{"id":15084,"date":"2018-10-21T13:03:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T10:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mef.k12.tr\/mefiswebsite\/?page_id=15084"},"modified":"2026-07-30T12:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:15:37","slug":"science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mefis.k12.tr\/istanbul\/demo-test-website\/learning-at-mef\/middle-school\/science\/","title":{"rendered":"Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15084\" class=\"elementor elementor-15084\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b64d15f e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-1b64d15f-eb73dd0 \" data-id=\"1b64d15f\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"1b64d15f\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79beb07a e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-79beb07a-1cde32a \" data-id=\"79beb07a\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"79beb07a\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b1af245 flex-horizontal-align-default flex-horizontal-align-tablet-default flex-horizontal-align-mobile-default flex-vertical-align-default flex-vertical-align-tablet-default flex-vertical-align-mobile-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b1af245\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In grades 6-8 science classes, our goal is to help students develop a love for science, gain necessary inquiry skills to analyze situations and solve problems in their daily lives, and use current technology to enhance and transform the learning experience. We achieve these goals with a variety of teaching and learning techniques designed to meet the needs of all learners. This is supported at MEF IS with the Cambridge Lower Secondary Science curriculum, which is presented in four content areas or \u2018strands\u2019. These are further divided into \u2018substrands\u2019. The four strands and substrands are<\/span><\/p><p><b>Scientific enquiry<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ideas and evidence<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plan investigative work<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obtain and present evidence<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider evidence and approach<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Biology<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plants<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humans as organisms<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cells and organisms<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Living things in their environment<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Variation and classification<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Chemistry<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">States of matter<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Material properties<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Material changes<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Earth<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Physics<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forces and motion<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Energy<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Earth and beyond<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Light\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magnetism<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electricity<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scientific enquiry objectives underpin Biology, Chemistry and Physics, which are focused on developing confidence and interest in scientific knowledge. Environmental awareness and some history of science are also incorporated. The Cambridge Lower Secondary Science curriculum framework provides a solid foundation for further stages of education such as Cambridge IGCSE. At the end of grade 8, students take the Cambridge Lower Secondary Science exam, which provides an international benchmark for student achievement and areas for improvement.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">**Please note that information about the Cambridge Lower Secondary Science is taken from the Cambridge International Education website <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cambridgeinternational.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cambridgeinternational.org<\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cie.org.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39436960 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-39436960-cdfcaf3 \" data-id=\"39436960\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"39436960\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fd1defa flex-horizontal-align-default 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