8th Grade ScienceWelcome to the 2020-2021 school year. It is my goal to encourage all students to be inquisitive and knowledgeable about how the world around us works. I have new interactive books, learning strategies, group activities, Labs, demonstrations, and other projects that will hopefully stimulate and ignite your passion for scientific investigation, problem solving, and knowledge. Parents and Students are encouraged to follow the class curriculum by clicking the titles on top of the screen. Hopefully, you will find this website useful and entertaining. |
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When teachers effectively integrate technology into subject areas, teachers grow into roles of adviser, content expert, and coach. Technology helps make teaching and learning more meaningful and fun. Students are also able to collaborate with their own classmates through technological applications.
When teachers effectively integrate technology into subject areas, teachers grow into roles of adviser, content expert, and coach. Technology helps make teaching and learning more meaningful and fun. Students are also able to collaborate with their own classmates through technological applications.
Science, as defined by the National Academy of Sciences, is the "use of evidence to construct testable explanations and predictions of natural phenomena, as well as the knowledge generated through this process." This vast body of changing and increasing knowledge is described by physical, mathematical, and conceptual models. Students should know that some questions are outside the realm of science because they deal with phenomena that are not scientifically testable.
To develop a rich knowledge of science and the natural world, students must become familiar with different modes of scientific inquiry, rules of evidence, ways of formulating questions, ways of proposing explanations, and the diverse ways scientists study the natural world and propose explanations, and the diverse ways scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence derived from their work. |
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Mario I. Rojas
Vela Middle School 4905 Paredes Line Rd. Brownsville, Tx 78526 Tel: (956) 548-7770 Email: [email protected] |
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