2019-20 (approximate dates)

Semester 1

August 28 and 29th = Team Orientations (Class Guidelines)

• September 3-6 Science based activities

• September  - October  = Classification/Woodmobile/Insects Unit (6 weeks)

• October - January  = Cells Unit (9 weeks)
• Cell Theory
• Cell Structure
• Cell Processes & Microscopes – osmosis, diffusion, photosynthesis, respiration
• Cell Cycle
• Cancer
• STEM cells

• January = DNA (2 weeks)

Semester 2

• January – February = Genetics Unit (3 weeks)

• February – March  = Biodiversity Unit (6 weeks)
• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Biodiversity
• Endangered Species

• March – June  = Ecology and Ecosystems Unit (6 weeks)
• Living Things in the Environment (1 week)
• Populations (1 week)
• Interactions Among Living Things (3 weeks)
• Biomes
• PA Deciduous Forest
• Food Webs

• June = Wrap up activities

• June = End of year activities