Middle School Science

General Objectives:

• To apply scientific and engineering practices in gaining knowledge and understanding
  •  Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
  • Developing and using models
  • Planning and carrying out investigations
  •  Analyzing and interpreting data
  • Using mathematics and computational thinking
  • Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering)
  • Engaging in argument from evidence
  • Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
• To relate basic scientific concepts in the learning of all topics
  • Patterns observed in forms and events
  • Cause and effect: mechanism and explanation of events and their causes
  • Scale, Proportion, and Quantity: different measures of size, time, and energy
  • Systems and System Models: defining a system and testing ideas
  • Energy and Matter: flows, cycles, and conservation
  • Structure and Function: The way structure determines functions
  • Stability and Change: conditions of stability and rates of change