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This course explores three of the main science disciplines (Chemistry, Physics, and Biology) through an integrated hands-on approach. Our course seeks to fulfill both the IB’s Middle Years Program requirements, and the NYS standards as stated in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Students are encouraged to make connections between scientific concepts and their applications in everyday life.
Unit 1: Properties of Matter
This unit covers the nature of science and experimentation, as well as some of the foundational understandings of properties of matter.
Essential Questions:
- How do scientists gather information accurately?
- What does it mean for something to be “true” in science?
- How can experiments help us understand our world?
- What is matter? What are the properties of matter? How do we measure them?
- What are the states of matter? How does temperature affect them?
Density Experiments
The 6th grade class performed a short experiment to demonstrate how liquids of different densities interact with each other. They were tasked with pouring a certain amount of corn syrup into a graduated cylinder with water, and both wrote and drew what they observed.
Data Visualization Poster Gallery
As part of an interdisciplinary project with their Math class, the 6th graders were asked to use data collected from an experiment in science class and visualize it through a graph on a poster. The students then set up their posters in a gallery and provided feedback on their classmate's work, grading them based on a rubric they were given in class.
Unit 2: Energy
Unit 3: Ecology
This unit covers the many levels of systems present in our world, from covering biotic and abiotic factors, biomes, and how humans and animals interact with our environment.
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