Stacie started teaching in Henry County, VA where she taught Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II.  After moving to Winchester, she taught Physical Science in Frederick County. She started with Loudoun County in 2003 teaching math at Harper Park Middle School, as well as math and SAT Prep at Loudoun Valley High School. Mrs. Plante joined the Douglass School Program in 2010 is excited to be teaching Earth Science, Biology and Physics.

 

 

 

If you need to contact her, use the email link on this page or you can click the link on the staff web page. You may also leave a message with the office.

 

Course descriptions:

Biology Curriculum

Science courses place emphasis on generating and testing ideas; evaluation of sources of information, collaborative investigation, interpretation and communication of findings, and evaluation and verification of findings and considerations of the social context of the research. This is called the Scientific Method. In Biology, students will take concepts gained from Life Science courses and build on them to gain an understanding of life cycles of different organisms and how those organisms interact with other living and non-living matter. Topics covered include:

 

• Properties of organic compounds
• Ecology
• Cell structure and function
• Photosynthesis and Respiration
• Genetics
• Evolution
• 6 Kingdoms
• Invertebrates, vertebrates, and chordates
• Human anatomy

 

Earth Science Curriculum

Science courses place emphasis on generating and testing ideas; evaluation of sources of information, collaborative investigation, interpretation and communication of findings, and evaluation and verification of findings and considerations of the social context of the research. This is called the Scientific Method. Earth science is a study of the interrelationships between the Earth’s composition, structure, processes, and history, its atmosphere, meteorology, and astronomy. Upon successful completion of the Earth Science course, students will be able to:

 

• Recognize the many common rock-forming minerals and how each relates to the three rock groups
• Examine and differentiate the processes that form igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock.
• Compare and contrast the constructive, destructive, and tectonic forces that shape the Earth’s surface.
• Demonstrate how geological and topographic maps represent the Earth’s features.
• Understand the processes of formation and the position of the Earth in our solar system while identifying the members of the solar system.
• Identify and explain the many variable components of the atmosphere and how they relate to weather. Apply these conditions to modern weather forecasting methods.
• Describe the combined chemical, biological, geological, and physical components of oceanography and how each is interrelated to man’s role in the environment and the use of Earth’s resources.

 

Conceptual Physics

Science courses place emphasis on generating and testing ideas; evaluation of sources of information, collaborative investigation, interpretation and communication of findings, and evaluation and verification of findings and considerations of the social context of the research. This is called the Scientific Method. In Conceptual Physics, students build on basic physical science principals using Newtonian Physics and Algebra I principals.

Topics Covered:

Mechanics

 

• Newton’s Laws
• Momentum
• Projectile Motion
• speed, velocity, vectors

 

Energy

 

• Work and force
• Elastic/inelastic collisions
• Alternative energy sources

 

Sound and Light

 

• Reflection
• Lenses
• Waves/Optics

 

Electricity and Magnetism

 

• Currents
• Circuits

 

Nuclear and Atomic Physics

 

• Fusion and Fission
• Radioactivity