Current Unit: Experimental Design - Studying People Scienitifically Curriculum: SEPUP - Science Education for Public Understanding Program
Issues and Life Science, Second Edition is a standards based, issues-oriented science course that emphasizes the life/health sciences. The course can serve as a stand-alone, full-year program or as part of a three year integrated science with Issues and Physical Science, the SEPUP physical science course and Issues and Earth Science, SEPUP’s Earth Science course. IALS has four process-oriented components: Scientific thinking Personal and societal decision-making Science and technology as professions Science as a predictive activity
8th Grade Science
Current Unit: Energy
Curriculum: SEPUP -Science Education for Public Understanding Program Issues and Life Science, Second Edition is a standards based, issues-oriented science course that emphasizes the life/health sciences. The course can serve as a stand-alone, full-year program or as part of a three year integrated science with Issues and Physical Science, the SEPUP physical science course and Issues and Earth Science, SEPUP’s Earth Science course. IALS has four process-oriented components: Scientific thinking Personal and societal decision-making Science and technology as professions Science as a predictive activity- All students need to develop an understanding of science and technology to make informed personal and community decisions. Using Issues and Physical Science, Second Edition (IAPS), students learn how to gather and interpret scientific evidence about issues of interest to them and their community.
As a result, they begin to appreciate the power and also some of the limitations of science. They also begin to recognize that science is much more than a set of answers to be learned, but rather, a way of asking questions. Issues and Physical Science is a middle level physical science program that examines issues in a societal context. The program treats issues in a way that fosters and promotes the ability of young adolescents to think abstractly, and builds upon their need for peer interaction and support. It can serve as the physical science component of an integrated, multi-year science program, or as a stand-alone, full year physical science program. The course consists of 99 activities, each requiring one to three class periods.