Seventh Grade Science:

The seventh grade science curriculum provides students the foundation necessary for high school biology. The program focuses on the life sciences with an emphasis on the structure and function of cells. Instruction includes the structure of and chemicals in the cell, mitosis and meiosis, and cell processes. In addition, students examine genetics and future genetic engineering and gene therapy. Students are taught the proper use of microscopes as well as how to make microscopes slides. An introduction to each organ system is also examined before progressing to classification of living things and ecology.