Grade 6

The Water Cycle, Metrics, Scientific Method, Dinosaurs, Intro to Chemistry, Air Pressure and Flight, Forces and Motion, and Electricity.  

Grades 7 & 8

The 7th and 8th grade Curriculum follows a two year cycle to cover all the Minnesota Standards for both grades.

Year 1 Life Science

• Living Things in the Biosphere

• The Cell System

• Human Body Systems

• Reproduction and Growth

• Ecosystems

• Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems

• Genes and Heredity

• Natural Selection and Change Over Time

Year 2 Earth Science

• Introduction to Earth’s Systems

• Weather in the Atmosphere

• Minerals and Rocks in the Geosphere

• Plate Tectonics

• Earth’s Surface Systems

• Distribution of Natural Resources

• Human Impacts on the Environment

• History of the Earth

• Energy in the Atmosphere and Ocean

• Climate

• Solar System and the Universe