Middle School Science Curriculum

Ballet Tech middle school students gain extensive knowledge of the physical and living environments through many inter-disciplinary projects with art and humanities.  Our past cross-curricular projects have included Cave Paintings (simple machines, rock types and Carbon-dating), Westward Expansion (latitude and longitude, using a compass, the seasons, phases of the Moon, solar and lunar eclipses, food chains, food webs, adaptation and habitat), Noguchi Lamps (electricity and the electromagnetic spectrum), Monster Match (Punnett Squares, family trees and pedigrees, genes and heredity) and a Road Rally (Newton’s Laws).  

It is important for the students to use their creativity and to see that science is all around us, not just in science class.  It is also important for the students to see the inter-connectedness of all subjects such as art, humanities and science.  Topics are reinforced when covered in such depth across classes.  Students are given the further opportunity to communicate their ideas with these projects as other Ballet Tech classes are invited to view their presentations of these works.  The students become the teachers and inspire the younger students for future years.

Ballet Tech middle school students are able to demonstrate their science literacy (as well as their art, history and language skills) through these large inter-disciplinary projects throughout the years.  Their 8th grade Science Exit Project is yet another important way that the students show us their skills by successfully completing a scientific investigation.  Students in the 8th grade are also given the opportunity to take the Earth Science Regents exam, provided they meet all the criteria.

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