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 OpenOffice.
Science: Holt Science and Technology Earth Science
The topics and chapters covered are made to fit with Washington's Grade Level Expectations (GLEs). Click here to view the strands.
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
LAP:
LAP is a class where we mainly work on math skills. It involves in-class work and has no homework.
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