All Courses
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EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE A_Spadafino_TR1
Middle school weather curricula aim to engage students in understanding the Earth's dynamic atmosphere and the factors that influence weather patterns and climate. A key approach involves exploring real-world phenomena and utilizing hands-on activities and investigations to deepen understanding.
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LIFE SCIENCE C_Beck_TR3
We’ll start the year off with the tiniest living things (cells) and how larger living things are structured (like you and me!). Later, we’ll move into why living things have certain characteristics (genetics) and end the year with how all of these living things fit together in the environment (ecology). Our goal is for every student to grow as a student and scientist in our classes. Students will strive to master concepts, processes, and skills to perform scientific inquiry through hands-on activities, simulations, modeling, projects, readings, and guided instruction.
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EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE B_Spadafino_TR2
Middle school Earth's dynamic systems curricula focus on how Earth's various systems (the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere) interact and how these interactions lead to constant changes on Earth's surface and in its climate. A key element is exploring the processes that drive these changes and understanding the evidence that supports these processes.
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SOCIAL STUDIES 8 A_Foltz_TR1
8th Grade Social Studies is aligned with the Washington State Social Studies Standards and focuses on the study of American history from the First Americans, exploration and discovery of the Americas, the colonial period, the American War for Independence and American Revolution, the Constitution, developments in the early republic, westward expansion, and the Civil War and Reconstruction. We analyze historical interactions between people, geography, politics, economics, and cultures, while making connections with current events/issues. Throughout the course students will be asked to think critically, enhance social studies skills, and communicate effectively in a variety of settings (large group, small group, peer to peer, presentations, projects, writing, etc.), using documents, maps, charts, graphs, technology, multimedia platforms, and informational tools.