| Pilot Site: |
| | Pilot course for Muir K-8, Language Academy K-8, Longfellow K-8, Audubon K-8, Barnard K-6, Clark, Millennial Tech, Montgomery, Pacific Beach, Roosevelt, Pershing, and Wilson Middle School. Other schools may not offer this course without prior approval from the Interdivisional Curriculum Committee.
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| Grade Range: |
| | 8 |
| Prerequisites: |
| | None |
| Course duration: |
| | Two semesters |
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| Course Description: |
| | STEMscopes is designed to spark students’ interest and empower them to ask more questions, think more critically, and generate innovative ideas. With the proven 5E (engage, explore, explain, evaluate, extend) instructional framework, STEMscopes provides an in-depth, collaborative, evidence-based, and a project-based learning experience to place science students on the path to career and college readiness. In 8th grade, students will focus on Earth systems, Earth and human activity, heredity, and inheritance and variation of traits, and biological evolution: unity and diversity. |
| State Course Code(s): |
| | 9329 - Integrated Science III |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: |
| | 8th Grade STEMscope Spanish, STEMscopes 2018
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