WS/FCS 6-8 Science Curriculum Guide
Overview
In order to address the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (NCSCOS) for Science in middle school, WSFCS is adopting a
combination of inquiry materials National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Science Education for Public
Understanding Program (SEPUP), the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The new SCOS for Science mandates Inquiry as a major
goal at each grade level, therefore WSFCS identified the best Inquiry-based materials available for our students. SEPUP materials are
developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California at Berkeley. NASA Educational products are developed at
the 10 NASA Research centers across the United States. The 2005 North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Science states that all
students should have the ability to do scientific inquiry and have an understanding about scientific inquiry. They should demonstrate
the ability to perform safe and appropriate manipulation of materials, scientific equipment and technology. The pacing guide on the
following correlates NASA, DPI Units and SEPUP activities to the state objectives and lists and estimated number of class periods for
each. All the adopted NASA and SEPUP modules lead students toward a mastery of process skills. Students acquire, process and
interpret data. They design investigations, identifying variables and their relationships. Students construct hypotheses and experiment
to test their validity. Students formulate scientific models and consider evidence and trade-offs to their decisions. Each module is
correlated to the National Science Education Standards; those correlations are found in the teacher’s guide.
Ancillary Materials and Media
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has purchased a broad range of science video resources appropriate for the
middle grades. These videos and teacher’s guides have been made available on North Carolina Public television and on their website.
Teachers and schools have copyright permission to copy and use them in their classroom for as long as the materials are useful.
SCIMAX has burned these to DVD format and is making a complete set available to each middle school’s Media Center and the IRC.
These programs will be made available in older technology (VHS) however the schools will need to provide blank tapes. The
program guides contain: an outline of the program; a complete script and sample review quiz and/or activity.
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Grade 6 Modules
NASA Modules and DPI Units
Astro-Venture: Geology Training
Astro-Venture: Astronomy Training
DPI: Energy and the Universe
DPI: Solar Sensations
DPI: Our Unique Planet
DPI: Ecosystem Interactions
DPI: population Dynamics
DPI: Waves of Energy
Investigations In Earth Science: Earth and the Solar System (not adopted)
SEPUP Modules
Science and Life Issues: Ecology
Investigations In Earth Science: Soil
Investigations In Earth Science: Rocks and Minerals
Energy from the Sun
Household Chemicals II
Investigations In Earth Science: Plate Tectonics (not adopted)
Investigations In Earth Science: Shaping the Earth (not adopted)
Grade 7 Modules
SEPUP Modules
Science and Life Issues: My Body and Me
DPI Units
DPI: Human Body
Science and Life Issues: Our Genes
Ourselves
Issues Evidence and You: Force and
Motion
DPI: Weather
DPI Heredity and Genes
NASA Modules
Astro-Venture: Atmospheric Science
Training
NASA Connect: The A-Train Express
Rockets- Newton’s Laws of Motion
The Brain in Space
Muscles and Bones
NASA Connect: Atmospheric Detectives
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Grade 8 Modules
SEPUP Modules
Science and life Issues:
Evolution
Science and life Issues: Microlife
Issues Evidence and You:
Water
NASA Modules
Mission Geography-remote
sensing
Mars Student Imaging Project
DPI Units
DPI Units : Chemistry of
matter
DPI Units: The Hydrosphere
Ocean Odyssey
DPI Units: The Cell and Cell
Theory
DPI Units: Evolution and
Landforms
NIH Module
Chemicals, The Environment
and You
Scientific Inquiry
Kit Refurbishment
Starting in the fall of 2005 we will have a refurbishment meeting once each semester. The kits will also be replenished over the
summer in preparation for the following school year. 2009 kit refurbishment will be slightly delayed and should be complete by the
end of September 2009.
