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) • 7th grade will focus on plant and animal cells to the evolution of organisms. We start out with reviewing measuring skills and learning the lab equipment. The scientific method is applied during the hands-on inquiry labs. • 8th grade: Chemistry/physical sciences using NGSS and STEM • 8th grade will focus on gravity, motion and Newton’s Laws to the Periodic Table and atoms. We start out reviewing measuring skills and lab equipment. The scientific method is applied during the hands-on inquiry labs.

  4. What are Life Sciences? 7th grade a branch of science (as biology, medicine, and sometimes anthropology or sociology) that deals with living organisms and life processes. ANIMAL AND PLANT CELL – Parts and functions ECOSYSTEMS – How organisms react with their environment? PHOTOSYNTHESIS – How do plants make their own food? ANIMAL BEHAVIOR/ANIMAL REPRODUCTION

  5. What are the Physical Sciences? 8th grade • A branch of science (as chemistry, physics, astronomy, etc.) that studies inanimate natural objects. • Introduction to Matter-properties of matter, states of matter, elements of periodic table, atoms • Interactions of Matter-chemical bonding and reactions • Forces, Motion, and Energy-matter in motion (speed, velocity, friction), and forces in motion (inertia, momentum)

  6. SUPPLIES NEEDED DAILY • TEXT BOOK • NOTEBOOK (2-3 SUBJECT) • FOLDER • GRAPH PAPER • LOOSE LEAF • CALCULATOR • FLASH DRIVE • PEN/PENCIL

  7. Practice • Assignment Notebooks /Web site • Purpose is to reinforce what is learned in class • Child’s Responsibility—NOT PARENTS • Amount of time • Parental signatures and involvement • Online textbook available (myHRW.com)

  8. Discipline • Verbal Warnings/reteach expectations. • Call home • Detention/Referral Slip • Lunch time study hall

  9. Rewards • Positive note/call home or Spectacular Spartan postcard • Possible time for game day • Verbal praise

  10. Communication • Newsletters and notes and websites • E-mail/phone calls • Signing of papers • Progress Reports • Report Cards • Power School!!!!! (Child and Parent should be checking!)

  11. Thank You • E-Mail lmeagher@summithill.org • SHJH 815-469-4330 THE END

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