Curriculum
Units
6-8
Curriculum
Units
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student writing
format sheets
are found the
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folder
NOTE:
Some of the
following sites
will require
internet access
for several
days.
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Writing
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
NC DPI
That are listed
in the adopted
test- Prentice
Hall Science
Explorer
(those without
page numbers
are found in the
docushare
folder) these
are activities
that are
appropriate for
the students to
do in class or at
Home!
Page 6“What’s
happening”
The Lollipop
All students will
participate in the
pretest on this
The Tower
Expository
interactive
prompt:
program to assess
Page 13The Roll
where they are as
“How many
At this point
a learner.
thumbs?”
in your life,
Technological
you have just
Design
Teachers should also What are
Scientific Inquiry
Page 20begun to
assess their
some
“What’s in a
think about
Scientific Method
presentation Express essential
picture?”
whether you a. Experimental
- Bikini Bottom
CD for The Nature of safety issues
will go to
Design
experiments
Science &
in the lab?
college
or
Page 25Technology for extra
directly into b. Laboratory
“What are
video clips, active art, How does
Cube Lab
the
some
Safety Procedures
and power points that
science lead examples of investigation (& workplace
assist in teaching the
to advances Technology? cube sheets)
after you
c. Collect &
text
in
graduate.
”
Interpret Data
Mini Metrics
technology?
Write an
essay
Page 34explaining
Gummy
Bear
Lab
How can
“Why
what you
technology redesign?”
would like to
solve human
Length Lab
do after you
problems?
graduate
Volume Lab
from high
How can
school and
information
Scientific Method provide
systems be
Controls &
specific
used to
Variables
examples.
locate
resources to
Mass lab
Persuasive
obtain and
Prompt:
test ideas?
Over the Rainbow
- the Scientific
We have
How can
Method (Power
become a
technologica
Point Game)
society
l design
almost
allow for
Over
the
Rainbow
dependent on
consistent
Metric
System
technology
testing
(Power point
such as
Scientific
Method and
Measurement
(1.01)
Neanderthal
(1.01, 1.02,
1.04)
How
Scientists
Work: What
Is Scientific
Inquiry?
(1.04, 1.05)
Inquiring
Minds: The
Science of
Safety(1.03)
Be an
Inventor
(1.04, 1.06,
1.10)
Daily Planet:
Traffic Jams
(1.07, 1.08)
Science
Investigation
s: Physical
Science:
Investigating
Motion,
Forces and
Energy
(1.10)
This Day in
Science History
- Aug 28-31
Page 14Try this
This Day in
activityScience History Measuring
- August extras objects.
Web Quests:
(As with any
Web Quest,
you will need
computer
access for a
number of
days.)
General
sites:
Web
Quest
Usage
This is a
site that
walks a
This Day in
Page 19
Scientific
teacher
Science History math
through
-Sept 4-7
practice – in Method
techniques
the section
to use a
assessment
This
is
a
Web
This Day in
Web quest
Quest that
Science History
focuses on the effectively
- Sept-10-15
Page 24
in their
students
Math
working with classroom.
analyzing
This Day in
the scientific
Science History dataWeb
working on method.
- Sept 17-22
Quest
the farm
Portal
Scientific
This Day in
This is a
Method
Science History
website
Mysteries
- Sept 24-28
that
This is a Web houses
This Day in
multiple
Quest that
Science History
Web
houses many
- September
Quests for
mysteries that
extras
multiple
the students
subjects
can choose
and
This Day in
from. This
content
Science History
once again
matter.
- Oct 1-5
works through
the Scientific
Science
method.
Games
This is an
Technology
interactive
game site
Please unblock that the
student
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Writing
What are the
major
processes
and concepts
in the
scientific
method?
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Concept taught in
Chapter 1.
Goals 1 and 2 should
be integrated
throughout the later
chapters using specific
science concepts.
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
scientific
inquiry
hypothesis
controlled
experiment
variable
manipulated
variable
responding
variable
operational
definition
data
communicat
ing
scientific
theory
scientific
law
scientific
literacy
metric
system
SI
mass
volume
meniscus
weight
density
graph
horizontal
axis
vertical axis
origin
line of best
fit
data point
coordinate
liner graph
nonlinear
graph
technology
goal
obsolete
system
input
Texts:
1.01,
1.02,
1.03,
1.04,
1.05,
1.06,
1.07,
1.08,
1.09,
1.10,
2.01,
2.02,
2.03,
2.04
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
1. Science
Inquiry and
Technologic
al Design
Pg 12- Keeping
Flowers Fresh
Page 37- Try
this activityinvention
sketches.
protocol?
