7年级

9项清单.

• 设计

  本课程向学生介绍设计周期, 这是, 其核心是, 一个同理心解决问题的模型. 这个循环有四个阶段:分析, 意念, 创建, 和 evaluation; students find that they often need to rethink their progress 和 revisit stages of the cycle. The importance of the process, not simply the final product, is stressed as the main focus of 设计. 学生们跟踪他们的进步并提供反思, 过程中不可缺少的组成部分, 在个性化设计博客中.
  
  重新思考和重新审视还在继续，可以采用调试代码的形式, 在牛奶船项目中重新设计一艘船的计划, 或者为视频广告排除意外障碍.

• 个人 & 社会

  在他们的个人与社会课程中, 学生们通过对历史的研究来探索我们的世界, 地理位置, 和公民, 以及当前的主题和信息. 这些课程强调强大的研究和学习技能的发展, 同时通过“变化的关键概念”探索世界, 全球的相互作用, 系统, Time, 空间与地点. 所有课程都鼓励学生将自己的经历联系起来, 批判性地思考问题和解决方案, 和 seek out 和 analyze a diversity of sources 和 voices in order to help them become engaged 和 responsible global citizens.
  
  This concept 和 inquiry-driven course builds critical thinking 和 research skills including consideration of the purpose, 的角度来看, 来源的可靠性以及区分一手和二手来源. Students practice setting goals 和 plans for their research 和 deciphering information that is relevant to their projects in order to evaluate evidence, 提出一个论点, 以及在协作学习环境中解决问题. Students will focus on the Key Concept of Change by exploring how globalization has shaped the world. 对于系统的关键概念, students will look at why natural environments are important to individuals 和 societies. For 全球的相互作用, students will investigate how exploration affects global interactions. 此外，对于时间，空间 & 学生们将考虑如何可持续地生产能源.

• 语言 & 文学

  Our 语言 和 文学 courses help students grow as confident 和 capable readers, 作家, 演讲者, 思想家, 讨论领导人, 和合作者. By engaging with diverse texts 和 写作 和 speaking for a variety of purposes 和 audiences, 学生们开始把语言看作是表达思想的工具, 创造力, 分析, 和反射.
  
  

  本课程强调高质量写作的组织和结构. 一个一致的论文反馈循环提供了主要的指导, but there is also an emphasis on the application of grammar concepts 和 the use of editing skills. 阅读, the year begins with short stories 和 builds into novels that sometimes connect to concepts 和 units in other classes, 创造机会，帮助学生以不同的方式看到更大的想法. 例如，类读取 继承风，这有助于语音工作，但也与科学进化有关. 全年, students also build speaking skills 通过 a series of increasingly challenging games that culminate in formal speeches.

• 语言习得(西班牙语)

  建立在四个关键技能领域:口语, 阅读, 写作, 和听力, 本课程从基础意识发展到深化理解, 最后，在各个领域培养强大的信心. A strong commitment to developing verbal skills ensures that students are engaged in an environment with at least 90% target language per class. 这些是混合能力班, 分化发生在家庭作业和其他课堂活动中. 
  
  学生们参与以食物、运动、健康和假期为重点的单元. 除了, students engage in a variety of cultural activities that are aligned with the units of study in order to prompt a deeper underst和ing of the language, 人, 以及各种西班牙语国家的习俗. 到今年年底, 学生将完成三分之二的高中西班牙语教材, Así小骰子!

• 数学

  所有的数学课程都是通过中学项目的视角来教授的, working to promote inquiry 和 application 和 helping students become better communicators 和 problem solvers. In Grades 7 和 8, students take grade-level, 1-year advanced or 2-year advanced courses. Course placement in Grades 7 和 8 is determined by the 数学 Department after considering available grades, 数学量表得分, 老师的推荐, 学生的兴趣.
  
  

  算术
  This course is a st和ard 7年级 course; students should be proficient at operations with whole numbers 和 decimals 和 work reasonably well with fractions before beginning the course. Students will explore operations with positive 和 negative numbers (integers 和 rational numbers), 比例关系(比率), 比例, 和百分比), 基本代数(简化表达式), 求解方程和不等式), 还有几何(二维图形), 表面积, 体积, 建筑及比例图).
  
  综合数学概论
  This course is a st和ard 8年级 mathematics course 和 is offered as an advanced course in 7年级. This course includes all of the topics listed above in 算术 but also includes advanced related work whenever possible 通过out the course as well as solving multi-step equations, 几何(转换, 角的关系, 三角形, 圆和类似的固体), 数据分析(散点图, 最佳拟合线和数据显示), 进一步的代数概念(线性函数, 线性方程组, 指数和科学记数法).

  
  综合数学1
  This course is designed for students who are ready for the study of 高中 level mathematics 和 is offered to both Grades 7 和 8. 主题包括线性方程和函数, 线性不等式, 线性方程组, 指数方程与函数, 和序列. Students also apply basic geometric terminology 和 reasoning skills to the topics of parallel lines, 转换, 全等三角形. 本课程包括对数据分析和显示的研究. Participation in the American 数学 Competitions is encouraged by Middle School students in this advanced course.

• 物理 & 健康教育

  The aim of 物理 和 健康教育 (PHE) is to engage our students in developing a healthy lifestyle 通过 physical activity, 注重沟通, 社会责任与反思. 这门课75%的内容集中在体育活动上, with the remaining 25% focused on the health 和 the social-emotional development of each student.
  
  

  本课程是围绕健康生活方式选择的进一步知识建立的, 健康的社会情感实践, 正念和一般健康知识. 学生将创建锻炼程序, 在日志中记录营养成分，提高他们设定目标的技能. Students will learn about what part we play in our communities 通过 collaborating with peers.

• 科学

  在每个年级, 中学科学包括生物学的学习单元, 化学, 物理, 与地球科学. 科学 at AWS is inquiry-based 和 emphasizes the application of knowledge to novel situations. 每年级至少两次, 学生运用科学的方法设计自己的实验室研究, 收集数据, 处理和评估他们的结果, 并得出结论. Students also conduct independent research evaluating how scientists solve real world problems. H和s-on 和 virtual laboratory experiences actively engage students in scientific inquiry.
  
  

  七年级的学习单元包括细胞和微生物学, 进化, 密度和浮力, 混合物化学, 以及塑造地球的过程. High灯 for 7年级 include an interdisciplinary unit to help students refine their Milk Boats designs prior to racing them on American Lake 和 a unit preparing students for their Journey to the Southwest that explores the processes that have shaped the stunning l和scapes in national parks.

• 剧院

  The art of theatre dem和s that artists engage in an ongoing process of construction 和 deconstruction. 项目 剧院 will explore the art of theatre 和 place it in the context of our changing world. 学生从戏剧史的概述开始，重点是戏剧是如何发展的, 它为人类社会的发展服务的目的, 以及历史上改变戏剧的力量. Students will deconstruct characters created by a playwright 和 learn to create a believable character on stage. 而我们的主要精力将放在表演上, students will have the opportunity to learn the basics of theatre design 通过 scenery, 灯, 和服装.

• 视觉艺术

  学生们更深入地研究他们的艺术，并扩展他们的技能水平. 专注于他们的个人艺术实践和作品. We will place emphasis on their ability to transfer artistic skills learned 和 practiced to a variety of subjects. Students will focus on creating works that will be shared with the communities for influence.