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Activity Grade 6
Evaluating Advertisements
Exploring Chemical Interactions
between Solids and Liquids
Exploring Chemical Interactions
Among Liquids
Surveying Students’ Perceptions of
Chemicals
Investigating the Effects of Bleach
CAREER Start Lesson 1
Using inquiry skills
Determining the Optimum Use of
Bleach
Chemical Safety in the Home
Product Testing; A Case Study
Designing a Household Chemical
Student-Designed Testing of
Student-Designed Products
Making Evidence-Based
Qualitative and Quantitative
Claims
CAREER Start Lesson 1
Using inquiry skills
Investigation: Focus on this
Source
SEPUP
SEPUP
Module
Household Chem. 2
Household Chem. 2
Classes
3
3
NC Objectives Grade 6
101, 1.02. 1.05, 1.06, 1.08
1.01, 1.04, 1.05, 1.06, 1.08
SEPUP
Household Chem. 2
2
1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.05, 1.06, 1.07
SEPUP
Household Chem. 2
2
1.01, 1.02, 1.04, 1.05, 1.06, 1.07, 1.08
SEPUP
Household Chem. 2
1
1.06, 1.07
1
1.01, 1.05
Career Start
SEPUP
Household Chem. 2
1
1.01, 1.06, 1.07, 1.08
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
Household Chem. 2
Household Chem. 2
Household Chem. 2
Household Chem. 2
3
2
3
3
101, 1.02. 1.05, 1.06, 1.08
1.01, 1.02, 2.03, 2.04
1.01, 1.02, 1.03,1.04,.02, 2.03, 2.04
1.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04
SEPUP
Household Chem. 2
2
2.04
1
1.01, 1.05
2
6.01, 6.04, 6.05
Career Start
SEPUP
Energy from the Sun
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Activity Grade 6
Investigation: Comparing Colors
Investigation: Keeping Cool
Investigation: Invisible Light
Investigation: Ultraviolet Power
Source
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
Module
Energy from the Sun
Energy from the Sun
Energy from the Sun
Energy from the Sun
Classes
2
2
2
2
Investigation: Follow the
Bouncing Light
Investigation: SUNsational
Protection
SEPUP
Energy from the Sun
2
6.01, 6.04, 6.05
SEPUP
Energy from the Sun
1
6.01, 6.04, 6.05
Planet Tic-Tac-Toe
NASA
StarChild CD
2
1.09, 5.01
Scavenger Hunt
NASA
StarChild CD
1
The Planets and Moons of Our
Solar System
Where Oh where, Does that little
Planet Go? And Solar System
Shuffle
A Song for All Seasons
Pair Me Up Scottie
NASA
StarChild CD
1
1.09, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06,
2.02, 2.04
1.09, 5.01, 5.02
NASA
StarChild CD
1
1.09, 5.01, 5.02
NASA
NASA
Career
Start
NASA
Benchmark
StarChild CD
StarChild CD
Learn NC
1
1
1-2
1.09, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 1.09
1.09, 5.01.5.02
5.04
StarChild CD
1
2
1.09, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04
NASA
StarChild CD
1
1.09, 5.01, 5.02
CAREER Start Lesson 6
Space Station Scenario
Solar System Shuffle
Review and Assessment
Planet Hop
NC Objectives Grade 6
6.01, 6.04, 6.05
6.01, 6.04, 6.05, 6.07
6.01, 6.04, 6.05, 6.07
6.01, 6.04, 6.05,6.07
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Activity Grade 6
Moonlight Madness, or Moon
Glow
Asteroids, Meteoroids, and Comets
Just How Big is this Place?
Source
NASA
Module/ Grade 6
StarChild CD
Classes
1
NC Objectives Grade 6
1.09, 5.01
NASA
NASA
StarChild CD
StarChild CD
1
2
1.09, 5.01,5.03, 5.05
1.06, 1.09
Scavenger Hunt Level 2
NASA
StarChild CD
1
1.09, 5.01, 5.05, 5.06,
Spinning Does More Than Make
You Dizzy
Round and Round They Go
Universal Puzzler or
Phenomenally pfun puzzle
Mapping the Surface of a Planet
Talking It Over: The Miracle Fish
Project: Introduced Species
NASA
StarChild CD
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.05,
NASA
NASA
StarChild CD
StarChild CD
1
1
5.01, 5.02
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06
NASA
SEPUP
SEPUP
Mars Bound
Ecology
Ecology
4
2
4
3.02, 6.05
7.06
7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.04, 7.05
Laboratory: Observing Organisms
Investigation: Classifying Animals
Investigation: People, Birds and
Bats
Investigation: Ups and Downs
Laboratory: Coughing Up Clues
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
Ecology
Ecology
Ecology
2
2
1
7.01, 7.02
7.01
7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.04
SEPUP
SEPUP
Ecology
Ecology
1
3
1.01, 1.02, 1.05, 1.06
7.01,7.03 7.04
Reading: Eating for Energy
Laboratory: Nature’s Recyclers
Laboratory: A Producer’s Source
of Energy
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
Ecology
Ecology
Ecology
1
2
3
7.01,7.04
7.0
7.01, 7.02, 7.03
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Activity Grade 6
Source
Module/ Grade 6
Classes
Laboratory: The Cells of Producers
SEPUP
Ecology
2
7.01
Laboratory: A Suitable Habitat
SEPUP
Ecology
3
7.02
Modeling: Clam Catch
SEPUP
Ecology
3
1.07
Reading: Is There Room for One
More?
