SEEK - 7th & 8th Grade
2025 - 2026 class will be offered Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Note: This course rotates curriculum every year so students can take the course more than once.
(Tentative) The main topics covered this year are:
7th & 8th grade Curriculum Outline (Year A)
Science 101
Students will learn about the development of scientific study over human history, the purpose of scientific inquiry, and how to apply the scientific method. They will also learn and practice writing lab reports throughout this course.
Metric System
What is the metric system and why is it important? Students will learn more about this specific system of measurement in relation to the one used in the United States and England by participating in some fun hands-on activities!
Motion
Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of motion are just a small piece of the knowledge that will be gained through this specific topic! The physics of motion also relate to acceleration, velocity, and gravity, all of which will be added to this specific topic.
Matter
Atoms, mass and volume are all parts of matter! Through this topic, the students will gain hands-on experience with the basic elements of matter and chemistry and maybe make some fun messes along the way!
Energy
Kinetic, potential and other types of energy will be a part of this important topic, their specific characteristics and how they’re transferred onto objects. The students will be up and moving a lot with this topic!
Magnetism
How do magnets work? How do they relate to our planet and to other forms of metal? These are just a few questions the students will answer in relation to magnetism.
Astronomy, Space & The Night Sky
How big is our universe? What about our galaxy? There are many unanswered questions about space, the final frontier, that we don’t know yet! But with so much that we don’t know, there’s a lot of information we do have through NASA. The students will learn about these things as well as completing a class project that will help them get to know their specific planet even better!