Middle School: Science

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Grade 6

• Food Chains in the Chesapeake (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*
  How are the organisms of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem interdependent upon each other and their environment? 

• Monarch Conservation (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*
  How can we increase the population of monarch butterflies in the Days Cove ecosystem?

•  The Rock Cycle (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*
  How can the processes that change one form of rock into another be described? 

Grade 7

• Energy Transformations (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*
   What are the specific energy transformations that matter undergoes?

• Potential and Kinetic Energy (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*
  How do you describe the relationship between potential energy and kinetic energy in moving objects?  

• Sensory Receptors (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*
  How can knowing about sensory receptors help us to predict phenomenon in natural environments?

Grade 8

• Climate Change Mysteries (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  What evidence can we use to support the claim that human activities are contributing to climate change within the last 100 years?

• Human Activity and Watersheds (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  How does human activity in your neighborhood impact water quality in the watershed in which you live?

• Little Fish, Big Impact (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  Should the menhaden fishing industry be more strictly regulated?  

• Our Changing Chesapeake (ORM) CourseArc

  How does our use of natural resources impact the quality of the environment?

• Oysters and the Bay (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  What is the connection between oysters and a healthy Chesapeake Bay? 

• Pollution and the Chesapeake Bay (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

How is pollution endangering the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and surrounding community?