Beaver Lake Middle School

Mr. Emery

Science Curriculum

2005-2006

Trimester One

Light

* The Nature of Light

* Reflection and Refraction

* Color

Sound

* Sources of Sound

* Frequency and Pitch

Fossils and Earth History

* Fossils

* Finding the Age of Rock Layers

* Early Earth History

* Middle and Recent Earth History

* Raw Materials of Evolution

* How Evolution Works

* Evidence of Evolution

Lab Safety

Scientific Method

Measurement

* Metric System

Trimester Two

Classification of the Living World

Cells

Simple Organisms

Animals

Plants

Scientific Method

Trimester Three

Ecosystems

* What is an Ecosystem

* Organisms in Their Environment

* How Limiting Factors Affect Organisms

* Succession

* Interactions in an Ecosystem

* Extinction- A Natural Process

Scientific Method