Hoover/Meredith MYP Vertical Unit Planner
Subject Area: Sciences Collaborators: Vanderley, Herrmann, Morris, Cochran, Weida, Murray, Leverich, McKinstry, Hall, Lane, Blair, Puderbaugh
Sci 6
Unit
Unit Title
Unit length
Unit 1
Science Skills
4 weeks
Unit 2
Structure & Function
17 Weeks
Concept
Statement (key
concept)
Key: Relationships
Related:
Observation,
Questioning,
Evidence
Key: Systems
Related: Interdependence, Structure,
Function
AOI/ATL Cluster
Community &
Service
Communicators
Why ask why?
Culminating Task
Written Informative:
Light, sand
experiment
Presentation:
written/oral Teach a
Move! Life inside
your digestive
system
Assessed MYP
D. Scientific Inquiry
E. Processing Data
Unit Title
Unit length
Science Tool Use
and Measurement
3 weeks
Key Concepts:
Systems
Related Concept:
Evidence
B. Communication
C. Knowledge and
understanding
Inquiry in Science
3 weeks
Unit Question
Sci 7
Concept
Statement (key
concept)
AOI/ATL Cluster
Human ingenuity
Thinking
Unit Question
How do scientists
Unit 4
Growth &
Development
2 weeks
Key: Relationships
Related: Change,
Consequences
Unit 5
Disease & System
Breakdown
3 weeks
Key: Relationships
Related: Interaction,
Consequence
Unit 6
Intro to Matter
5 Weeks
Unit 7
Weather & Climate
3 Weeks
Key: Change
Related: Transfer,
Energy, Form
Key: Change
Related: Energy,
Interactions
Scientific and technological innovation
Health & Social Ed.
Communication
Environment/
Research
Human Ingenuity
Self-Management
Environments
Thinking
What does it mean to be alive?
What impacts
human
development?
Project: Label &
Explain diagrams,
Pink & Blue
What keeps us
healthy?
Why does matter,
matter?
Why does weather
change?
Written: Essay
Infectious disease
essay?
Research project:
Element Research
Written Informative:
Water cycle or
human impact on
weather and climate
A. One World
B. Communication
D. Scientific Inquiry
A. One World
E. Processing Data
Classification of
Living Things
6 weeks
Key Concept:
Systems
Related Concepts:
Diversity
Plants You Can’t Live
Without
6 Weeks
Key Concept:
Change
Related Concepts:
Communication
Periodic Table
3 weeks
Chemistry – What’s
the Matter
6 Weeks
Key Concept:
Relationships
Related Concepts:
Interaction, Energy,
From
Health and social
education
Information literacy
Should we be
Community &
service
Communication
Why are plants
Environment
Thinking
Human ingenuity
Collaboration
What is the
How does the way
Key Concepts:
Relationship
Related Concept:
Interactions,
Patterns, Models,
Evidence
Health & social
education
Organization
How does science
Unit 3
Written Essay: How
far should we go to
keep one person
alive? Who is
responsible for a
person’s health?
B. Communication
C. Knowledge and
understanding
Characteristics of
Life
6 Weeks
Key Concept:
Systems
Related Concept:
Evidence
Environment
Collaboration
How do I
Key Concept:
Systems
Related Concepts:
Structure
use tools?
Sci 8
Culminating Task
Science Lab:
Station Lab
Assessed MYP
Criteria
C. Knowledge and
understanding
Unit Title
Unit length
Motion
3 Weeks
Concept
Statement (key
concept)
Key: Motion
Related: Movement,
time, and space,
relationship
AOI or Global
Contexts
Motion is the result
of the relationship
between time and
space.
Environments
help me ask
questions about the
world around me?
Project: Science Fair
differentiate
between living and
non-living?
Written Informative:
Brochure
immunized?
important to Earth’s
survival?
structure of an
atom?
matter intersects
create the world
around us?
Written Informative:
Analysis of Unknown
Lab
Science Lab: Station
Lab
Written Test:
District Assessment
D. Inquiry
E. Processing data
F. Attitudes in
Science
Forces and Newton’s
Law
5 Weeks
Key concept: Change
Related concept:
Movement
B. Communication E.
Processing Data
A. One World
C. Knowledge and
understanding
D. Inquiry
Energy
4 Weeks
C. Knowledge and
understanding
F. Attitudes in
Science
Properties of Waves
6 Weeks
Presentation:
Technology
Global Warming
Presentation
A. One World
B. Communication
Astronomy
8 weeks
Cells and Heredity
6 weeks
Key: Systems
Related: Energy,
change
Key concept: Energy
Related concepts:
Interactions
Key concept:
Structure
Related concepts:
Patterns
Key Concept:
Structure
Related Concepts
Evolution
Nature of Science
2 at the beginning
2 at the end of year
Key Concept:
Communication
Related Concepts:
Observation,
Questioning,
Evidence
Human ingenuity
Scientific and
technical innovation
Globalization and
sustainability
Scientific and
technical innovation
Health and Social
Education
Written: Informative
Lab Conclusions
Thinking
ATL Cluster
Unit Question
Culminating Task
Assessed MYP
Criteria
Information literacy
How does the
relationship
between time and
distance define
motion?