What effect
does
technologica
l design have
on consumer
decisions?
Game)
laptops. Do
you use
Scientific Inquiry computers at
school or at
(Power point
home? How
notes)
do computers
help you, or
Metric Mania
are they a
Review game
problem for
you? Write a
SQ3R Notes
persuasive
(Power point &
essay in
Adobe file)
which you
argue for
more
computer use
or less. Be
sure to
provide
specific
examples to
support your
position
In order to
save money,
your
principal is
thinking
about closing
the schools
computer
labs. Write a
letter to your
principal
persuading
him or her to
keep it open.
Give as many
reasons as
you can to
support your
Junkyard
Wars: Cool
Cars (2.03)
What is the
Scientific
Method
(1.01, 1.02,
1.04, 1.05)
This is a Web
Quest that
allows student
to walk
through the
technologies of
today and
compare them
to how the past
was.
Metric
Conversions
This is an
interactive
website that
allows the
student to
explore the
conversions
necessary for
the metric
system.
can
explore a
variety of
science
topics in
an
“inquiry”
format.
(note:
shockwav
e player
must be
downloade
d before
the
activities
can be
explored)
Lesson
Plans
This is a
helpful
site for
first year
teachers
that has
multiple
lesson
plans,
content
areas,
printable,
rubrics,
and
more….
Rubistar
This site
allows you
to create
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Writing
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Essential
vocabulary
output
feedback
risk benefit
analysis
Writing
prompts from
adopted text:
(“Writing in
science”)
(pg 31)
Suppose you
are a curator
of a history
museum.
You are
organizing an
exhibit
featuring
inventions
that have had
a dramatic
impact on
society.
Choose one
invention that
have changed
peoples lives
and write a
summary
about the
invention to
explain it to
visitors of the
museum.
(pg 39) think
about the
computer
mouse that
you most
often use.
Suppose you
as well as
look at
several
pre-made
rubrics
that can be
used for
scoring
projects.
6th grade
curriculum
tools
NCSCOSThis is
where the
North
Carolina
Standard
course of
Study is
housed.
The
WeirdoThis is a
unit plan
that
directly
correlated
to the
science
curriculum
.
Foss
ModulesSeveral
science
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Writing
position.
based
lesson
plans are
housed
here.
Modules
missing
Teacher
ToolsLesson
plans,
assessmen
t, games,
puzzles
are found
here that
can be
used for
science
content
areas.
Sciencesp
ot.net
This
website
offers
many
lesson
plans,
activities,
labs and
ideas for
the middle
school
classroom
on every
goal!
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Writing
are in a team
of engineers
that has made
this design.
Write stepby- step
instructions
explaining
how to use
the mouse to
move the
courser on
the computer
screen. You
can include
sketches to
assist you in
your
directions.
EdHelper
This
website
offers
puzzles
and
reading
comprehe
nsion
activities
for every
subject,
including
many
interesting
Labs
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Writing
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Other support
sites
The
Future’s
Channel
This
website
offers
short clips
of various
science
careers as
well as
how
science &
math are
used in
other
careers.
Each
video
comes
with a
lab/activit
y to do
after
viewing
the video.
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Writing
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Science
readings!
Hot Chalk
This
website
allows you
to create
on-line
assignmen
ts as well
as gives
you useful
lesson
plans,
activities
and video
clips
FREE! It
costs
nothing to
join!
2. Energy
Transfer
1.01,
1.02,
1.03,
Refer to DPI 1.04,
Unit #6
1.05,
Energetic
1.06,
Waves of
1.07,
Energy
1.08,
1.09,
1.10,
2.01,
2.02,
2.03,
2.04,
6.01,
6.02,
6.03,
6.04,
6.05,
energy
kinetic
energy
potential
energy
gravitational
potential
energy
mechanical
energy
thermal
energy
electrical
energy
chemical
energy
nuclear
energy
electromagn
etic energy
energy
Concept taught in
chapters 16, 17, 18,
and 19.
