Things you will need:
- Science Duotang : Labeled with: Your First Name and Last Initial, Homeroom, SCIENCE eg. Jaya D. 7B. SCIENCE
- Agenda book
- Pencil case with necessary items
- Safety goggles (for later in October/November)
- Student ID, password for wifi.
CELL PHONES AND DEVICES: Are allowed for use in class with permission. Any student using a device when not permitted, or if using the device for purposes other than class work will have the device taken from them until their parent/guardian comes to pick it up. This is a ZERO-tolerance policy.
- Agenda book
- Pencil case with necessary items
- Safety goggles (for later in October/November)
- Student ID, password for wifi.
CELL PHONES AND DEVICES: Are allowed for use in class with permission. Any student using a device when not permitted, or if using the device for purposes other than class work will have the device taken from them until their parent/guardian comes to pick it up. This is a ZERO-tolerance policy.
Structural Strength and Stability
In this unit, we will explore solid structures with a focus on structural strength and stability. Students will learn what external and internal forces act on structures and how the choice of materials, joining methods, and shape affect a structures ability to perform its function. Lots of building and destruction will take place!!! Fun!
Heat and Temperature
Students will be officially introduced to the Particle Theory of Matter and learn about how heat affects the movement of particles causing conduction and convection to occur. How heat travels by radiation will also be explored and the environmental concerns regarding the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect, and Climate Change. An important goal of this unit is not only to have understanding of how heat transfer occurs, but also to recognize how we can also control heat with technology with hopes that one day we will have a solution to Global Warming effects.
Pure Substances and Mixtures
What makes one type of matter different from another type of matter? If something looks homogeneous, how can it be made of different types of matter? How can we separate mixtures that seem impossible to separate? These are some of the questions which will be answered in this unit. Through a variety of experimentation, students will figure out what a solution is, how they form, and how you can use the properties of a substance to separate it from its mixture.
Interactions in Ecosystems
Someone once told me a story about how fish feed the forest. I thought this was a long shot, but alas, I was proven wrong - thankfully. You see, the fish was food for the bears. The bears would catch their fish, bring it under the canopy of a tree and eat their fish, leaving all the remains under the tree. Well, these remains would provide nutrients for the forest trees, which would provide nutrition for all sorts of insects and mammals which of course would interact with, and impact a growing set of creatures. This is how the fish fed the forest. I thought.. cool!