SEPUP
Ecology
1
7.02
Benchmark
Learn NC
2
Field Study: Taking A Look Outside
SEPUP
Ecology
2
7.01, 7.02
Talking It Over: Too Many Mussels
SEPUP
Ecology
1
7.05, 7.06
Project: Presenting the Facts
SEPUP
Ecology
2
1.08
Career Start
Learn NC
2
7.01, 7.05
SEPUP
IIES
2
1.07,
Laboratory: Mother’s Day Dilemma
SEPUP
IIES
1
3.04,
Problem Solving: Diamond Data
SEPUP
IIES
1
3.04
Reading: Buying Minerals
SEPUP
IIES
1
3.04, 3.06
Modeling: Forming Minerals
SEPUP
IIES
2
3.01, 3.04
Laboratory: More Minerals
SEPUP
IIES
2
3.04
CAREER Start Lesson :You are an
Earthworm
Talking it Over: Every Rock Tells a
Story
Laboratory: Rocks at Roughpoint
Career
Start
Learn NC
1-2
3.04
SEPUP
IIES
1
3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04
SEPUP
IIES
2
3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04
Investigation: Growing Pains
SEPUP
IIES
2
3.05
Laboratory: Studying Soils
SEPUP
IIES
2
3.04, 3.05, 3.06
Assessment and Review
CAREER Start Lesson 10
Ecotourism in the Outer Banks
Investigation: Into the Field
NC Objectives Grade 6
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Activity Grade 6
Investigation: Water, Everywhere
Modeling: Traveling on the Water
Cycle
Reading: Earth’s Water
Source
SEPUP
SEPUP
Module
IIES
IIES
Classes
2
2
SEPUP
IIES
2
3.04, 3.06
Modeling: Marsh Models
Laboratory: Rocks on the Move
Laboratory: Water on the move
Reading: Here today, There
Tomorrow
Project: Where Should It be Built?
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
IIES
IIES
IIES
IIES
2
3
2
2
3.01, 3.04, 7.02, 7.03
3.05, 3.06
3.05, 3.06
2.03
IIES
Learn NC
3
1
3.05, 4.01, 7.02, 7.04
2.02
Astroventure Lesson 1
SEPUP
Career
Start
NASA
AstroVenture
2
3.01, 3.04
Astroventure Planet Comparison
NASA
AstroVenture
1
3.01, 3.04
What is Astrobiology
NASA
AstroVenture
1
3.01, 3.04
CAREER Start Lesson
NASA Spin-offs
Career
Start
NASA
Learn NC
1-2
5.04, 5.06
AstroVenture
2
3.01, 3.04
NASA
AstroVenture
2
3.01, 3.04
NASA
Astroventure
3
1.08, 2.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.04
CAREER Start Lesson
Chuck Yeager Research Activity
Human Requirements for Space
Flight
Star Types Astroventure Journal
Entry
Astronomy Training role play
(Computer session)
NC Objectives Grade 6
3.04
3.05, 3.06, 4.01
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Activity Grade 6
States of Matter
Module
Astroventure
Classes
2
Benchmark
NASA
Astroventure
2
1
Star Systems
NASA
Astroventure
2
1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.05, 1.06, 1.07,
1.08, 2.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.04
5.01, 5.02, 5.04
Mass and Gravity
NASA
Astroventure
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.04
Planetary Distance
Solar System Illustration Activity
NASA
NASA
Astroventure
Astroventure
2
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.04
5.01, 5.02, 5.04
Planetary Temperature As a
System
Star Cards Activity
NASA
Astroventure
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.04
NASA
Astroventure
1
5.01, 5.02, 5.04
Habitable Zone Reading
NASA
Astroventure
1
5.01, 5.02, 5.04
What Make the Sun so Great?
