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St Agatha Middle School Science Curriculum

The focus of science education at St Agatha middle school is centered on the premise that actively involves students with inquiry based, hands-on experiments so as to “cultivate a positive attitude toward science and learning in general.” The core of the curriculum is centered on the Earth, the Biological and the Physical sciences.

Seventh grade science provides a hands-on introduction to the life sciences. Topical coverage draws from core biological themes that may include pre-chemistry, energy, life structure and function, heredity and change, classification of simple organisms, plants, and animals, ecology and various body systems. It is a course designed to develop basic lab skills including safety practices, measurement skills (involving precision and accuracy with the use of common lab ware), science process skills of observation, data management and analysis (including the quantitative treatment of data collection and analysis, graphing, and modeling), concluding and formal reporting. Through a guided research process, students develop an independent investigation that is exhibited and judged at the annual St Agatha Science Fair.

 Resource Text:  Glencoe - Life Science

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