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Science

The Loyalsock Township Middle School Science Department aspires to graduate students who are skilled critical thinkers, problem solvers, innovators and team players. We will develop the minds of life-long learners by providing access to a variety of course offerings that will support the creativity and curiosity of all students.

Science Humor
Remarks Author
There was a young lady named Bright
Whose speed was far faster than light.
She left one day
In a relative way
And returned home the previous night!
Anonymous
I am sitting here 93 million miles from the sun on a rounded rock which is spinning at the rate of 1000 miles an hour. And my head pointing down into space with nothing between me and infinity but something called gravity which I can’t even understand, and which you can’t even buy any place so as to have some stored away for a gravity-less day… Russell Baker
Two brothers bought a cattle ranch and named it “Focus.” When their father asked why they chose that name, they replied: “It’s the place where the sons raise meat.” Prof. W. B. Pietenpol
There’s no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool. Edward Teller

Homework

All homework will be posted through Moodle or My Homework App. Find the proper assignment placing by asking your instructor.

Science Course Overview by Grade

6th Grade Science Overview

The sixth grade science curriculum at Loyalsock Township Middle School is designed to provide learning experiences in which all students are able to meet or even exceed the standards set forth by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for Earth and Environmental Science.

Emphasis of this program is based on:

  • Understanding and response to individual student needs, strengths and experiences.
  • Providing an inquiry-based program.
  • Use of multiple forms of assessments to gather data on student understanding and progress.
  • Textbook work, powerpoint presentations, videos and hands-on performance-based in-class projects.
  • Integrate technology in a way that models real life, professional skills.

Sixth Grade Science Course Description

  • Introduction to laboratory equipment and safety
  • Mini unit on the metric system
    Project: Metric Scavenger Hunt
  • Ecology: The Environment and Biomes
    Project: “Biome Presentation,” and “Dendrology”
  • Earth’s Freshwater
    Projects: “Testing The Waters,” and “Safe To Drink”
  • Earth’s Oceans
    Project: “The Great Mixing Bowl: The Chesapeake Bay”
  • Earth’s Atmosphere
    Projects: “Finding the Percentage of Oxygen in the Atmosphere” and “Paper Airplane Flight”
  • Earth’s Weather and Climate
    Project: “Forecasting the Weather,” and “You’re Wearing Me Out”
  • Earth’s Interior
    Project: “Earthquakes!,” and “The Rock Cycle”
  • Earth’s Landmasses
    Projects: “Where on Earth? Understanding Latitude and Longitude,” and “Puzzling Plates”
  • Stream Study
    Projects: “Star Track III; The Search for Mr. Z” and “Miller’s Run and the Reparin Zone”
  • Space
    Project: “Our Awesome Galaxy”

7th Grade Life Science

Seventh Grade Life Science focuses on the development of an understanding of life science topics and current scientific research.  Emphasis is placed on the application of the scientific method and laboratory skills.  A combination of experiments, demonstrations, discussions, and readings will set the stage for student learning throughout the year.

Content areas include:

  • scientific skills
  • laboratory techniques
  • the cell and life processes
  • heredity and genetics
  • classification systems
  • animal structures and function
  • plant structures and function

8th Grade Physical Science

The over all objective of this course is to support individually unique students while they develop and discipline their minds to gain understanding of the world in which they live. The main focus of the eight grade physical science course is to guide the student while developing a systematic method of inquiry that is based on observable facts.  This course is to give students the tools needed to express understanding of the given material as well as their interpretation of theories or laws that describe their world.

While using the physical science content, focused on the properties of matter, forms of energy and their interaction, the students will learn and correctly use the scientific method.  The students will learn concepts and define facts as being the product of science but more importantly to use a process that will allow them to understand observations and derive conclusions having ownership in the understanding of a problem.

The content areas to be covered span many areas of the physical science curriculum.  Starting the year by understanding basic units of measure and the property of matter the units describe to developing a derived unit showing how different properties of matter and energy interact.  The order on topics covered are as follows:

 

Science and Measurement 

  • Scientific Method
  • Units
  • Systems of Measure
  • Technology

Matter and Properties of Matter

  • States
  • Changes – physical , chemical, nuclear

Forms of Energy 

  • Heat
  • Wave

Static Charge

  • Atom structure
  • Methods of charging

Chemistry

  • Atomic structure
  • Elements – characteristics
  • Periodic Table

Mechanics

  • Force
  • Work
  • Power
  • Simple Machines

Motion

  • Scalar – Vector
  • Newton’s Laws
Science Staff

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Zac Martin

8th Grade Science Teacher

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Loyalsock Township Middle SchoolExt. 1231Work Phone: 570-323-9439
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Sarah Puderbach

7th Grade Science Teacher

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Loyalsock Township Middle SchoolExt. 1244Work Phone: (570) 323-9439

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