8th grade is a very challenging but fun and exciting year! This year, we build on all the skills you have gained thus far, and prepare you to meet and conquer the challenges of high school and further education. The Science Curriculum has been changed over the years to make the flow of skills and knowledge over grades be more seemless and logical.
This year we will learn lots of new things and hopefully have some fun along the way. There are lots of opportunities to explore your individual creativity, to encourage you “inner leader”, and to work as part of a team. Over the course of the year, we will be covering topics in Life Science, Physical Science and Earth and Space Science. These topics were chosen to prepare students entering HS for the various Science courses offered.
In this website, you will get information about each of the Units taught over the year, which will be updated as we go along. Assignments, reviews, rubrics and deadlines will also be posted. There will be areas for discussions about material taught in class, to get help with work, and sometimes, a question or problem may be posted for students to comment on. As in class, respect and appropriate material only will be permitted.
This website is not to be used to replace properly taken notes in class and HW assignments written in student’s agendas, but as a way to ensure that we all have access to important information. There will also be a tab where I will add useful websites as I find them, where students can go to find additional resources for class.
Let’s have a great year learning Science together!!
ISPS 8th Grade Science 