SCIENCE 

St. James 
Psalm 28 Of David.: " The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. "

My name is Hunter Rainis and this is my first year at Our Lady of Lourdes. Our middle school science program will follow Next Generation Science Standards and Science Fusion. To maximize student engagement labs will be performed in class to support lesson materials and key concepts. I have recieved a Masters in Biology and my goal is to motivate students to apply science knowlege to the real world. This includes critical thinking skills, research, experimentation, and reporting results to a community. 

Classroom Topics

6th Grade 

The sixth grade will learn about the Dynamic Earth. More specifically unit plans discuss Earth Surface, Earth History, Minerals and Rocks, and The Restless Earth. Lesson that students have found intresting include Earth's spheres, soil formation, weathering, erosion, deposition, minerals, rock cycle, plate tectonics, volcanoes and earthquakes. 

7th Grade

The seventh grade will learn about the Diveristy of Living Things. More specifically unit plans discuss Life Over Time and Earths Organisms. Lessons that students have found intresting include the theory of evolution, the history of life on Earth, classification of living things, introduction to plants, introduction of animals, and animal behavior. 

8th Grade

The eighth grade will learn an introduction to Science and Technology. More specifically unit plans discuss The Nature of Science, Measurment and Data, Engineering, Technology, and Society. Lessons that students have found intresting include science investigation, science and society, models and simulations, the engineer process, systems and enginneering our world.