Keyboarding: no textbook 

Students will use a keyboarding program to learn how to type. There will also be a lesson on internet safety and tutorials on how to use PowerPoint and Word.

Tech: no textbook 

Students will learn the basics of the Vista operating system, parts of the computer, and create a web site using html, css, and javascript.

Science: Holt Science and Technology Earth Science

The topics and chapters covered are made to fit with Washington's Grade Level Expectations (GLEs).

Chapter 1: introduction, scientific method and investigation GLE 2.1.1, 2.1.2

Chapter 3: properties of minerals GLE 1.1.5

Chapter 4: properties of soils and how they were formed GLE 1.1.5, GLE 1.3.4

Chapter 6: how fossils were formed GLE 1.3.4

Chapter 7: heat energy transfer (convection on the mantle) GLE 1.2.1, components of the Earth's systems GLE 1.2.4

Chapter 8: how waves transfer energy (earthquakes) GLE 1.2.1

Chapter 9: how constructive processes change landforms (volcanoes) GLE 1.3.4

Chapter 10: how destructive processes change landforms (weathering) GLE 1.3.4

Chapter 15,16, 17: weather and climate GLE 1.3.6

Chapters 18, 19, 20: Understand the structure of the Solar System GLE 1.2.5, GLE 1.3.7

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