Middle+School+Science

=Middle School Science=

I have taught the 7th Grade Life Sciences course at St. Jane Frances. This course covers cellular biology, heredity, and human biology and health. Below are some of the projects completed during this course, and sample student work.

Students created online animations, hand-drawn cartoons, or dioramas to model the immune response.
 * Immune Response Cartoons**

Sample student work: media type="custom" key="18522054"media type="custom" key="18522428"

During our unit on muscles, bones, and skin, students created an artificial limb. Students learned about the history of prosthetic devices, and how they are created. Students also learned about new technology that makes artifical limbs able to function more like the actual limbs. Students chose a limb to create a working model of a prosthetic limb.
 * Artificial Limbs Project**

Student exploration worksheet:

During the genetics unit, students completed one of two pedigree projects. Students could evaluate the traits of their family members, or could research how pedigrees are used in different industries.
 * Pedigree Project**