Written: Comic strip
on motion
C: Knowledge and
understanding
Why do some things
move while others
stay still?
How can energy be
conserved?
How can we use
light to
communicate?
Where are we?
Why do living things
evolve?
How do scientists
communicate
findings?
Performance :
Newton’s Law
Posters
C: Knowledge and
understanding
B: Communication
Presentation:
Various formats
Resources
A: One World
B: Communication
Written: Informative
Research
Authentic Task:
Space Camp
Written: Persuasive
Essay
B: Communication
C: Knowledge and
understanding
F: Attitudes in
Science
A: One World.
Communication
C: Knowledge and
understanding
E: Processing data
A: One World
D: Inquiry
F: Attitudes in
Science
Authentic Task:
Personal Science
Project
B: Communication
D: Inquiry
E: Processing data
F: Attitudes in
Science
Sci 9
Bio
Sci 9
Earth
Unit Title
Unit length
Concept
Statement (key
concept)
Ecology
6 weeks
Populations are
interdependent
Cell Theory
6 weeks
Models are used to
understand the
structure of all
systems
Cell Processes
6 Weeks
The environment
must maintain a
balance of energy
through change
Genetics
6 weeks
People can use
patterns to predict
consequences of
genetic inheritance
Evolution
6 weeks
Change is
demonstrated
through
evolutionary
relationships over a
long period of time
AOI/ATL Cluster
Environment/
Organization
Human Ingenuity/
Collaboration
Human Ingenuity/
Reflection
Environment/
Information Literacy
Unit Question
How are ecosystems
altered?
Why do we need
models?
Environment/
Reflection &
Information Literacy
What happens when
a system is out of
balance?
How can
relationships cause
change?
Culminating Task
Food web
Cell model and
potato lab
Why are we all
different and why is
that the best for our
species?
Family pedigree
Human Response
6 weeks
Knowledge and
education can
impact how society
appreciates and
reacts to
organizational
relationships
Health & Social
Interaction/
Communication
How can we stop an
outbreak at Hoover
High School?
M & M Lab
Dissection
Assessed MYP
Criteria
Processing data;
knowledge &
understanding
Science Skills
6 weeks
One world; scientific
inquiry
One World;
knowledge &
understanding
Oceanography
6 weeks
Communication
Communication;
One world
Meteorology
6 weeks
Astronomy
6 weeks
Reflection
Information Literacy
Why should I care
what happens to the
ocean?
How does a world
that is not in balance
impact me?
Collaboration;
Reflection
Is there a Goldilocks
planet out there?
Investigate and
create a book that
communicates the
features of the
Investigate a
weather occurrence
and communicate
what the community
Unit Title
Unit length
Concept
Statement (key
concept)
AOI/ATL Cluster
Unit Question
Culminating Task
Students collect
evidence in the form
of data to look for
patterns and form
inferences
Community &
Service/Organization
How do we
construct answers
by observing the
world around us?
Unit Test; Practicum
Labs
Leaf disk; color
change lab; FAST
Plant lab
Processing data;
scientific inquiry
Rocks & Minerals
Geologic Time
6 weeks
Students examine
the ways the Earth's
structure cycles
through change as
part of its evolution
Environment/
Collaboration
How do changes in
the earth affect me?
Dynamic Earth
6 weeks
Unit Test; Unknown
Mineral Lab
Exercise; Geologic
Time-line; Research
Unit Test; The
shaping of the Earth
shadow-box.
Students examine
how the transfer of
energy causes
movements in the
earth
Human Ingenuity/
Information Literacy
How do you react to
an ever- changing
world?
Identify the features
of our solar system
that allows life to be
sustained on earth.
& Create a geologic
timeline for a
specific location on
earth. Present to
class (Ppt)
Sci 9
Physics
Sci 10
Enviro
Science
One World;
Communication in
Science
Electrical Circuits
6 Weeks
ocean and how it
affects the world
and our community.
can do to help. What
will happen if the
energy balances
changes?
Use this knowledge
to come up with a
plan to explore for
new worlds that
have the features
that sustain life.
Static Electricity:
Magnetism, Motors
& Generators
6 weeks
Forces interact to
produce changes
that impact our daily
life.
Human
Ingenuity/Reflection
& Collaboration
Waves & Sound
6 weeks
Light & Optics
6 weeks
The interaction of
energy through its
environment occurs
through waves.
Community
Service/Information
al Literacy
The interaction of
energy on a system
causes change.
Can I build a
transmitter from
household parts?
