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<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b style=3D=
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normal'><span style=3D'font-size:20.0pt'>Grade 8 <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st=
1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">Science</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Conte</st1:=
PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Middle School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p><=
/o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b style=3D=
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normal'><span style=3D'font-size:20.0pt'>Instructor:<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Ms. Postema<o:p></o:p></span></b><=
/p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b style=3D=
'mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:20.0pt'>Class Syllabus<o:p></o:p></span></=
b></p>

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normal'><span style=3D'font-size:20.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>

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dth=3D463
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  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt;color:#339966'>Science 333:<span
  style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Chemistry Concepts<span
  style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:1;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Distance Time Speed 11-12<o:p></o:p></span></b=
></p>
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 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:2;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Mass and Weight 1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Mass Volume Density 2-3<o:p></o:p></span></b><=
/p>
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 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:4;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Periodic Table 5<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Elements Compounds Mixtures 6-7-8<o:p></o:p></=
span></b></p>
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  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Chemical Reactions 4-9-10<o:p></o:p></span></b=
></p>
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normal'><span style=3D'font-size:20.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b style=3D=
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normal'><span style=3D'font-size:20.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>

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  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt;color:#339966'>Science 333:<span
  style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Biology Concepts<o:p></o:p></spa=
n></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:1;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Cell Structure and Function 2-3-4<o:p></o:p></=
span></b></p>
  </td>
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 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:2;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Heredity and Genetics 7-8-9<o:p></o:p></span><=
/b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:3;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Change Over Time 10-11-12-17-18<o:p></o:p></sp=
an></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:4;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Ecology 13-14-15-16<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:5;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Five Kingdoms of Life 1<o:p></o:p></span></b><=
/p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b style=3D=
'mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:20.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>

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dth=3D463
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insidev:
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  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt;color:#339966'>Science 333 Human Biology Concep=
ts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:1;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Levels of Organization 5<o:p></o:p></span></b>=
</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:2;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>The Skeletal System 6<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
  </td>
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 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:3;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>The Muscle System 6<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:4;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>The Digestive System 6<o:p></o:p></span></b></=
p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:5;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>The Circulatory System 6<o:p></o:p></span></b>=
</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:6;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>The Respiratory System 6<o:p></o:p></span></b>=
</p>
  </td>
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 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:7;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>The Nervous System 6<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>The Excretory System 6<o:p></o:p></span></b></=
p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:9;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>The Endocrine System 6<o:p></o:p></span></b></=
p>
  </td>
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 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:10;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>The Immune System 6<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
  </td>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b style=3D=
'mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:20.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>

<table class=3DMsoNormalTable border=3D1 cellspacing=3D3 cellpadding=3D0 wi=
dth=3D463
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  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt;color:#339966'>Science 333:<span
  style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Review Topics<o:p></o:p></span><=
/b></p>
  </td>
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 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:1;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Earth and Space Science Review 1-12<o:p></o:p>=
</span></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Math in Science Skills<o:p></o:p></span></b></=
p>
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  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Reading in the Content Area Science<o:p></o:p>=
</span></b></p>
  </td>
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 <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:4;height:24.45pt'>
  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>MCAS Test Preparation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td style=3D'padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:24.45pt'>
  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
  style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Technology Integration 1.1-7.2<o:p></o:p></spa=
n></b></p>
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  <p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b
  style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>The numbers after the units refer t=
o the <st1:place
  w:st=3D"on"><st1:State w:st=3D"on">Massachusetts</st1:State></st1:place> =
Science
  and Technology/Engineering Framework standard numbers for the appropriate
  strand of physical, life, Earth, space or technology/engineering science.=
<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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