Welcome!
Welcome to The Riverside School's science web page. I have revamped this website. Within each course will be the units we will study. Within each unit there will be one page that is mostly review with questions to prime your thinking and review questions to see if you are ready for the test. Then there will be a second page that is informative. On that page, there will be images, text, and links to my YouTube page lectures. I will try to keep the lectures short when possible. If you use the informational page, it should have everything you need to learn the content from the unit. When applicable, I will also link assignments to this page (research paper guides, data analyses assignments, etc.) Be forewarned, learning is best done the way I teach in person, with lots of questions and time spent thinking and quizzing yourself. Simply reading the information rarely makes it stick, and understanding is usually less when one does not try to make sense of things for oneself. In other words, while the information may be presented here, this is not a suitible substitute for class and your understanding of the material will not be as good if you just use this site. Probably the best way to use this site is to preview the simple page as we begin a new unit to see what kind of things we will be learning. Then engage in class, ask questions, do the activities, etc. Come back to the review page when the unit is nearing its conclusion as a way of reviewing and reminding yourself of the material. If you miss class, use the informational page. If you learn best by reading, use the informational page. If you need to see or hear something I shared in class again, then use the informational page. Let me know how I can improve this website. Thank you,
Joel "Mr. G" Gilbert
My introduction how to use this website is here.
Physical science: This is a hands-on course full of projects, labs, and activities. We will learn about physical science, explore what matter is and its properties, atoms, elements, and chemistry, then we will study various forms of energy (kinetic, nuclear, electromagnetism, thermal, waves, etc.). For more information about the activities and the units of study including guided notes, click here.
Life science: This is a lecture-based course focusing on note-taking, data analysis, and research paper writing. We will explore life, evolution, cells, and each of the systems necessary for life (digestion, respiration, circulation, excretion, locomotion, endocrine, nervous, immune, and reproduction), followed by genetics and DNA. For more information and images, click here.
Earth science: This is a lab-based course focusing on the design, performance, analysis, and reporting of student investigations. They will explore the Earth, its basic properties, the lithosphere (plate tectonics, rocks and minerals, and weathering), hydrophere (oceans, glaciers, groundwater, and surface water), and atmosphere, and then wrap up with some basic astronomy. For more information and images, click here.
Also of interest
Letter home with grading and homework guidelines
Lab work rubric
Lab report rubric
Big Book of Science guide