Andrea Towery

Welcome to 7th Grade Life Science!

This year we will be learning about LIFE- how organisms survive, reproduce, interact with one another and their environment, and how life on Earth has changed over time.

Science isn’t simply a body of knowledge; it is a process of investigating and a way of constructing understanding about the natural world.

In this class, you will be the scientists, developing your critical thinking skills and engaging in the practices that real-life scientists and engineers use every day in their jobs. Be prepared to ask questions, make observations, communicate your findings, and have fun!

These are the units of study we will cover this year:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTANT CLASS INFORMATION

All classwork will be assigned in the Microsoft Teams class page or Amplify.

Below are the locations where class resources, assignments, and information will be posted:

1. Microsoft Teams-   Students should check this frequently for class announcements, resources, lesson summary slides, and assignments. When students are absent, they can use the science notebook slide to catch up on any notes missed that day. Students should communicate with me via Teams chat with any questions or to inform me that they have turned in late/absent classwork.
2. Clever- This is the platform students use to access all digital curriculum, PowerSchool, Microsoft 365, and other applications frequently used by teachers. Students must use Clever to access Amplify Science– our course curriculum.
3. Amplify – We will working in this almost daily. A large portion of our classwork will be assigned in Amplify. Some of the classwork will be paper-based, however the resources needed to complete the assignment will be located in the digital curriculum. Feedback on student assignments will be posted here. If students choose to re-do assignments to improve their score, they will need to refer to my comments in the teacher feedback. Please take some time to become familiar with how to view assignments and teacher feedback.

Feel free to reach out anytime if you have questions.

Email: ATowery@helenaschools.org

Office Phone: (406) 324-1061