Digital Learning Department

As an introductory science course, this class hopes to inspire you to be curious and learn to enjoy the exploration science encourages.  Along with the experiments and topics, students will work with many new terms and concepts that will expand their worlds and make science a part of everyday experience. Science study skills in this class are designed to be transferred to studies in science in the years ahead.

Science 7 is  a full-year science course offering a broad introduction to the scientific method, scientific measurement and basic science concepts, as well as Earth science, cell biology and natural resources. Second semester includes experiments exploring energy and light. Students learn to write a formal lab experiment applying the concepts of dependent and independent variable and control. The flow of energy through nutrient cycles is investigated through the study of food chains and webs.

Activities: Students will be doing research online, performing and designing experiments, and writing up formal research papers. Some of the activities are on the computer, others are completed in the kitchen and then the formal write up is sent via e-mail. Many of the projects are done "hands-on" with the final product being mailed to the Internet Academy office.
 

State Standards and Learning Expectations

EALR 1: The student knows and applies scientific concepts and principles to understand the properties, structures, and changes in physical, earth/space, and living systems.

1.1. Properties: Understand how properties are used to identify, describe, and categorize substances, materials, and objects, and how characteristics are used to categorize living things.

1.2. Structures: Understand how components, structures, organizations, and interconnections describe systems.

1.3. Changes: Understand how interactions within and among systems cause changes in matter and energy.

EALR 2: The student knows and applies the skills, processes, and nature of scientific inquiry.

2.1. Investigating Systems: Develop the knowledge and skills necessary to do scientific inquiry.

2.2. Nature of Science: Understand the nature of scientific inquiry.

EALR 3: The student knows and applies science concepts and skills to develop solutions to human problems in societal contexts.

3.1. Designing Solutions: Apply knowledge and skills of science and technology to design solutions to human problems.

3.2. Science, Technology, and Society: Analyze how science and technology are human endeavors, interrelated to each other, society, the workplace, and the environment.