Science - Jodi Burns
contact me @ jodim@bakersfield.k12.mo.us
Life science
(6th grade)
Field Trip to Caney Mountain to be announced in October.
Science Fair will be week of March 21-25. All middle school students participate in this and may have up to one partner.
Students will keep a weekly notebook (1" binder) that will be kept in the classroom.
Each of the following units will be covered in this course:
the nature of matter bookk.mssscience.com
life structure and function booka.msscience.com
from bacteria to plants bookb.msscience.com
human body systems bookd.msscience.com
Physical Science
(7th grade)
Science Fair will be week of March 21-25. All middle school students participate in this and may have up to one partner.
Students will keep a weekly notebook (1" binder) that will be kept in the classroom.
Each of the following units (except for math review) will be covered in this course:
Scientific Problem Solving
Motion and Forces
Descxribing Motion
The Laws of Motion
Work and Simple Machines
Forces and Fluids
Energy and Matter
Energy and Energy Resources
Thermal
Foundations of Chemistry
States of Matter
Properties of Matter
Understanding the Atom
Periodic Table
Elements and Chemical Bonds
Interactions of Matter
Chemical Reactions and Equations
Mixtures, Solubility, and Acid/Base Solutions
Carbon Chemistry
Waves
Waves
Sound
Electromagnetic Waves
Light
Electricity and Magnetism
Electricity
Magnetism
resources:
motion, force and energy bookm.msscience.com
the nature of matter bookk.msscience.com
waves, sound, and light booko.msscience.com
electricity and magnetism bookn.msscience.com
Earth Science
(8th grade)
Science Fair will be week of March 21-25. All middle school students participate in this and may have up to one partner.
Students will keep a weekly notebook (1" binder) that will be kept in the classroom.
Each of the following units will be covered in the following order during this course:
Exploring Earth
Mapping the Earth
Earth Structure
Minerals
Rocks
Weathering and Soil
Erosion and Deposisition
Geologic Changes
Plate Tectonics
Earth Dynamics
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Clues to Earth's Past
Geologic Time
Weather and Climate
Earth's Atmosphere
Weather
C;limate
Water and other resources
Earth's Water
Oceans
Freshwater
Natural Resources
the changing surface of earth bookg.msscience.com
the air around you booki.msscience.com
the water planet bookh.msscience.com
astronomy bookj.msscience.com
dsc.discovery.com/convergence/supervolcano/supervolcano.html