Teachers should also
assess their
presentation Express
CD for The Energy,
Thermal Energy &
Heat, Sound & Light
for extra video clips,
active art, and power
points that assist in
teaching the text
Essential
questions
from Goal
1&2 will be
taught and
reviewed
throughout
the year
Page544“What’s In
A Piece Of
Coal?”
Bubble gum
physics
O-Wing lesson
plan & lab
Expository
Prompt:
People have
always
Page 551associated
“Can You
colors with
Heat Maps of a
Capture
Leaky House Lab different
Solar
things and
(TASC)
How is
Energy?”
places. These
energy
associations
Create a Roller
transferred Page-560or meanings
Coaster Lab
through
are also
“Why Do
convection? They Fall?”
known as
Over the Rainbow symbolism.
Game (16.1
For example,
How is
Page 565Power Point)
yellow
energy
“Which Bulb
symbolized
transferred Is More
The Great Ice
Mercury and
through
Energy Transfer
& Transformation
(Competency
Goal 6)
a. Energy
Transfer
b. Wave Energy
c. Light Energy
Exploring
Heat (6.01,
6.02, 6.06,
6.07)
Science
Investigation
s: Physical
Science:
Investigating
Sound and
Light (6.03,
6.04)
Basics of
Physics:
Exploring
Heat (6.04)
Page 570-571 – Page 546The Hybrid Car Skills
ActivityPages 576-581- Graphing
Interdisciplinar
y unit on the
Page 549African Rain
Math
Forest
Analyzing
Data- Fuels
Page 666-667- and
Electricity
Keeping It
Quiet
Page 591Pages 714-719- Math
Interdisciplinar Analyzing
Datay unit on The
Calculating
Magic of
Mechanical
Web Quest:
(As with any
Web Quest,
you will need
computer
access for a
number of
days.)
Types of
Energy
This is a Web
Quest that
allows the
student to
explore the
different types
Sciencesp Page 597ot.net
Skills ActivityClassifying
This
website
Page 600- Try
offers
this Activitymany
Pendulum
lesson
Swing
plans,
activities, Page 601- At
labs and
home Activityideas for Hot Wire
the middle
school
Page 607- At
classroom
home Activityon every
Burning Fossils
goal!
Page 624- Try
transformati
on
law of
conservation
of energy
matter
fossil fuel
combustion
temperature
heat
specific heat
conduction
convection
convection
current
radiation
conductor
insulator
state
change of
state
melting
freezing
evaporation
boiling
condensatio
n
echo
loudness
intensity
decibel
pitch
Doppler
effect
music
acoustics
ear canal
eardrum
cochlea
sonar
convex lens
concave lens
lens
cornea
pupil
iris
radiation?
Efficient?”
How is
thermal
energy
transferred
between
objects at
different
temperatures
?
Page 585“How High
does A Ball
Bounce?”
How is
energy
transferred
through
waves?
How does
sound
behave as a
wave?
Page 589“What
Makes a
Flashlight
Shine?”
Page 596“What
Would Make
A Card
Jump?”
Page 614“How Cold
is the
Water?”
How is
energy
transferred
between
objects?
Page 621What does it
mean to Heat
Up?
How can you
examine/mea
sure energy
transfer?
Page 633“What
happens At
the Pump?”
In a closed
system, how
does energy
react
according to
the Law of
Page 644“What is
Sound?”
Page 650“How Does
Cube Contest Lab the sun to the
(power point)
ancient
Romans. To
Changing Colors the Chinese,
yellow
lab
symbolized
royalty, the
Egyptians
associated
yellow with
the east, and
the Japanese
thought
yellow
symbolized
courage.
What is your
favorite
color? Make
a list of
things that
are your
favorite
color. What
do you think
about when
you see your
favorite
color? Why?
Writing
prompts from
adopted text:
(“Writing in
science”)
(pg 557)
Write an
advertisemen
Breaking the
Silence: An
Introduction
to Sound
(6.03)
Basics of
Physics:
Exploring
Sound (6.03,
6.04)
Eye, The:
Structure and
Function
(6.05)
Matter and
Energy:
Energy:
What Is It?