Astroventure
Learn NC
2
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.04
6.04
Atmosphere and Temperature
Atmospheric Mass
NASA
Career
Start
NASA
NASA
Astroventure
Astroventure
3
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.04
5.01, 5.02, 5.04
Disrupting the System
NASA
Astroventure
3-4
5.01, 5.02, 5.04
Astronomy Training role play
NASA
Astroventure
2
1.07,
Review + Assessment
Measuring Temperature
CAREER Start Lesson
Energy Concepts and Careers
Source
NASA
NC Objectives Grade 6
1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.05, 1.06, 1.07,
1.08, 2.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.04
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Activity Grade 6
The Case of the Shakey Quake
Plants in Space
Astro Journal Lesson 1 Geology
Temperature, Pressure, and the
Earth
Density
Convection and the Earth
Plate Tectonics and Volcanism
The Carbon Cycle and Life
Magnetic Fields and Life
Geology Conclusion
Source
NASA
NASA
NASA
NASA
Module
SciFiles
Plants module
Astroventure
Astroventure
Classes
8
6
1
4-6
NASA
NASA
NASA
NASA
NASA
NASA
Astroventure
Astroventure
Astroventure
Astroventure
Astroventure
Astroventure
4-6
4-6
4
4
4
4
NC Objectives Grade 6
3.01, 3.04
4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05
3.01,3.02, 3.03, 3.04,
3.01,3.02, 3.03, 3.04,
3.01,3.02, 3.03, 3.04,
3.01,3.02, 3.03, 3.04,
3.01,3.02, 3.03, 3.04,
3.01,3.02, 3.03, 3.04,
3.01,3.02, 3.03, 3.04,
3.01,3.02, 3.03, 3.04,
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Science Content Vocabulary Grade 6
Evidence
Inference
Variables
Artifact
Technique
soil
Ecosystem
Control group
Predictions
Crustal plate movement
Folding and faulting
Deposition
Volcanic activity
Earthquakes
layers of the earth
rock cycle
Competition
Temperature range
Resource availability
Socio-economic pattern
characteristics of rock
minerals
horizon profile
infiltration
energy flowing through a
system
photosynthesis
producers
consumers
sun
planets
moons
asteroids
meteors
comets
phases
seasons
Symbiosis
Overpopulation
Waste disposal
seismograph
day/year
eclipses
solar storms
tides
NASA
History of space exploration
Technologies to explore space
Apollo missions
Space shuttle
International space station
Future goals
Galaxy
Size
Uniqueness of earth
Spin-offs
Convection
Mutual dependence
Natural selection
Food supplies
Richter scale
Radiation
Energy transfer
Frequency
Amplitude
Sound through different
substances
Qualitative
Quantitative
Absorption
Scattering
Color perception
Form and function of the eye
Conduction,
Expansion
Contraction
Coexistence
Cooperation
Light
Adaptation
Transportation
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Activity Grade 7
Career Start: Careers in Science
Talking It Over: Choosing a Safe
Vehicle
Laboratory: Measuring Speed
Source
Career
Start
SEPUP
Classes
1
NC Objectives Grade 7
1.09
Force and
Motion
2
Force and
Motion
Force and
Motion
Force and
Motion
Force and
Motion
2
6.01, 6.03, 6.05
2
6.01, 6.02, 6.04, 6.05
2
6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04
2
6.03, 6.04, 6.05
Force and
Motion
Learn NC
2
6.03, 6.05
2
6.03, 6.05
Force and
Motion
Force and
Motion
2
6.03, 6.04, 6.05
2
6.03, 6.04, 6.05
SEPUP
Force and
Motion
2
6.03, 6.04, 6.05
SEPUP
Force and
Motion
Force and
Motion
Force and
Motion
Force and
Motion
Force and
2
6.03, 6.04, 6.05
2
6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06
2
6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06
2
6.03, 6.05, 6.06
2
6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06
SEPUP
Investigation: Graphing Speed
SEPUP
Laboratory: Braking Distance
SEPUP
Problem Solving: Stopping on the
Road
Reading: Everyday Friction
SEPUP
Career Start Wheelin’ Fun
Career
Start
SEPUP
Laboratory: Force and Mass
Module
Learn NC
SEPUP
Laboratory: Force and
Acceleration
Laboratory: The Net Force
Challenge
Reading: Decelerating Safely
SEPUP
Investigation: Crash Testing
SEPUP
Laboratory: Mass and Cornering
SEPUP
Laboratory: The Law of Inertia
SEPUP
Laboratory: Rollover Comparison
SEPUP
6.01, 6.02
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Motion
Activity Grade 7
Talking It Over: Fatal Accidents
Source
SEPUP
Role Play: Legal Solution
SEPUP
Pop Can Hero Engine
Rocket Racer
3-2-1 Pop!
NASA
NASA
NASA
Career
Start
NASA
NASA
NASA
NASA
NASA
NASA
CAREER Start Building a Catapault
Antacid Tablet Race
Paper Rockets
Newton Car
Balloon Staging
Rocket Transportation
Altitude Tracking
Bottle Rocket
Project X-35 (PBL)
Review and Assessment
Solving Problems: Save Fred!
The Pellegra Story
Testing Medicines: A Clinical
Trial
Testing Medicines Scientifically
Module
Force and
Motion
Force and
Motion
Rockets
Rockets
Rockets
Learn NC
Rockets
Rockets
Rockets
Rockets
Rockets
Rockets
NASA
Rockets
NASA
Rockets
Benchmark
My Body+Me
SEPUP
SEPUP
My Body
and Me
SEPUP
My Body
and Me
SEPUP
My Body
and Me
Classes
3
4
NC Objectives Grade 7
6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06
6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06
1
1-2
1
2
6.03, 6.04, 6.05
6.03, 6.05, 6.06
6.03
6.02
1-2
1
1
1
1
1-2
6.03
6.03, 6.05
6.03, 6.05
6.06
6.03, 6.05, 6.06
1.06, 2.01, 2.03, 2.04 (Needed for PBL Project
X-35 & Bottle Rocket)
6.03, 6.05
, 6.03, 6.05, 6.06
1-2
9-10
2
1-2
2
1.08
3.1, 3.3
3
3.1, 3.3
1
3.3
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Activity Grade 7
Can You Feel the Difference?
