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Science and Technology 8th IB (6088)    - SITE ADOPTED COURSE -


Approved Site(s):
 Approved for Pacific Beach Middle School. Other schools may not offer this course without prior approval from the Interdivisional Curriculum Committee.

Grade Range:
 8
 Prerequisites:
 None
 Course duration:
 Two semesters
Course Description:
 This is a required course for all Grade 8 students at the approved site.

This course is the last in a three-year series of integrated courses designed to meet the science and technology requirements of the IB Middle Years Programme. Students explore concepts of physical, earth, and life sciences. While this course continues to build on the technology competencies mastered by students in the second-year course, the emphasis is on scientific inquiry. Students in this course participate in hands-on explorations and experiments, manipulate models and simulations, research and read about the work of other scientists, and create graphic organizers in preparation for taking advanced physics in ninth grade. In order to satisfy IB MYP time requirements, this course is taught during a 70-minute extended period every day for the entire year.

State Course Code(s):
 9353 - International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) Science (biology, chemistry, or physics)
Basic Texts and Teaching Guides:
 Amplify Science: California Integrated Course Model, Amplify Education, Inc, 2018