Science

Science classes at Landrum Middle School study an integrated curriculum of chemical, physical, life, and earth sciences. Every science class emphasizes the use of process skills as well as lab safety when conducting experiments. Pre-Advance Placement classes are offered at all 3 grade levels in science.

Topics of study for each grade level are found below:

• 6th Grade
  Chemical and Physical Properties; Force and Motion; Matter and Energy; Rock Cycle; Structure and Function in Living Systems; Genetics; Internal and External Stimuli; Weather and Water; Components of the Solar System
• 7th Grade
  Catastrophic Events; Deposition and Erosion; Phases of the Moon; Day/Nights and Seasons; Simple Machines (Levers and Pulleys); Periodic Table; Chemical and Physical Changes; Potential and Kinetic Energy; Organisms and the Environment; Genetics; Human Body
• 8th Grade
  Chemistry; Genetics; Universe; Oceanography; Earth History; Forces of Motion

IPC
Forces and Motion; Work and Energy; Electricity and Magnetism; Sound and Waves; Light and Optics; Properties of Matter/Changes of Matter/Water and Solutions; Heating and Cooling

Departmental Grading Policy:

• 40% Major grades
• 20% Lab grades
• 20% Daily grades
• 20% Participation

Tutoring & Make up Times
Tuesdays - 7:30-8:10 or by appointment with the teacher