Instructor

Dawn Ruiz
dawnruizweb@gmail.com

Course Materials

Required text: Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide from Workman Publishing
Other reading/homework materials to be provided by instructor.

Course Description

This general science course is designed to give students a little exposure to a lot of different areas of science, and have fun doing it.  All of our topics of study will be covered in greater detail in future science classes, therefore my primary goal is for students to enjoy science and have a healthy curiosity about the world around them.   We will cover the following units of study, with student questions and curiosity leading discussions and activities:

  • Scientific Method/Inquiry
  • Life Science
  • Human Anatomy and Physiology
  • Earth/Space Science 
  • Physics
  • Chemistry

Detailed Syllabus

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