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 Middle School Courses: Comprehensive Science
Science 6 Science 7
Science 8  

Wisconsin Virtual School’s Middle School Courses provide three paces in which a student may complete the courses. The students are recommended to work with their parent, school, guidance counselor, or local education guide (LEG) to determine the pace that fits their need. To help determine the pace choice for the course, consider your academic needs and how much time you can devote to the online course. More details on pacing

Science 6

The purpose of this course is to provide opportunities to study concepts of the life, earth/space, and physical sciences and their applications to everyday life. Students are engaged in the activities of the course through the course motif – Extreme Team Sports.

Students act as part of a research team visiting places around the world to look at the "science" and research that goes into choosing a site for the next X-Game event. Environmental factors that could influence where the next X Games should be held are taken into account as part of the student research. Students will sky dive into the Grand Canyon, trek through a rainforest, take a rocket ride, and visit a skate park to see which would be the best place for the next X Games site.

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Science 7

Attention all students: Adventures await you on CORAL, Colony of Research and Learning. As a member of an elite group of aquanauts in an underwater research facility, you will live and conduct research in and around the coral reefs of Virtual Key. Your tasks include investigating the problems causing the decline of tourism on Virtual Key and proposing a solution to the problems. Skills developed and concepts learned in life, earth and space, and physical sciences will be used in completing your tasks. It is the expectation of the government of Virtual Key that you and the other aquanauts will gather data, analyze the data, and propose a workable solution to the identified problems of Virtual Key and the surrounding areas.

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Science 8

Course Description

Attention: Missions Specialists Wanted!  Welcome to Space Station 8!  The purpose of this course is to provide opportunities to study concepts of the life, earth/space, and physical sciences, and their applications to everyday life.

Using the International Space Station as the focal point for all course content, students act as Mission Specialists in Training. As they make their way through the 8 modules of the course they are introduced to concepts in life, earth/space, and physical sciences. Topics such as the history of space exploration, light, remote sensing, plate tectonics, how gravity affects the human body, research being done in space, the periodic table of elements, and a bit of chemistry are but a few of the topics to be covered in this course.

Note: This is the third course in a three-year course sequence that also includes Comprehensive Science 1 and Comprehensive Science 2. The goal of the Comprehensive Science course series is to give exposure to a variety of science disciplines through participation in exploratory experiences and activities.

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