What are
characteristics of
waves?
How could the
behavior and
properties of waves
be an influencing
factor to our health
and our lives,
socially?
Write a persuasive
essay – Effects of
electromagnetic
spectrum pro/con
on human health.
One World,
Scientific Inquiry
Assessed MYP
Criteria
Processing Data;
Scientific Inquiry
Knowledge and
Understanding
Unit Title
Unit length
Measurement/
Motion
6 weeks
Conservation Laws
6 weeks
Concept
Statement (key
concept)
Measurement can
provide patterns in
systems
Forces act in
action/reaction
AOI/ATL Cluster
Human Ingenuity/
Organization
Environments/
Collaboration
Unit Question
Can I predict where
the marble will hit
the target?
Who is at fault?
Culminating Task
Student will be able
to predict where a
projectile will land.
How fast was the car
going lab.
Summative –
performance task.
Students will wire a
model house and
draw a schematic.
MacGyver Speakers
– Students build a
speaker.
Students will expand
speaker with
resonating
box/frequency.
Assessed MYP
Criteria
Knowledge and
Understanding;
Processing data
Knowledge;
scientific inquiry
Scientific Inquiry
Unit Title
Unit length
Concept
Statement (key
Ecology
6 weeks
Populations are
interdependent
Populations
6 weeks
Human and nonhuman influences
Knowledge &
Understanding of
science processing
data
Energy
6 Weeks
The amount of
energy we receive is
One World,
knowledge and
understanding,
scientific inquiry.
Land & Agriculture
6 weeks
Humans often do
not responsibly use
The flow of energy
through a system is
determined by its
structure.
Health & Social
Education/Reflectio
n & Information
Literacy
Why should I know
how my electronics
work?
Air
6 weeks
Air quality affects
populations and the
Health & Social
Education/Collabora
tion & Reflection
Water
6 weeks
Quality of water in
an environment
concept)
AOI/ATL Cluster
Environments/
Thinking
Unit Question
Why does every part
of an ecosystem
matter?
Identify your local
biome.
Culminating Task
Assessed MYP
Criteria
Sci 10
Chem
Unit Title
Unit length
C: Knowledge &
Understanding,
F: Attitudes in
Science
Matter
6 weeks
Concept
Statement (key
concept)
Change occurs when
energy is either
removed or adde3d
AOI/ATL Cluster
Environments
Unit Question
Culminating Task
control populations
around the world in
differing ways
Health & Social
Interaction/
Research
How does
population affect
health and lifestyle?
Infer how human
activities may
influence local
biodiversity by
observing species
diversity in two
different locations.
B: Processing Data,
D: Scientific Inquiry
dependent on how
its transferred
health of an
ecosystem
land resources.
Human Ingenuity &
Environments/
Communication
How will we provide
enough energy for
the future?
Evaluate your
energy consumption
and write a proposal
to your parents
suggesting ways to
reduce your family’s
carbon footprint.
A: One World,
E: Communication in
Science
Community &
Service/SelfManagement
What is our
responsibility in air
quality?
Assess quality of air
we breathe in school
and at home
Environments &
Human
Ingenuity/Social
What can we learn
by listening to our
environment?
PCP related to corn
plot, water, soil
quality and testing.
A: One World,
D: Scientific Inquiry
A: Knowledge &
Understanding
F: Attitudes in
Science
Stoichiometry
6 weeks
Atoms & elements
6 weeks
Molecules &
Compounds
6 weeks
Evidence is used to
Composition
create models which influences structure
allow us to identify
and function
patterns and make
predictions
Chemical Reactions
6 weeks
affects quality of
living and thus
populations
Health & Social
Interaction/
Communication
Why do we have so
many tests for water
in Iowa?
Work with the State
Hygienic Lab to
determine the
quality of water in
nearby streams,
lakes, and tap water.
B: Processing Data
C:Communications
in Science
Critical thinking
skills are needed to
identify relationship
between a problem
and developing a
solution that
minimizes
consequences.
Human Ingenuity
Mathematical
relationships can be
used as evidence to
predict the outcome
of an interaction.
Solutions & Gases
(Lend me your Ear)
6 weeks
Pressure and stress
on a system has
consequences, and
pushes the system to
change.
Community Service
Human Ingenuity
How have our lives
been affected by
knowing the
behavior of solutions
& gases?
Lab report/written
project
Human Ingenuity
What’s happening
when matter
changes?
Health & Social
Interactions
How does human
curiosity unlock
mysteries?
What’s composition
got to do with it?
How do we initiate
and evaluate
change?
How much, how
many, what to
expect?
Mixture separation
lab experience
Research paper/ lit
review
Molecular
visualization
project/presentation
Research proposal
Public Audience
Material
Assessed MYP
Criteria
C, E
A,C, D, F
C, B
B, D, F
C, E
A,D, E