Source
SEPUP
Finding the Nerve
SEPUP
Human Variation
SEPUP
Studying People
SEPUP
Data Toss
SEPUP
Evaluating Clinical Trials
SEPUP
Sick Day
SEPUP
CAREER Start Muscles and Bones
What’s Happening Inside
Career
Start
SEPUP
Living with Your Liver
SEPUP
Breakdown
SEPUP
An Absorbing Tale
SEPUP
CAREER Start Breathe in Breathe out
Balancing Act
Career
Start
SEPUP
Gas Exchange
SEPUP
The Circulation Game
SEPUP
Heart-ily Fit
SEPUP
Great-Aunt Lily’s Will
SEPUP
Assessment + Review
Benchmark
Module
Classes
1
1.08
1
4.01
2
4.01
1
1.02
3
1.08
2-3
1.05
1
1.04
Learn NC
2
4.01, 4.02
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
Learn NC
3
4.01, 4.03
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04
2
4.01, 4.02, 4.03
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.03
2
4.08
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
2-3
4.02
2
4.02
1
4.01, 4.05, 4.08
My Body and
Me
1
4.02, 4.08
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
1-2
NC Objectives Grade 7
1.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.04,
2
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Activity Grade 7
Inside a Pump
Source
SEPUP
The Heart- A Muscle
SEPUP
Heart Parts
SEPUP
Round and Round
SEPUP
Healing the Heart
SEPUP
Heart Sounds
SEPUP
The Pressure’s On
SEPUP
Heart Problems
SEPUP
Project: Helping Hearts
SEPUP
CAREER Start Lesson Strawberry
DNA
Career Start
Investigating Human Traits
SEPUP
Plants Have Genes Too
SEPUP
Joe’s Dilemma
SEPUP
Copycat
SEPUP
Creature Features
SEPUP
Gene Combo
SEPUP
Mendel, First Geneticist
SEPUP
Gene Squares
SEPUP
Module
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
My Body and
Me
Learn NC
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Classes
1
1-2
NC Objectives Grade 7
1.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03
1.06, 1.07, 4.04
1
4.01, 4.02
2
1.07, 4.01
1
1.10, 2.02, 4.08
1-2
4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05
1
4.03, 4.04, 4.05
1
4.03, 4.04, 4.08
2+
4.05, 4.08
2
1.09
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04
1
5.01, 5.02, 5.03,
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06
1
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.06
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.06
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.06
1
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.06
3
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.06
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WS/FCS 6-8 Science Curriculum Guide
Activity Grade 7
Creature Features
Source
SEPUP
Gene Combo
SEPUP
Mendel, First Geneticist
SEPUP
Gene Squares
SEPUP
Analyzing Genetic Data
SEPUP
Show Me the Genes!
SEPUP
Nature and Nurture
SEPUP
Breeding Critters – More Traits
SEPUP
Patterns in Pedigrees
SEPUP
What Would You Do?
SEPUP
Searching for the Lost Children
SEPUP
Evidence from DNA
SEPUP
Finding the Lost Children
SEPUP
Should We?
SEPUP
Designer Genes in a Designer
World Activity 1
Review and Assessment
Module
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Classes
2
NC Objectives Grade 7
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.06
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.06
1
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.06
3
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.06
1
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04
1
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06
1
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.06
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.06
1
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.06
1
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.06
NASA
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04
Benchmark
2
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
Our Genes,
Ourselves
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Activity Grade 7
Designer Genes in a Designer
World Activity 3
Review and Assessment
CAREER Start Watching the Weather
Atmospheric Science Training
Source
NASA
SCIMAX
Career
Start
NASA
Module
Classes
1
NC Objectives Grade 7
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04
2
2
5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06
1.05, 3.05
AstroVenture
Atmosphere
AstroVenture
Atmosphere
AstroVenture
Atmosphere
AstroVenture
Atmosphere
AstroVenture
Atmosphere
2
3.01, 3.02, 3.03
1
3.01
2
3.01, 3.02, 3.03
2
3.01
2
3.01, 3.02
NASA
AstroVenture
Atmosphere
3
3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04
NASA
AstroVenture
Atmosphere
2
3.01, 3.02, 3.03
Learn NC
Building Blocks of Matter
NASA
Greenhouse Gases
NASA
The Flow of Matter
NASA
Oxygen, Oxidation and
Combustion
Stratospheric Ozone and
Ultraviolet Light
Nitrogen: The Effects from
Properties Versus Amount
Atmospheric Science Conclusion
NASA
NASA
AstroVenture
Atmosphere
1
3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04
The Case of the Phenomenal
Weather
Atmospheric Detectives
NASA
SciFiles
6
3.05, 3.06
NASA
5
3.03, 3.05, 3.06
CAREER Start Lesson Hurricane
Response
Career
Start
NASA
Connect
Learn NC
2
3.05, 3.06
Blow Me Down (Optional)
Pitch, Roll, and Yaw
CERTL
NASA
5
3.03, 3.05, 3.06
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
Grade 7
The Brain
in Space
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Activity Grade 7
Building a Magic Carpet
Source
NASA
Escher Staircase
NASA
Measuring Blood Pressure in
Space
Changing Body Positions
NASA
Baroceptor Reflex Role Play
NASA
Geophysical Light/Dark Cycle
NASA
How Quick are your Responses?
