Middle School Science

Welcome to Warsaw Elementary Middle School Science

The discipline of science offers students the opportunity to observe and analyze the natural and physical world.  Students receive rigorous and engaging instruction based on the NC Science Essential Standards. Courses are designed to develop scientifically literate individuals by encouraging the development of scientific inquiry.  Students study the life, earth and physical sciences.

Middle school science integrates topics from the physical, earth sciences, and life sciences each year.

• 6th grade science content includes the solar system, physical properties of matter, thermal energy, waves, light, sound, lithosphere, and plants. 
• 7th grade science content includes the atmosphere and weather, cellular biology, human body systems, genetics, forces and motion, and energy.
• 8th grade science content includes the chemical properties of matter, pathogens and disease, evolution, hydrosphere, energy resources, and ecosystems.