*THIS CLASS MEETS LIVE BUT IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS A SELF-PACED/PRE-RECORDED CLASS* (message me if you can't find the link)

**This is a new class but is the exact same format/content as my SEMESTER ! middle school science class. You can still see the reviews from that class on my profile.**

This is a fun, interactive, and rigorous 8-week course which meets once each week! This class can be taken as a stand-alone course (the learners are not required to take all 4 quarters of this curriculum). This course is based on national science standards and includes many hands-on activities. 

Course Structure:

*1 live meeting per week (1 hour, 15 min); part lecture/part interactive slides and labs
*Optional homework or projects will be assigned in the Outschool Classroom and can be turned in within the classroom, or be sent to me in a private message. We will try to do/start these assignments during class as often as possible.


COURSE SYLLABUS:


Week 1: Making Observations/Scientific Method

Nearpod slides and activities
Observation Activity
Design your own Mini-Experiment/Lab Report
Weekly quiz


Week 2: Characteristics of Living Things

Nearpod slides and activities
Eye Dilation (homeostasis) Activity
Living Things Lab
Lipid Lab
Weekly quiz


Week 3: Light and Matter 

Nearpod slides and activities
Electromagnetic Spectrum Foldable
Show and Tell: 3 objects from your house (opaque, translucent, transparent)
Weekly quiz


Week 4: Animal Cells
(Labor Day in the US: we will meet on Wed/Fri this week instead of Mon/Wed)

Nearpod slides and activies
Organelle Pictionary
Edible Animal Cell Project
Weekly quiz


Week 5: Plant Cells

Nearpod slides and activities
Plant/Animal Cell Foldable
Cell Bingo
Weekly quiz


Week 6: Photosynthesis

Nearpod slides and activities
Photosynthesis Storyboard (Comic Strip)
Weekly quiz


Week 7: Cell Cycle (Mitosis)

Nearpod slides and activities
Mitosis Storyboard (Comic Strip)
Virtual Onion Root Cell Lab/Lab Report
Weekly quiz


Week 8: Cell Cycle (Meiosis)

Nearpod slides and activities
Meiosis Drawing
Weekly quiz


I also have Q2, Q3, and Q4 of this class available. These are the topics covered in each of my 7th grade curriculum quarter classes:

Q1: Scientific Method, Living Things, Light and Matter, Plant/Animal Cells, Organization of Living Things, Photosynthesis, Cell Cycle.
Q2: Mendel/Genetics, Punnett Squares, DNA, DNA Mutations, Hybrid Organisms, Classification, Intro to Plants, Photosynthesis.
Q3: What is an Animal?, In/Vertebrates, Skeletal System, Circulatory System, Respiratory System, Nervous System, Digestive System. 
Q4: Rock Cycle, Fossils/Fossil Layer, Plate Tectonics, Clouds, Meteorology, Weather, and Natural Disasters.