Physical Education 7
[elective, every other day]
Intended Audience: Grade 7
Major Outcomes:
• Participate in team and group
activities that promote fitness and
cooperative learning.
• Engage in activities for lifetime fitness.
Instructional Focus: Embedded throughout
the curriculum is a structure that promotes
character building, cooperation, teamwork
and decision making. Students will partici-
pate in a variety of activities that may in-
clude: weight training, lacrosse, basketball,
speedball, volleyball, floor hockey, racquet
sports, skill development games and winter
outdoor activities.
Physical Education 8
[elective, every other day or full year]
Intended Audience: Grade 8
Major Outcomes:
• Participate in team and group
activities that promote fitness and
cooperative learning.
• Engage in activities for lifetime fitness.
Instructional Focus: Embedded throughout
the curriculum is a structure that promotes
character building, cooperation, teamwork
and decision making. Students will partici-
pate in a variety of activities that may in-
clude: archery, net games, racquet sports,
lacrosse, strength training, basketball,
volleyball and winter outdoor activities.
Physical Education: Fitness
[elective, every other day]
Intended Audience: Grades 7 and 8
Major Outcomes:
• Personal fitness.
• Engage in activities for lifetime fitness.
Instructional Focus: This class will fulfill
the needs of students who want to stay
active, but want to concentrate more on
individual, non-competitive and/or coop-
erative activities. Students will participate
in a variety of activities that may include
aerobic activities, walking and individual
weight training.
Middle School Registration Guide
Science Courses
Science 6 [Physical Science]
[full year]
Intended Audience: Grade 6
Major Outcomes:
• Investigate motion, energy transfer,
waves, matter, and engineering
• Understand forces of nature
• Learn about the history and nature
of science through scientific inquiry,
engineering, experimental design
and measurement
Projects/Activities: Experiments, force
and motion activities and energy transfer
investigations.
Instructional Focus: Students will work
individually, as well as in small and large
groups. They will be involved in hands-on
experiments, investigations, model
design and creation, observations and
data collection and analysis.
Advanced Physical Science 6
[full year]
Prerequisite/Selection Process:
District Placement Process
Intended Audience: Grade 6
Major Outcomes:
• Learn about the nature of science and
engineering through scientific inquiry,
experimental design, and measurement.
• Investigate motion, energy transfer,
waves, and engineering.
• Understand forces of nature.
This course will address the same major con-
ce pts as Science 6 [Physical Science], but at
an accelerated pace to allow for increased
depth and integrated use of technology.
Students will complete the PLTW Energy and
the Environment Engineering module.
Projects/Activities: Projects and activities
may include individual and group investiga-
tions, both student and teacher directed.
Potential investigations may involve forces
and motion, energy transformations, and
forces of nature. Students will present the
results of a research and experimental proj-
ect or a research and an engineering project
in a STEM Fair setting. Participation in the
District STEM Fair is strongly encouraged.
Instructional Focus: Students will make in
depth observations, ask questions, and gen-
erate creative and valid explanations. Stu-
dents will be encouraged to apply skills and
concepts to their everyday lives. Investiga-
tions will encourage higher order thinking
and will have an increased pace and rigor.
Science 7 [Life Science]
[full year]
Intended Audience: Grade 7
Major Outcomes:
• Investigate cells, heredity and changes
in biological populations over time.
• Investigate diversity among organisms,
human biology and ecology.
• Increase knowledge of the history and
nature of science through scientific
inquiry and experimental design.
Projects/Activities: May include cell labs,
microscope use, cell models, ADAM
human body software, owl pellet field
study, dissections, and ecosystem models.
Instructional Focus: Students will work
individually, as well as in small and large
groups. They will be involved in hands-on
experiments, investigations, model
design and creation, observations and
data collection and analysis.
Advanced Life Science 7
[full year]
Prerequisite/Selection Process:
District Placement Process
Intended Audience: Grade 7
Major Outcomes:
• Increase knowledge of the history
and nature of science through scien-
tific inquiry and experimental design.
• Investigate cells, heredity, and changes
in biological populations over time.
• Understand diversity among organ-
isms, human biology and ecology.
This course will address the same major
concepts as Science 7 [Life Science], but
at an accelerated pace to allow for
increased depth and integrated use of
technology. Students will complete the
PLTW Medical Detectives Engineering
module.
Projects/Activities: These will include lab
investigations, field studies and use of
computer technology. Students will
present the results of a research and
experimental project in a STEM Fair
setting. Participation in the District
STEM Fair is strongly encouraged.
Instructional Focus: Students will work on
in-depth analysis of life science concepts
individually and in collaborative teams.
This will include inquiry based investiga-
tion, model design, observation, data
collection and analysis.
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