| Pilot Site: |
| | Pilot course for Muir K-8, Golden Hill, 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: |
| | 6 |
| Prerequisites: |
| | None |
| Course duration: |
| | One semester; may also be taught as a six-nine-, or 12-week portion of an 18-week wheel course |
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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 6th grade, students will focus on from molecules to organisms: structures and process, heredity, and inheritance and variation of traits. |
| State Course Code(s): |
| | 9327 - Integrated Science I |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: |
| | 6th Grade STEMscope Spanish STEMscopes 2018 |