El Sereno Middle School International Baccalaureate World School Course Title: Science 8th grade Instructors Name: L. Louie School Year: 2018-2019 Course Overview: Using the IB Model as a Framework we have developed Units of Study around the Next Generation Science Standards and the Engineering Design Cycle. We begin learning the Scientific Method and the Engineering Design Cycle and from there we transition to the NGSS which will help students develop strong science – based skills in specific content areas such as Physical Science, Chemistry and Environmental Science, as well as skills such as critical thinking and inquiry problem solving. Subject Aims: The aims of MYP sciences are to encourage and enable students to: understand and appreciate science and its implications consider science as a human endeavor with benefits and limitations cultivate analytical, inquiring and flexible minds that pose questions, solve problems, construct explanations and judge arguments develop skills to design and perform investigations, evaluate evidence and reach conclusions build an awareness of the need to effectively collaborate and communicate apply language skills and knowledge in a variety of real-life contexts develop sensitivity towards the living and non-living environments reflect on learning experiences and make informed choices. IB Objectives A: Knowing and Understanding B: Inquiring and Designing C: Processing and Evaluating D: Reflecting on the Impacts of Science Units of Study: Engineering, Technology, and IS Life Science Earth & Space Sciences Physical Science Applications to Science Objects move and collide. The fossil record documents the the Design Criteria Newton’s Laws explain existence, diversity, extinction, forces and motions of objects on 1 and change of life forms Earth and in space. Evaluate Solutions history. throughout Earth’s Velocity and mass determine the Analyze data results of collisions between objects. Iteratively test and modify Noncontact forces influence phenomena locally and in the solar system Models explain lunar phases and Gravitational and eclipses of the Sun and Moon. electromagnetic fields are the basis of noncontact forces. 2 Gravity plays the major role in determining motions with the Changing the arrangement of solar system and galaxies. objects in a system affects the potential energy stored in that system. and diversity. Evolution explains life’s unity 3 Mutations in genes affect The geologic time scale Chemical reactions make new and organizes 4.6 billion year substances. organisms’ structures Earth’s
El Sereno Middle School International Baccalaureate World School Course Title: Science 8th grade Instructors Name: L. Louie School Year: 2018-2019 Course Overview: Using the IB Model as a Framework we have developed Units of Study around the Next Generation Science Standards and the Engineering Design Cycle. We begin learning the Scientific Method and the Engineering Design Cycle and from there we transition to the NGSS which will help students develop strong science skills in specific content areas such as Physical Science, Chemistry and Environmental Science, as well as skills such as critical thinking and inquiry based problem solving. Subject Aims: The aims of MYP sciences are to encourage and enable students to: understand and appreciate science and its implications consider science as a human endeavor with benefits and limitations cultivate analytical, inquiring and flexible minds that pose questions, solve problems, construct explanations and judge arguments develop skills to design and perform investigations, evaluate evidence and reach conclusions build an awareness of the need to effectively collaborate and communicate apply language skills and knowledge in a variety of real-life contexts develop sensitivity towards the living and non-living environments reflect on learning experiences and make informed choices. IB Objectives A: Knowing and Understanding B: Inquiring and Designing C: Processing and Evaluating D: Reflecting on the Impacts of Science Units of Study: IS Life Science Earth & Space Sciences Physical Science Engineering, Technology, and Applications to Science 1 Objects move and collide. The fossil record documents the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout Earth’s history. Newton’s Laws explain the forces and motions of objects on Earth and in space. Velocity and mass determine the results of collisions between objects. Design Criteria Evaluate Solutions Analyze data Iteratively test and modify 2 Noncontact forces influence phenomena locally and in the solar system Models explain lunar phases and eclipses of the Sun and Moon. Gravity plays the major role in determining motions with the solar system and galaxies. Gravitational and electromagnetic fields are the basis of noncontact forces. Changing the arrangement of objects in a system affects the potential energy stored in that system. 3 Evolution explains life’s unity and diversity. Mutations in genes affect organisms’ structures and The geologic time scale organizes Earth’s 4.6 billion year Chemical reactions make new substances. –