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My Science Classes
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First Semester:
Weather - Students will spend the first 12 weeks of school learning how factors such as Air, Solar Energy, Wind, and the Water Cycle contribute to the weather patterns seen around the world. With each unit, we will focus on the use of weather instruments such as the aneroid and mercury barometers, sling psychrometers, thermometers, weather veins, anemometers, and triple beam balances.
Energy - Towards the end of the first semester, our focus will shift to energy resources and how energy transforms from one form to another.
We will also analyze how simple and complex machines decrease the force needed in order to perform work.
Second Semester:
Animals - Students will compare structural differences between vertebrate and invertebrate animals. We will also look deeper into animal behaviors, whether learned or inherited.
During our animal study we will work with Dichotomous Keys which are tools used to identify the specific Genus and Species name of an organism.
Plants - Students will be able to compare the growth, responses,
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