MDCPS SCIENCE PACING GUIDES/EXPLORELEARNING
GIZMOS CORRELATIONS- MIDDLE SCHOOL
GRADE 6 REGULAR/ADVANCED– 4th NINE WEEKS
TOPIC
NEXT
GENERATION
SUNSHINE
STATE
STANDARDS
TOPIC XV: Cell Theory
SC.6.L.14.2
TOPIC XVI: Cell Structure
and Organelles
SC.6.L.14.4
SC.6.N.3.4
TOPIC XVII: Homeostasis
SC.6.L.14.3
TOPIC XVIII: Human Body
Systems
SC.6.L.14.5
SC.6.N.3.1
TOPIC XIX: Pathogen
Comparison
SC.6.L.14.6
ExploreLearning Gizmos
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
Cell Structure
Cell Energy Cycle
Photosynthesis Lab
Homeostasis
Human Homeostasis
Osmosis
Paramecium Homeostasis
Photosynthesis Lab
Cell Energy Cycle
Digestive System
Circulatory System
Human Homeostasis
Paramecium Homeostasis
Disease Spread
Virus Lytic Cycle
GRADE 7 REGULAR/ADVANCED – 4th NINE WEEKS
TOPIC
NEXT
GENERATION
SUNSHINE
STATE
STANDARDS
TOPIC XIV: Meiosis and
Mitosis
TOPIC XV: DNA,
Chromosomes and Heredity
SC.7.L.16.3
TOPIC XVI: Genetic Traits
and Heredity
SC.7.L.16.2
TOPIC XVII: Biotechnology
SC.7.L.16.4
SC.7.N.1.7
SC.7.L.16.1
ExploreLearning Gizmos
Cell Division
Human Karyotyping
Inheritance
Building DNA
Chicken Genetics
DNA Fingerprint Analysis
Human Karyotyping
Chicken Genetics
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Microevolution
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
Inheritance
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
GRADE 8 REGULAR/ADVANCED – 4th NINE WEEKS
Benchmark
Topic
ExploreLearning Gizmos
SC.7.E.6.2
Rock Cycle: Surface Events and
Subsurface Events
Rock Cycle
SC.7.E.6.4
Earth’s Evolution and Methods for
Measuring Earth’s Age
Building Pangaea
SC.7.E.6.5
Scientific Theory of Plate Tectonics
and Layers of Earth
Plate Tectonics
SC.6.E.7.4
Interaction among Earth’s Spheres
Weather Maps
Coastal Winds and Clouds
SC.6.E.7.5
Atmospheric Movement and Heat
Transfer through Earth’s Systems
Coastal Winds and Clouds
Greenhouse Effect
SC.7.P.10.3
Waves
Longitudinal Waves
Refraction
SC.7.P.11.2
Energy Transfer and
Transformations
Energy Conversions
SC.6.P.13.1
Forces and Motion
SC.6.L.14.1
SC.6.L.14.2
SC.6.L.14.4
Organization, Development, Diversity
and Evolution of Living Organisms
Force and Fan Carts
Free Fall Tower
Free-Fall Laboratory
Cell Structure
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
TOPIC XIV: CRUNCH-TIME
BENCHMARK
REVISIT/REINFORCEMENT
SC.6.L.14.5
SC.7.L.16.1
SC.7.L.17.2
SC.7.L.17.3
SC.7.L.17.1
Interdependence, and Relationship
Circulatory System
Digestive System
Human Homeostasis
DNA Fingerprint Analysis
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
Food Chain
Prairie Ecosystem
Rabbit Population by Season
Forest Ecosystem
PHYSICAL SCIENCE HONORS – 4th NINE WEEKS
Benchmark
Topic
ExploreLearning Gizmos
SC.8.E.5.3
SC.8.E.5.1
SC.8.E.5.2
Hierarchical Relationships Among
Astronomical Bodies and Systems
Solar System Explorer
SC.8.E.5.5
SC.8.E.5.6
Properties of Stars
SC.8.E.5.7
SC.8.E.5.4
SC.8.E.5.8
Properties of Objects in Solar
System and Historical Models of the
Solar System
SC.8.E.5.9
Impact of Objects in Space:
Seasons, Gravitational Attraction,
Lunar Phases, and Eclipses
SC.8.L.18.4
SC.8.L.18.1
SC.8.L.18.2
SC.8.L.18.3
SC.7.E.6.2
Laws of Conservation of Mass and
Energy: Photosynthesis,
Respiration, Carbon Cycle
H–R Diagram
Star Spectra
Comparing Earth and Venus
Phases of the Moon
Solar System Explorer
Tides
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Why do we have them?
2D Eclipse
3D Eclipse
Moonrise, Moonset, and Phases
Phases of the Moon
Tides
Cell Energy Cycle
Photosynthesis Lab
Plants and Snails
Rock Cycle: Surface Events and
Subsurface Events
Rock Cycle
SC.7.E.6.4
Earth’s Evolution and Methods for
Measuring Earth’s Age
Building Pangaea
SC.7.E.6.5
Scientific Theory of Plate Tectonics
and Layers of Earth
Plate Tectonics
SC.6.E.7.4
Interaction among Earth’s Spheres
Weather Maps
Coastal Winds and Clouds
SC.6.E.7.5
Atmospheric Movement and Heat
Transfer through Earth’s Systems
Coastal Winds and Clouds
Greenhouse Effect
SC.7.P.10.3
Waves
Longitudinal Waves
TOPIC XV: CRUNCH-TIME
BENCHMARK
REVISIT/REINFORCEMENT
Refraction
SC.7.P.11.2
Energy Transfer and
Transformations
Energy Conversions
SC.6.P.13.1
Forces and Motion
SC.6.L.14.1
SC.6.L.14.2
SC.6.L.14.4
Organization, Development, Diversity
and Evolution of Living Organisms
Force and Fan Carts
Free Fall Tower
Free-Fall Laboratory
Cell Structure
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
SC.6.L.14.5
SC.7.L.16.1
Circulatory System
Digestive System
Human Homeostasis
DNA Fingerprint Analysis
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
Food Chain
Prairie Ecosystem
Rabbit Population by Season
Forest Ecosystem
Limiting Reactants
SC.7.L.17.2
SC.7.L.17.3
SC.7.L.17.1
Interdependence, and Relationship
TOPIC XVI: Energy and
Chemical Reactions
SC.912.P.8.7
SC.912.P.10.6
SC.912.P.10.7
SC.912.P.10.11
SC.912.P.10.12
TOPIC XVII: ElectricityStatic Current
SC.912.P.10.14
SC.912.P.10.15
Circuit Builder
Pith Ball Lab
Coulomb Force (Static)
Circuits
Advanced Circuits
TOPIC XVIII: Magnetism
SC.912.P.10.1
SC.912.P.10.2
SC.912.P.10.15
SC.912.P.10.18
TOPIC XIX: Behavior of
Gases
TOPIC XX: Biology
Ramping Up - Review of
the Nature of Science and
preview to Biology
SC.912.P.8.2
Magnetic Induction
Charge Launcher
Magnetism
Electromagnetic Induction
Boyle's Law and Charles' Law
Photosynthesis Lab
Triple Beam Balance
Measuring Volume
Cell Structure
SC.912.N.1.1
SC.912.L.14.1
SC.912.L.14.3
SC.912.L.14.4