Satellite Middle School Course Descriptions
Grade 6
Language Arts 6This is the first in a series of middle-school English courses that develop and broaden skills in grammar, writing, and reading comprehension. Topics covered include nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, other parts of speech, narrative writing, descriptive writing, expository writing, persuasive writing, and reading comprehension of fiction and non-fiction stories.
World History
World History focuses mainly on civilizations and developments from the earliest times to the present in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Civilizations and topics covered include ancient Egypt, India, China, Greece, and Rome, the Early and Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation, England’s monarchs, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, world wars, and global conflicts.
Integrated Math 6
This course covers the following topics: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, measurements, the metric system, circumference of a circle, area, volume, and perimeter of rectangles, squares, and triangles.
Integrated Science 6
Students are introduced to earth science, space, life science, physical science, and technology. Specific topics include light, photosynthesis, electricity, bacteria and viruses, eclipses, chemical compounds, tornados, the periodic table, global warming, cell structure, inventions, rocks, tectonic plates, and tides.
Grade 7
Language Arts 7This is the second in a series of middle-school English courses that develop and broaden skills in grammar, writing, and reading comprehension. Topics covered include nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, other parts of speech, narrative writing, descriptive writing, expository writing, persuasive writing, and reading comprehension of fiction and non-fiction stories.
U.S. Government & U.S. Presidents
Students will learn about the three branches of the United States government, as well as the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, electoral college, elections, political parties, and national symbols. State and local governments are also discussed, as well as federal vs. local rights and obligations. The lives and political achievements and failures of each president are also discussed.
Integrated Math 7
This course covers the following topics: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; word problems, ratio and proportion, percents, simple interest, metric system, perimeter, area, volume, statistics and probability.
Integrated Science 7
This course explores the planet we live on through use of geology, meteorology, and oceanography. It investigates the movements of land, air and water, how mountains are formed, what happens below the surface of the earth, and the earth's relationship to the sun, moon and space.
Grade 8
Language Arts 8This is the third in a series of middle-school English courses that develop and broaden skills in grammar, writing, and reading comprehension. Topics covered include nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, other parts of speech, narrative writing, descriptive writing, expository writing, persuasive writing, and reading comprehension of fiction and non-fiction stories.
U.S. History
This course explores United States history from colonial times to modern day. Specific topics include the first colonies, the American Revolution, the U.S. Constitution, the presidents, westward expansion, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Wild West, the Roaring Twenties, World Wars I and II, and the Cold War.
Integrated Math 8
This course covers the following topics: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, equations, word problems, ratio, proportion, percents, simple and compound interest, metric measurement, introduction to geometry, perimeter, area, volume, the Pythagorean Theorem, graphs, and probability.
Integrated Science 8
This course introduces students to the study of living things, both plants and animals. The course covers simple and complex cells, photosynthesis, simple plants such as mosses and ferns, animals from sponges to complex mammals and how they adapt to their environment and pass on traits to offspring, ecology, ecosystems-rainforests, deserts, forests, and human biology and how your body works.