(6.04, 6.06,
6.07)
Exploring
Energy (6.01,
6.02, 6.06,
6.07)
What is
Energy (6.01,
6.02, 6.06,
6.07)
Exploring
Sound (6.03)
Secrets of
sounds
Movies
Energy
This Day in
Page 606Science History Skills
- Oct 8-11
ActivityGraphing
This Day in
Science History Page 617- Oct 15-19
Math SkillsConverting
Units
This Day in
Science History
- Oct 22-26
Page 618Math
Analyzing
This Day in
Science History Data-Oct 28 - Nov 3 Specific
Heat Of
Materials
This Day in
Science History
- October extras Page 647Math
Analyzing
This Day in
DataScience History
Temperature
- Nov 4-10
and the
Speed of
This Day in
Sound
Science History
- Nov 11-17
Page 692Math
Analyzing
Data- Index
of
Refraction
of energy.
Energy Uses
This is a Web
Quest that
allows the
students to
work on a
problem
dealing with
the use of
energy around
the world.
Energy and
Toys
This is a Web
Quest that
allows the
student to
explore energy
transformation
through
making an
analysis of the
energy in
“toys.”
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Writing
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
Grading Period
NCSCOS
6.06,
6.07
This ActivityFeel the
Warmth
Page 631Skills ActivityObserving
Page 634- Try
This ActivityShake It Up
Page 644- Try
this ActivityPipe Sounds
Page 663- Try
This ActivityListen To This
Page 670Skills ActivityDesigning
Experiments
Page 683- At
home ActivityColor Mix
Page 698- Try
this ActivityTrue Colors
Page 702- try
This ActivityWhat A View
Page 558-559Technology
Lab-Design and
Conservation Amplitude
of Energy? Affects
Loudness?”
How is
energy
Page 656transformed “How can
not created you Change
or
Pitch?”
destroyed?
Page 662How is
“Where is
energy
the Sound
conserved? Coming
From?
How does
light absorb Page 668or scatter
“How Can
matter?
you Use
Time to
Why do you Measure
Distance?”
see color?
How does
the human
eye work?
Why do
different
materials
conduct heat
at a different
rate?
How does
change in
temperature
cause
expansion or
contraction?
Page678“How Do
colors Mix?”
t for one of
the
renewable
energy
resources
discussed in
this topic. Be
sure to
mention how
its
advantages
make it
superior to
the other
energy
sources. Also
mention how
scientist can
overcome its
disadvantage
s.
(pg 567)
Design an
advertisemen
t for one of
the energy
saving
inventions.
This
advertisemen
t can be a
printed ad, a
radio ad, or a
TV
commercial.
This ad must
clearly state
the
advantages of
this
More Than
Meets the
Eye
Body
Mysteries
(Only use
Glasses
section)
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Writing
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Essential
vocabulary
retina
optic nerve
rods
cones
Build a Solar
Cooker
Page 569Consumer LabKeeping
Comfortable
Page 594-595Skills Lab- Can
You Feel the
Power?
Page 602-603Skills LabSoaring Straws
Page 620Technology
Lab- build your
Own
Thermometer
Page 626-627Skills Lab Just
Add Water
Page 661Design your
Own LabChanging Pitch
Page 665Design your
own LabDesign and
Build Hearing
Protectors
Page 684-
(pg 573)
Write a letter
to your friend
explaining
your
prediction on
how solar
energy will
change your
life over the
next 20
years.
(pg 593) in
the terms of
energy, think
about what
happens
when you
cook and eat
a hot meal.
Describe the
different
forms of
energy that
you
experience.
(pg 625)
Suppose you
are camping
on a
mountain,
and it is very
cold. How
would you
keep warm?
Would you
build a fire or
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Writing
invention.
Skills LabChanging
Colors
Page 698-Skills
Lab- Looking
at Images
Roller Coaster
lab
(pg 671)
Describe how
a depth
finder on a
fishing boat
works. How
can it
determine if
there is fish
in the area?
Write a
description
including
diagrams that
explain how
it works.
(pg 709)
Write an
advertisemen
t for a new
easy to use
camera. In
the ad
describe the
main features
so that the
buyers will
know how
the camera
works. Be
sure to
mention how
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Writing
set up a tent?
Write a
description of
the actions
that you
would take to
stay warm.
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Writing
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
the shutter,
lens, and
diaphragm
3.