NASA
Measuring Your Breathing
Frequency at Rest
How Long Can You Hold Your
Breath?
NASA
Raising the Level of Carbon
Dioxide in Your Blood
Module
The Brain
in Space
The Brain
in Space
The Brain
in Space
The Brain
in Space
The Brain
in Space
The Brain
in Space
The Brain
in Space
Classes
1
NC Objectives Grade 7
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
The Brain
in Space
The Brain
in Space
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
NASA
The Brain
in Space
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
The Shape of Things
NASA
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
From the Outside In
NASA
Muscles
and Bones
Muscles
and Bones
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
Hollow or Solid
NASA
Muscles
and Bones
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
NASA
NASA
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Activity Grade 7
A Simple Yarn
Source
NASA
Balancing Act
NASA
Stress This!
NASA
Healthy Bones
NASA
A Train Express NASA Connect
Video
NASA
Connect
Career
Start
CAREER Start Lesson College
Collage
Module
Muscles
and Bones
Muscles
and Bones
Muscles
and Bones
Muscles
and Bones
A Train
Express
Learn NC
Classes
1
NC Objectives Grade 7
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
1
4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08
3
2
1.09
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Science Content Vocabulary Grade 7
ozone
Stratified layers
equilibirum
Air pressure
Altitude
Particulate matter
Air quality
Point source
Area source
Pollution
Financial trade-offs
Humidity
Temperature
Wind speed
Wind direction
Air pressure
Precipitation
Tornado
Hurricane
Flood
Storms
Satellites
Weather maps
Predicting
Musculoskeletal
Cardiovascular
Composition of
atmosphere
Endocrine
Nervous system
Digestive system
Circulatory system
Excretory system
Reproductive system
Respiratory system
Immune system
Liver
Heart
Lung
Brain
Stomach
Kidney
Alcohol
Drugs
Diet
Smoking
Genes
Punnet squares
Dominant
Recessive
Incomplete dominance
Role of parents
Analysis of pedigrees
Genetic disease
Environmental factors
Simple machines
Mechanical advantage
Mechanical efficiency
Newton’s laws
Momentum/ inertia
Work
Force
Acceleration
speed
Time
Distance
Mass
Velocity
Force
Center of mass
Balanced forces
Unbalanced forces
Lifestyle choices
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Activity Grade 8
Drinking Water Quality
Source
SEPUP
Module
Exploring Sensory Thresholds
SEPUP
Career
Start
SEPUP
IEY
Learn NC
2
1
2.04,
3.08
IEY
3
4.02, 4.06
Mapping Death
John Snow and the Search for
Evidence
Chlorination: How Much is Just
Enough?
The Peru Story
SEPUP
SEPUP
IEY
IEY
2
2
4.08, 7.02, 7.03. 7.04
4.08, 7.02, 7.03. 7.04
SEPUP
IEY
1
4.02
SEPUP
IEY
2
Acids, Bases and Indicators
SEPUP
IEY
2
4.06, 4.07
Serial Dilution of Acids and Bases
Acid-Base Neutralization
SEPUP
SEPUP
IEY
IEY
2
2
4.06, 4.07
4.06, 4.07
Quantitative Analysis of Acid
SEPUP
IEY
3
4.06, 4.07
The “Used Water” Problem
SEPUP
IEY
2
4.06, 4.07
Is Neutralization the Solution to
Pollution?
