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Science 6th Advanced (6039) - SITE ADOPTED COURSE - | |||
| Approved Site(s): | |
| Approved for Challenger and Wangenheim Middle Schools. Other schools may not offer this course without prior approval from the Interdivisional Curriculum Committee. | |
| Grade Range: | |
| 6 | |
| Prerequisites: | |
| None | |
| Course duration: | |
| Yearlong course. | |
| Course Description: | |
| This general science course allows grade 6 students to meet the requirement for science. It is an accelerated course offered to interested and high achieving science students. Students extend their abilities in investigation, inquiry, and the nature of science, emphasizing in particular the quality of explanations and citing of evidence for these explanations. Concepts in physical, life and earth sciences are explored in depth. Students use the concepts of systems and system models, cause and effect, energy and matter, to explore and build their understanding of science. | |
| State Course Code(s): | |
| 9327 - Integrated Science I | |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: | |
| California Focus on Earth Science, Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2008. Supplemental Resources Science Safety Handbook for California Public Schools, California Department of Education, 2014. | |