Welcome to 7th Grade Science with Ms. Hargis!

Welcome to 7th Grade Science!

My main goal as a science teacher is pretty simple: I want you to be curious.

Science is not just a bunch of facts to memorize for a test. It’s a way of looking at the world and asking, “Wait...why does that happen?” Then we figure it out.

In 7th grade science, we will investigate, build things, take things apart, make observations, collect evidence, argue about ideas, and occasionally make a spectacularly wrong hypothesis. That’s okay. Being wrong is actually a pretty important part of science.

I want you to learn how to think like a scientist: ask good questions, look for evidence, notice patterns, change your mind when the evidence tells you to, and be willing to say, “I don’t know yet.”

There is also an almost ridiculous amount of information available to us now. Some of it is useful. Some of it is nonsense. Some of it was written by a person. Some of it was written by AI. Part of being a scientist is learning how to tell the difference. I want you to become someone who can think for yourself rather than simply accept the first answer that pops up on a screen.

And I hope science makes you notice the world a little differently. Maybe you’ll wonder why the moon looks different tonight, notice a strange rock on a hike, become fascinated by a leaf, or suddenly realize that your own body is doing something completely amazing. Science is happening everywhere, all the time. My job is to help you notice it.