Lithosphere
and The
Changing
Earth
1.01,
1.02,
1.03,
1.04,
1.05,
1.06,
Refer to DPI 1.07,
Unit #3 Our 1.08,
Changing
1.09,
Earth
1.10,
2.01,
2.02,
2.03,
2.04,
3.01,
3.02,
3.03,
3.04,
3.05,
3.06,
3.07,
3.08
mineral
inorganic
crystal
streak
luster
Mohs
hardness
scale
cleavage
fracture
geode
crystallizatio
n
solution
vein
gemstone
ore
smelting
alloy
grains
texture
igneous rock
sedimentary
rock
metamorphi
c rock
extrusive
rock
intrusive
rock
sediment
erosion
compaction
deposition
cementation
clastic rock
organic rock
chemical
rock
foliate
rock cycle
weathering
mechanical
Concept taught in
Essential
chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, and questions
6.
from Goal
1&2 will be
Teachers should also taught and
assess their
reviewed
presentation Express throughout
CD for Minerals,
the year
Rocks, Weathering &
Soil, Plate Tectonics How do
& Earthquakes &
Earthquakes,
volcanoes for extra
Volcanoes,
video clips, active art, and the
and power points that faulting/foldi
assist in teaching the ng of Earth
text
produce
changes in
the Earth’s
surface?
Why do
Earthquakes
and
Volcanoes
occur at the
boundaries
of
continental
plates?
Expository
Prompt:
Page 62“How are
minerals
Processed
Before they
are used?”
Page 76“How Do
rocks
Compare?”
Page 80“How does
igneous
Rocks
Form?”
Page 84“How Does
Pressure
Affect
Particles of
Rock?”
Page 92“How Does
Grain
What are the Patterns
layers of the Compare?”
Earth?
Page 96What are the
“Which
physical
Rock Came
properties
and
You are
passing a
construction
site in your
town. A large
transporter
truck comes
from a field.
Write an
expository
essay in
which you
explain the
contents of
the truck and
its
destination.
Writing
prompts from
adopted text:
(“Writing in
science”)
( pg 59)
Suppose that
you are a
scientist that
is exploring a
cave. The
light on your
helmet
suddenly
reveals a wall
covered in
The Lithosphere
(Competency
Goal 3)
Earth
Science:
Earthquakes
(3.01, 3.02,
3.07)
Natural
Phenomena:
Earthquakes,
b. Composition of Volcanoes,
and Other
Earth
Earth
Movements
c. Earth's
(3.01, 3.02,
Materials
3.03)
a. Geological
Events
d. Soil Properties Earth
Science:
e. Human Impact Volcanoes
(3.01, 3.02,
3.03)
Basics of
Geology: All
About Rocks
and Minerals
(3.04)
Geologist's
Notebook:
Three Rocks
(3.04, 3.05)
Biology: The
Science of
Life:
Ecosystems:
Page 60-61Who owns the
ocean minerals? Page 51Math
Page 104-105- analyzing
Removing
datagranite From
Mineral
the Ground.
density
Page 138-139Getting he
“Dirt” on Soil
Page 217Remote Sensing
Page 54Math
practice-in
the section
assessment
Page 82Math
This Day in
Science History analyzing
Data- Nov 18-22
Mineral
Mixture
This Day in
Science History
- Nov 25-Dec 1 Page 124Math
analyzing
This Day in
Data- Which
Science History
Weathered
- November
Faster?
extras
Page 147This Day in
Skills
Science History
Activity- Dec2-8
Creating
Data tables
This Day in
Science History
Page 148Math
Web Quest:
(As with any
Web Quest,
you will need
computer
access for a
number of
days.)
Sciencesp Page 55ot.net
Finding the
density of
minerals.
This
website
offers
Page 68-69- A
many
Mouthful of
lesson
Minerals
plans,
Earths Interior activities, Page 95labs and
Mystery Rock
ideas for
This Web
Quest allows the middle Page 98school
student to
Testing Rock
classroom Flooring
explore the
on every
properties of
the interior of goal!
Page 116-117the Earth.
Rock Shake
Save the Soil
This is a Web
Quest that
allows the
exploration of
“saving the
soil” from
erosion. (note:
It states this is
a 4th grade
Quest- but I
feel it is grade
appropriate)
“Worms View”
This Web
Page 125Comparing
Soils
Page 168-169Modeling Sea
Floor
Spreading
Page 173Modeling
Mantel
Convection
Currents
characteristic First?”
s of Rocks
and
Page 108Minerals?
