Clark County School District’s middle school science program is organized by discipline. In sixth grade, students study life science. Seventh-grade students concentrate on earth science. Physical science is taught in the eighth grade. Important science concepts, such as the nature and history of science, are reinforced in all grades.

Program Outcomes

Science 6 (See Curriculum Overview for details.)
• Ecosystems
• Characteristics of living things
• Cells
• Classification, with emphasis on five kingdoms of living things
• Heredity and diversity

Science 7 (See Curriculum Overview for details.)
• Geologic features and history of Earth
• Water cycle
• Weather
• Solar System
• Environments
• Energy cycles

Science 8 (See Curriculum Overview for details.)
• Properties and characteristics of matter
• Molecular structure
• Forms and characteristics of energy
• Forces and motion
• Machines and mechanical advantage
• Characteristics of sound and light