Science

This is an exciting hands-on project-based after-school program. Students will work in groups or as individuals to complete projects in multiple challenge areas. These challenge areas include roller coaster design, graphic design, electronics, 3-D printing, biotechnology, Android app development, robotics, and more. Each challenge area has multiple levels of projects that allow students to dive deeply into a focus area or to dabble in different challenges. Projects include hands-on use of materials such as circuitry components, wind turbine, or Sparki robots. Others incorporate a rich set of digital media tools for mixing music, designing and printing in 3-D, creating mobile games, or creating custom stickers. This is a STEAM-based course that combines activities in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Design, and Math. FUSE Information 

This is a year-long, activity-based science course following the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for Middle School. The course focuses on these NGSS topics: investigation and experimentation, Earth’s Place in the Solar System, Earth’s Systems (geology, weather, climate), and Earth and Human Activity. There is an emphasis on expository writing through individual and group work. In addition to the disciplinary core ideas, the NGSS cross-cutting concepts and science & engineering practices are explored.

Are you interested in learning about how crimes are solved? Explore the connection between the real world, science, and technology while learning about the field of forensics. This is a hands on course and students will be active participants in labs, activities, mysteries, and presentations. Some of the topics include eyewitness identification, blood spatter patterns, fingerprinting, trace evidence, bite mark evidence with candy, chromatography, and handwriting analysis. Students gain insight into the workings of the legal system as they examine cases and outcomes. Students will be in charge of creating their own mystery, that the rest of the class will be participants in. By the end of the course, students will be crime solving masters!

This is a year-long, activity-based science course following the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for Middle School. The course focuses on these NGSS topics: investigation and experimentation, the structure and process from molecules to organisms; interactions, energy flow and dynamics of ecosystems; inheritance and variation of genetic traits; and the diversity of biological evolution. This course will address the expectations for instruction outlined in the California Healthy Youth Act. This course also supports scientific practices through experimentation, emphasis on scientific reading, writing, and communication, collaboration, and engineering skills through design and testing. In addition to the disciplinary core ideas, the NGSS cross-cutting concepts and science & engineering practices are explored.

This is a year-long, activity-based science course following the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for Middle School. The course focuses on these NGSS topics: investigation and experimentation, matter and its interactions, forces and interactions of motion and stability, energy, waves and information technology. Students build their understanding of science phenomena and practice data analysis, math computation, reading, writing and communication skills. In addition to the disciplinary core ideas, the cross-cutting concepts and science & engineering practices are explored.

The Science Fair is an exciting event for students in Grades 6-8 to explore science topics of interest and share their research findings with our community.  Projects can be but not limited to science experiments, technical creations or literary/art forms designed to educate about a science topic.  Both individual and team projects are welcome.  The Fair is not a competition, but interested students can proceed to regional, judged science competitions if desired.  Please encourage your student to participate.  

Additionally, Super Science Friday, a series of fun science presentations, will run in room N6 each Friday during lunch break 9/13 through 11/8.  The event is sponsored by Greene Science Department and the Greene PTA.

Students with questions or who need assistance can contact their science teacher or the teacher organizers, Ms. Jennifer Pequegnat or Mr. Erland Patterson.  Parent volunteers are needed to evaluate science projects, seek raffle prize sponsors and identify local organizations to display at the Expo. If you have questions or would like to help, please contact any of the parent organizers.  

• Ann Balva
• Julie Tomz
• Libby Lungren
• Yumei Xiong

Important Dates:

• 9/11 Kickoff Night, MPR, 7-8 pm Online Registration Opens
• 10/30 Online Registration Closes
• 11/12 Project Evaluations - time TBA
• 11/13 Science Fair/Expo Night, MPR, 6.00-7.30 pm 

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