“How Fast
Can it Fizz?”
How does a
rock evolve Page 118through the “What is
rock cycle? Soil?”
What are the
economic
uses of
rocks,
minerals,
gems, and
precious
metals?
Page 126“How Can
You Keep
Soil From
Washing
Away?”
Page 142“How Do
What are the Scientists
measurable Find Out
properties
What’s
that can
Inside the
predict soil Earth? “
quality?
Using soil
properties,
how can we
predict soil
quality?
What are the
ways that
humans
affect soil?
Page 154“How Are
Earth’s
Continents
Linked
together?”
Page 168“How well
Do the
Continents
Fit
What human Together?
activities
promote soil Page 187-
large
crystals.
Scientist on
the surface
asks you
about your
observations.
Write a
dialogue
made up of
their
questions and
your replies.
Include the
different
ways in
which the
mineral you
see might
have formed.
(pg 71)
Choose a
mineral that
was studied
such as gold
or jade. Write
a paragraph
about the
properties of
this mineral.
Explain why
it is valuable
and how it is
used by
society.
(pg 79) Write
a paragraph
for a wanted
poster in
The Role of
Abiotic
Factors
(3.06, 4.01)
Basics of
Geology:
Erosion and
Weathering
(3.06)
- Dec 9-15
Analyzing
DataTemperature
This Day in
Science History inside Earth
- Dec 17-21
Page 171Math SkillsThis Day in
Science History Calculating
Rate
- December
extras
Page 192Math
This Day in
Science History Analyzing
Data- Jan 2-5
Seismic
Waves
Speeds
Quest allows
the students to
get a “worms
View” as soil is
being made.
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Writing
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Essential
vocabulary
weathering
ice wedging
chemical
weathering
oxidation
permeable
soil
bedrock
humus
fertility
loam
soil horizon
topsoil
subsoil
litter
decomposer
sod
soil
conservation
contour
plowing
conservation
plowing
crop rotation
sediment
mass
movement
seismic
waves
pressure
crust
mantle
lithosphere
asthenosphe
re
outer core
inner core
Pangaea
fossil
plate
plate
tectonics
fault
earthquake
epicenter
P wave
Mapping a
Future World
Toothpaste Lab
Crystal Garden
Earthworms
This Web
Quest gives the
students a more
in-depth view
of an
Earthworm and
explains how it
is vital to the
composition of
soil!
Page 208Mapping
Rock and
Earthquakes Mineral
and
Properties
Volcanoes
This Web
Quest allows
the student to
become “Rock
Detectives”
and explore
basic properties
of rocks and
minerals.
Monitoring
Earthquakes &
Volcanoes Lab
Speed of
Waves lab
Page 57- Try
this activityCrystal Hands
Page 67- At
home ActivityRust protection
Page 83- At
home Activitythe Rocks
around Us.
Page 93- Try
this Activity- A
Sequined Rock
Rock Cycle
Page 113- Try
this activityRusting Away
This website
allows the
student to
interactively
explore the
Page 115- At
home ActivityIce in a Straw
Page 121- Try
conservation “How does
efforts?
Seismic
Waves
Travel
How are
Earthquakes Through
Earth?”
detected?
How do
scientists
predict
volcanic
eruptions?
Page 196“How can
Seismic
Waves Be
Detected?”
What is the
importance
of soil?
Page 502“How Does
Mining
Affect the
Land?”
What steps
do humans
take to
improve soil
quality?
which you
describe the
characteristic
s of granite.
On you
wanted
poster, be
sure to
describe the
mineral
composition,
color, and
texture. You
might also
mention the
family of
rocks that
granite
belongs too.
(pg 98) Pick
on type of
rock and
write a
possible
“biography”
of the rock as
it moves
through the
rock cycle.
The story
should state
rock type,
formation
and the
changes it
makes during
the process
of the rock
cycle.
rock cycle.
Earthquakes
This interactive
site allows
students and
teacher to take
a more indepth look at
earthquake's
and how they
work.
Volcanoes
This is a Web
Quest that
allows student
to explore
volcanoes from
around the
world.
