8th Grade Team

Freeport Middle School students are teamed together with a common group of teachers.  The teachers work togther on interdisciplnary and experiential learning.

 

RSU 5 is in the process of updating all of the curriculum and curriculum webpages.  We have decided to leave the webpages up for parents during this process.  If you have questions about the curriculum, please contact the teachers or principal.

 

Social Studies- US History, Reconstruction through Great Depression, Economics.  

Science - Ecology- forest ecosystem, succession, forest data collection and analysis
Force and Motion- Newton's laws of motion, experimentation, data collection and analysis
Density and Buoyancy
Seasons - sun's position due to earth's tilt and the angle the rays hit the earth
Astronomy- solar system, electromagnetic spectrum and how it is used to detect phenomena in space, star formation, asteroids, meteors, planets
Structure of matter -  molecule activity in solid, liquids and gases and the relationship between them
Chemistry- solutions, simple replacement reactions, chemical / physical change, periodic table

Languange Arts - Reading and writing, via workshop model

Math - Algebra