SEPUP
IEY
1
4.02, 4.06, 4.07, 4.06, 4.07
CAREER Start Salt and Freezing
Water
Career
Start
SEPUP
SEPUP
Learn NC
1
1.05, 1.06, 4.05, 4.06
IEY
IEY
1
1
3.07. 3.08, 4.06, 4.07
3.02, 3.06, 3.07. 3.08
CAREER Start Maintaining Safe
Water
Concentration
Trouble in Silver Oaks
Water Movement Through Earth
IEY
Classes
NC Objectives Grade 8
1
3.02, 3.07, 3.08
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Activity Grade 8
The “Ins” and “Outs” of
Groundwater
Investigating Contamination
Plumes
Testing the Waters
Mapping it Out
Town Meeting
Density Layers- Estuaries
Water Filter activity
Dispersing Dispersion
Source
SEPUP
Module
IEY
Classes
2
SEPUP
IEY
2
3.02, 3.06, 3.07. 3.08
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
NASA
NASA
NASA
2
2
4
2
1
2
3.02, 3.06, 3.07. 3.08
1.10, 2.01, 3.02, 3.06, 3.07. 3.08
3.02, 3.06, 3.07. 3.08
3.03, 3.07
3.03, 3.07
, 3.03,3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07
Don’t be Crude
NASA
1
3.03,3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07
Graphically Speaking
NASA
1
3.03,3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07
Ocean in a bottle
NASA
2
3.03,3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07
Blowin’ Up a Storm of Oil
NASA
IEY
IEY
IEY
www
www
Ocean
Odyssey
Ocean
Odyssey
Ocean
Odyssey
Ocean
Odyssey
Ocean
Odyssey
1
3.03,3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07
Learn NC
2
1
WATER (2)
6.01, 6.04
Micro-Life
Micro-Life
Micro-Life
Micro-Life
Micro-Life
Micro-Life
Micro-Life
2
2
1
1
2
1
3
Review and Assessment
CAREER Start Cell Theory and Plant
Respiration
Modeling: It’s Catching!
Who Infected Whom
From One to Another
The Story of Leprosy
A License to Learn
Looking for Signs of Micro-Life
The History of the Germ Theory
Benchmark
Career
Start
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
NC Objectives Grade 8
3.02, 3.06, 3.07. 3.08
4.02, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 7.02, 7.03
7.02, 7.03, 7.04
7.02, 7.03, 7.04
7.02, 7.03, 7.04
, 7.02, 7.03, 7.04
7.02, 7.03, 7.04
7.02, 7.03, 7.04
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Activity Grade 8
Microbes, Plants and You
Cells Alive!
A Cell Model
Source
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
Module
Micro-Life
Micro-Life
Micro-Life
Classes
2
1
1
6.01, 6.02,
6.01, 6.02,
6.01, 6.02,
A Cell So Small
A Closer Look
SEPUP
SEPUP
Micro-Life
Micro-Life
1
1
6.01, 6.02,
6.01, 6.02,
Who’s Who?
Microbes Under View
The World of Microbes
Disease Fighters
Reducing Risk
Wash Your Hands, Please
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
Micro-Life
Micro-Life
Micro-Life
Micro-Life
Micro-Life
Micro-Life
1
2
1
2
3
2
6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04
6.01, 6.02, 7.01, 7.02
6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 7.01, 7.02
6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04,7.01, 7.02, 7.03
6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04,7.01, 7.02, 7.03
6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04,7.01, 7.02, 7.03
An Ounce of Prevention
Fighting Back
SEPUP
SEPUP
Micro-Life
Micro-Life
1
1
6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04,7.01, 7.02, 7.03
6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04,7.01, 7.02, 7.03
The Full Course
SEPUP
Micro-Life
2
6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04,7.01, 7.02, 7.03
Miracle Drugs – Or Not?
SEPUP
Micro-Life
1
Modern Outbreaks
SEPUP
Micro-Life
5
Benchmark
SEPUP
Evolution
2
2
6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.04,
7.05
6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.04,
7.05
Micro-Life (4)
5.01, 5.02
SEPUP
SEPUP
Evolution
Evolution
1
1
5.01, 5.02, 5.03
5.01, 5.02
Review and Assessment
Laboratory: Figuring Out Fossils
Investigation: Fossilized Footprints
Modeling: Time for Change
NC Objectives Grade 8
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Activity Grade 8
Role Play: A Meeting of the Minds
Source
SEPUP
Module
Evolution
Classes
2
Modeling: Hiding in the
Background
Career Start Remote Sensing
SEPUP
Evolution
2
5.01
Career
Start
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
SEPUP
Learn NC
1
5.04,5.05
Evolution
Evolution
Evolution
Evolution
2
1
1
1
5.01
5.01
5.01
5.01
SEPUP
Evolution
1
5.01, 5.02
1
1
5.01, 5.02
5.02
2
1
Evolution (3)
4.04, 4.06
4
4.01, 4.02,4.07, 4.08
Modeling: Battling Beaks
Reading: Origin of the Species
Investigation: Family Histories
Investigation: A Whale of a Tale
Investigation: DNA: The Evidence
Within
Talking it Over: Birds of a Feather
CAREER Start Key Deer-Evolution
and Species Survival
Review and Assessment
CAREER Start Electroplating
Chemicals, Chemicals,
Everywhere
What is a Chemical?