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Writing
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Essential
vocabulary
S wave
surface
wave
magnitude
Mercalli
scale
Richter
scale
seismograph
friction
volcano
magma
lava
ring of fire
island arc
hot spot
magma
chamber
pipe
vent
lava flow
crater
dormant
extinct
this Activity- a
Square Meter
of Soil
(pg 129)
there is a
sever drought
in a farming
region in
your
community.
Write a
paragraph
that can be
read as a
service
announceme
nt about soil
conservation.
In the
announceme
nt you should
address the
danger of soil
loss due to
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Writing
(pg 124)
Write a
product label
for a bag of
topsoil. You
label should
give the soil
a name that
will make
consumers
want to buy
it, state how
and where
the soil
formed, give
is
composition,
and suggest
how it can be
used.
(pg 149)
Write a
narrative of
your own
imaginary
journey to
the center of
the Earth.
Your
narrative
should
describe the
layers of the
Earth through
which you
travel and
how
temperature
and pressure
change
beneath the
surface.
(pg 193) you
are a T.V.
news reporter
and you are
covering an
earthquake
rated
between IV
and a V on
the Mercalli
Scale. What a
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Writing
erosion as
well as what
the farmers
should do to
conserve the
soil.
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Writing
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
short news
story that
describes the
earthquakes
effects. This
report should
tell who,
what, when
where and
how.
4.
Population
Dynamics
1.01,
1.02,
1.03,
1.04,
Refer to DPI 1.05,
Unit #5
1.06,
Population 1.07,
Dynamics
1.08,
1.09,
1.10,
2.01,
2.02,
2.03,
2.04,
7.01,
7.02,
7.03,
7.04,
7.05,
7.06
organism
habitat
biotic factor
abiotic
factor
photosynthe
sis
species
population
community
ecosystem
ecology
estimate
birthrate
death rate
immigration
emigration
population
density
limiting
factor
carrying
capacity
natural
selection
adaptations
niche
competition
predation
predator
prey
symbiosis
Concept taught in
chapters 11, 13, and
14
Essential
questions
from Goal
1&2 will be
Teachers should also taught and
assess their
reviewed
presentation Express throughout
CD for Populations & the year
Communities, Living
Resources, and Land, Why is the
air & water resources interaction
for extra video clips, of an
active art, and power organism
points that assist in
essential for
teaching the text.
its survival?
Looking through the
life sciences bar will
What abiotic
also give extra power factors affect
points that can be used growth and
for more intensive
survival of
study.
organism?
Page 384“What’s in
the Scene?’
Page 391- “
What’s the
Population
of Beans in a
Jar”
Page 402“Can You
Hide a
Butterfly?”
Page 410“What
Happened
here?”
Page 468“How Do
You
Decide?”
How does
habitat
destruction
affect
Page 481biodiversity? “How Much
Variety is
Expository
Prompt:
A disaster
occurred in
New Orleans
and many
evacuees
waited to be
taken to the
Houston
Astrodome
for shelter
days after
Hurricane
Katrina
flooded the
city. The
hurricane
brought death
and
destruction to
many of the
people and
city of New
Orleans.
Media
reported that
assistance
Population
Dynamics
(Competency
Goal 7)
a. Organism
Interactions
b. Survival
Factors
c. Population
Growth
d. Natural
Selection &
Adaptation
Science of
the Sea:
Living
Together
(7.01)
Threats to
Biodiversity:
Why We
Should Care
(7.01, 7.04,
7.05)
Temperate
Deciduous
Forests (7.01,
7.06)
Concepts in
Nature:
Animal
Predators and
the Balance
of Nature
(7.05)
Greatest
Discoveries
Page 400-401
Animal
Overpopulation:
How Can
People Help?
Page 394Web Quest:
Math skills- (As with any
Inequalities Web Quest,
you will need
computer
Page 405access for a
Math
This Day in
Analyzing number of
days.)
Science History Data- Jan 7-11
PredatorPrey
Population
Interactions Growth
This Day in
Science History
- Jan 14-17
Page 475This is a Web
Discovery Quest that
Activityallows students
This Day in
first hand to
Science History “What
happened to look at
- Jan 22-25
the Tuna?” population
growth around
This Day in
the world.
