The science program for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders at GHS will be seperated into Earth Science for 6th grade, Life Science for 7th grade, and Physical Science for 8th grade.  The students will experience a vast variety of lab work and lecture in all of these disciplines.  The format of the courses will also include the relationship of science to other learning areas such as history, literature, math, and writing.

Earth Science


The Earth Science coursework will concentrate on the three major disciplines:  Geology, Meterology, and Enviromental Science.  The school year will start with Geology.  Here the students will learn about rocks and minerals as well as Earth's structure and how everything is related.

Life Science

Life science is broken down into the fields of molecular biology, genetics, physiology, and ecology.  The students will be absorbed in the study of these fields during the year.  Students will gain great insight into life from its smallest component inside of cells to the relationships between kingdoms.

Physical Science

The 8th graders are studying physical science, which is the study of matter and energy and how they interact.  They will spend the first half of the year on chemistry and learn about matter, the periodic table, and how atoms and molecules combine to make new compounds. The students will also learn the law of the conservation of matter. "Matter cannot be created or destroyed, just transformed."

In the second half of the year, they will study physics, which involves force, motion, speed and acceleration. They will do numerous math problems to calculate energy changes. They will learn the law of the conservation of energy. "Energy cannot be created or destroyed, just transformed."