Month

Pre-Algebra

Standards

Pre-Algebra A

Standards

Science - Life sciences

Standards

Social Studies - Medieval History

Standards

August

Introductions/Rules

• Group Work/Expectations
• Egg Towers
• Begin order of operation

Introductions/Rules

• Group Work/Expectations
• Egg Towers
• Order of Operation
• Integers

Introduction to Scientific Method

Labs: life saver, yeast

September

• PEMDAS story- order of operations
• Elevation problem
• Absolute value & distance
• Adding & subtracting integers
• Multiplying & dividing integers
• Powers & exponents

• Measures of central tendency - mean, median, mode, range
• Stem-and-leaf plots
• Box and whisker plots
• Scatter plots
• Histogram
• Sampling strategies

Microscopes

• Magnification
• Proper procedures for using microscope
• Labs: letter 'e', onion skin
• Project: micrographia project

• The legacy of the Roman Empire

October

• Distance formula
• Adding & subtracting using a number line

Scale Factors

• Stretching and shrinking
• Corresponding parts of a triangle
• Triangle similarity
• Scale factors (enlarging cartoon)
• Properties of triangles and rectangles
• Coordinate rule

• Project - survey
• Random sampling, Biased sampling

• Experimental & theoretical probability
• Independent & dependent events
• Sequential events and expected value
• Sample spaces, counting trees
• POW - newsboy

Cells

• Living things made of cells
• Structure & function of cells are related
• Five levels of organization - cells, tissue, organs, organ systems, and organism
• Labs: membrane, cheeck cell, comparing plant and animal cell,
• Project: cell model

• The development of feudalism
• The role of the Church in medieval Europe
• Life in medieval towns
• The decline of feudalism
• The bysantine Empire

November

• Mirrors & shadows
• Comparing & scaling
• Comparing values using ratios, percents and decimals
• Converting between ratios, percents and decimals
• Rational and irrational numbers
• dimentional analysis (converting units)
• Rate and dimensional analysis

• Rational numbers
• Fractions to decimals to percents
• Equivalent ratios
• Comparing quantities
• Scale models
• Terminating & repeating decimals
• Compound interest
• Algebraic fractions
• Unit conversions
• Rate equations
• Proportions & similarity
• Scale factor

Cell reproduction

• Mitosis and cell division

Genetics

• Labs: DNA spooling, DNA mutation, punnett quares, genetic wheel-visible traits

• The geography of the Arabian Peninsula
• The Prophet Muhammed
• The teachings of Islam.

December

• Filling & wrapping - mysteries of the packaging industry
• Surface area (flat patterns)
• Volumes of triangular prisms, cones and spheres (unit cubes)

Genetics (cont.)

• Gene therapy
• Genetic engineering in plants and animals
• Cloning
• Ethincs of genetic manipulation
• Project: genetic disease powerpoint

January

• Positive & negative numbers
• Whole numbers
• Integers
• Operations with Integers

Evolution

• Labs: evolution of mice, natural selection/bean

Muscles and bones

• Structural framework for movement
• Major bones and muscles of body
• Types of joints
• Types of muscle tissue
• Bone disease
• Skeletal structure

• The political development of imperial China
• The development of a new economy
• China's contacts with the outside world

February

• Number lines for adding & subtracting integers
• Order of operation with fractions and decimals
• Solving equations with fractions
• Solving one and two step equations
• Multiplying and dividing fractions & mixed numbers

• Multiplying & dividing exponents
• Zero and negative exponents
• Raising exponents
• Scientific notation
• Solving multi-step equations

Nervous System

• Function - control center
• Central and peripheral
• Neuron is the basic cell
• Neuron functions
• Nerve impulses
• Cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem
• 5 basic parts to a reflex
• Labs: Sense, Pain, Reflexes

• The influence of neighboring cultures on Japan
• The rise of the warrior class in Japan

March

• Associative, commutative, distributive, inverse, identify and opposite

• Translations & algebra terms
• Writing variable expressions
• Decimals operations and conversions
• Constant terms
• Translating phrases into equations and expressions
• Coefficients
• Combining like terms to simplify and solve
• Rate problems
• POW - Bicycle trip, Flooding problem

Senses

• Eye reacts to light
• Capabilities and limitations of the human eye
• Vision
• Ear

• The Renaissance begins
• Florence: The cradle of the Renaissance
• Leading figures of the Renaissance

April

• Lines and linear relationships
• Rate equation (d=rt)
• Writing, grpahing and solving linar equations

• Function to transport nutrients, waste, oxygen and CO2
• Trace blood pathway
• Heart as a pump
• Heart rate = pulse rae
• Structure of a blood vessel
• Blood pressure
• Resistance
• 4 major components of blood & their functions
• Cardiovascular health

• The reformation begins
• The spread and impact of the reformation
• The age of exploration
• The scientific revolution
• The enlightenment

• The Maya
• The Aztecs
• Daily life in Tenochtitlan
• The incas

May

• Analyzing tables and graphs
• Patterns of change

• Writing equations of lines
• Slopes, y-intercepts
• Tables, linear relationships
• Finding the slope of a line
• Graphing linear and quadratic functions

• Goal setting, making wise choices, consequences & risks
• Alcohol - stages of alcoholism
• Tobacco
• Marijuana, cocaine/crack, heroin, depresessents, stimulants, hallucinogens, narcotics, designer drugs
• Prescription and over-the-counter drugs
• Anabolic steroids

• Achievements of the Maya, Aztecs, and Incas

• Early societies in West Africa
• Ghana: A West Africa trading empire

• Male & female anatomy
• Changes in boys & girls
• Stages of pregnancy
• Review of genetics
• Contraception chart
• AIDS discussion & transmission
• Sexually transmitted diseases

• Exploration & colonization
• The influence of Islam on West Africa
• The cultural legacy of West Africa

Ongoing