Protect the Toxicologist
Career Start he Effect of Salt on
the freezing point of water
Case Studies of Routes of
Exposure
SEPUP
Evolution
Career
Learn NC
Start
Benchmark
Career
Learn NC
Start
Chemicals, the
NIH
Environment and
NIH
NIH
Career
Start
NIH
You
Chemicals,
Chemicals,
Everywhere
Chemicals,
Chemicals,
Everywhere
NC Objectives Grade 8
5.01, 5.03
(1)
4.04
(1)
4.04
Learn NC
1
Chemicals,
Chemicals,
Everywhere
(2)
1.06, 4.05, 4.06
25
WS/FCS 6-8 Science Curriculum Guide
Activity Grade 8
Dose and Concentration
Source
NIH
Planning the Seed Investigation
NIH
Setting Up the Seed Investigation
NIH
Gathering Data
NIH
Dose-Response Relationships
NIH
Graphing the Response to
Chemical Dose
Career Start Identifying Unknown
Substances
Individual Responses Can Be
Different
Different Doses for Different
People
A Poisonous Dose?
NIH
Career
Start
NIH
NIH
NIH
The Chemical Caffeine: How Do
You React?
What Is the Risk?
NIH
People at Risk
NIH
What Is Your Risk?
NIH
What Can I Do?
NIH
Review and Assessment
Career Start Areas of Science
NIH
Benchmark
Career
Start
Module
The Dose Makes
the Poison
The Dose Makes
the Poison
The Dose Makes
the Poison
Classes
(1)
NC Objectives Grade 8
4.01, 4.02,4.07, 4.08
(1)
4.01, 4.02,4.07, 4.08
(1)
4.01, 4.02,4.07, 4.08
The Dose Makes
the Poison
Chemicals, the
Environment and
You
Dose-Response
Relationships
(1)
4.01, 4.02,4.07, 4.08
2
4.01, 4.02,4.07, 4.08
(2)
4.01, 4.02,4.07, 4.08
Learn NC
1
4.05
Chemicals, the
Environment and
You
Individual
Responses Can
Be Different
Individual
Responses Can
Be Different
Individual
Responses Can
Be Different
Chemicals, the
Environment and
You
What Is the
Risk?
What Is the
Risk?
What Is the
Risk?
3
4.01, 4.02,4.07, 4.08
(1)
4.01, 4.02,4.07, 4.08
(1)
4.01, 4.02,4.07, 4.08
(1)
4.01, 4.02,4.07, 4.08
4
4.01, 4.02,4.07, 4.08
(1)
4.01, 4.02,4.07, 4.08
(1)
4.01, 4.02,4.07, 4.08
(1)
4.01, 4.02,4.07, 4.08
Learn NC
2
1
Chemistry (1)
26
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Science Content Vocabulary Grade 8
Estuaries
river basins
upwelling
groundwater
polar ice
glaciers
Sargasso sea
Marine ecosystem
Terrestrial Food web
Aquatic food web
Cohesion
Adhesion
Polarity
Buoyancy
Hydrosphere
Dependant variable
Independent variable
Control
Placebo
Hypothesis
PHPDAC
Scientific method
Observation
Inference
Qualitative
Distribution of water
on earth
Quantitative
Dissolved oxygen
Turbidity
Run-off
Nitrates
Phosphates
Algal bloom
Point source
Non-point source
natural substance
synthetic substance
characteristic property
Proton
Neutron
Electron
Nucleus
Atom
Atomic number
Atomic mass
Family
period
Mendeleev
Mass
Volume
State of matter
Local water
availability
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Plasma
sublimation
Boiling point
Freezing point
Compounds
Mixture
Specific heat
pH Universal solvent
Dissolved gasses
Density
Specific heat
concentration
precipitate
Malleability
Chemical change
Physical change
Products
Reactants
Conservation of matter
Reaction
Change of state
(physical change)
Natural selection
unconformity
intrusion
Geologic time
Epoch
era
ice cores
potency
crop yield
food preservative
microbe
contagion
mutagen
anti-microbial
biotechnology
Bacteria
Virus
Cell theory
Plasma membrane
Cytoplasm
Ribosome
Lysosome
Mitochondria
Nucleus
Endoplasmic reticula
Law of superposition
Golgi apparatus
Mitosis
Meiosis
Vector
Host
Carrier
Parasite
Pathogen
Carcinogen
Amoeba
Euglena
Paramecium
Volvox
Protist
cilia
pseudopod
flagellum
organelle
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