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5th Grade Science
Texts: Science Horizons and Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Biololgy and Health

Curriculum: Scientific Method, plant systems, plant adaptations, human body, body systems, health and fitness, introduction to plants, ecology, environmental science, ecosystems, Earth's water, basic Astronomy.

6th Grade Science
Texts: Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Inside Earth and Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Weather and Climate

Curriculum: Scientific Method, Geology, the layers of the Earth, Earth's changing surface (earthquakes, volcanoes, weathering, erosion), weather, climate, non-renewable and renewable resources.

7th Grade Science
Texts: Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Cells and Heredity, Sound and Light, Astronomy

Curriculum: Scientific Method, cells and cell structure, DNA, genetics, characteristics of waves, sound waves and light waves, the solar system, stars, The Science Fair

8th Grade Science
Texts: Prentice Hall: Physical Science and Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Chemical Building Blocks

Curriculum: Motion, forces, energy, electriciy, magnetism, basic Chemistry (the elements and the Periodic Table) chemical interactions, acids, bases, solutions, The Science Fair