Science History Page 489- Jan 28- Feb 1 Math
analyzing
Populations
Dataand
This Day in
California
Endangered
Science History
Peregrine
Species
- January extras
Falcon
Recovery
This is a Web
This Day in
Quest that
Science History
Sciencesp Page 387- Try
ot.net
this ActivityWith or
Without Salt?
This
website
offers
Page 390many
“World in a
lesson
Bottle”
plans,
activities, Page 397- Try
labs and
This Activityideas for Elbow Room
the middle
school
Page 399classroom
Skills Labon every
Counting
goal!
Turtles
Page 474- skills
Lab- Recycling
Paper
Page 480Skills LabTree cookie
Tales
Page 408Skills Activity-
What is
pollution?
How does
human
activity
impact the
environment
?
There?”
Page 492“How Are
Plants
Chemicals
Separated?”
Page 524“How Does
What steps Sent
can humans Spread?”
take to
reduce their
impact on
the
environment
?
Why has
human
population
increased?
What affect
does
increased
population
have?
What is
Natural
Selection
and how
does it
work?
What is
Adaptation?
and rescue
efforts were
slow in
coming to
those
affected by
this disaster.
In an
expository
essay explain
your feelings
about how
devastating
natural
disaster’s,
such as this
one, can
impact
people’s lives
Writing
prompts from
adopted text:
(“Writing in
science”)
(pg 388)
What habitat
do you live
in? Write a
one
paragraph
description of
your habitat.
Describe how
you obtain
the food
water and
shelter that
you need
from your
with Bill
Nye: The
Origin and
Evolution of
Life (7.06)
The World of
Plants: Plant
Adaptation
(7.02, 7.06)
Science
Investigation
s: Life
Science:
Investigating
Bacteria,
Plants, and
Other
Organisms
(7.06)
Adapting to
the World
(7.06)
- Feb 5-8
This Day in
Science History
- Feb 11-15
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Writing
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Essential
vocabulary
mutualism
commensali
sm
parasitism
parasite
host
succession
primary
succession
pioneer
species
secondary
succession
natural
resource
renewable
resource
nonrenewabl
e resource
pollution
clear-cutting
biodiversity
keystone
species
extinction
endangered
species
threatened
species
habitat
destruction
poaching
captive
breeding
groundwater
drought
pollutant
sewage
pesticide
emissions
ozone
greenhouse
effect
global
warming
allows student
to explore the
problem of
endangered
species.
Classifying
Adaptations
and
Populations
Page 413- At
home Activity“Community
Changes”
This is a Web
Quest that
allow student
to explore
adaptations of
different
species on our
planet.
Page 409- Athome ActivityFeeding Frenzy
Page 485- Try
This ActivityGrocery Gene
Pool
habitat. How
does this
habitat meet
your needs in
ways another
would not?
(pg 473)
Write a letter
to the editor
expressing
your
viewpoint on
whether
people
should be
aloud to use
power boats
on the lake in
your town.
Your letter
should
clearly state
how you
weighed the
costs and
benefits of
your
viewpoint.
(pg 539)
Suppose that
you are an
ecologist
studying
animals that
live in a body
of water near
a big city.
Write a
report
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Writing
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Essential
Questions
What
evidence is
there for
change over
time?
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
Math
Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Writing
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
explaining
how human
activities
might affect
the body of
water and the
animals that
rely on it.
5. Ecology 1.01,
Interactions 1.02,
1.03,
Refer to
1.04,
DPI
1.05,
Unit # 4
1.06,
Ecosystem 1.07,
Interactions 1.08,
1.09,
1.10,
2.01,
2.02,
2.03,
2.04,
4.01,
4.02,
4.03,
4.04,
4.05
producer
consumer
herbivore
carnivore
omnivore
scavenger
decomposer
food chain
food web
energy
pyramid
transmission
reflection
absorbsion
accessory
pigment
water cycle
evaporation
condensatio
n
precipitation
nitrogen
fixation
biogeograph
y
continental
drift
dispersal
exotic
species
climate
biome
canopy
understory
desert
Concepts taught in
chapters 12 and 14
Essential
questions
from Goal
Teachers should also 1&2 will be
assess their
taught and
presentation Express reviewed
CD for Ecosystems & throughout
Biomes for extra
the year
video clips, active art,
and power points that How does
assist in teaching the energy flow
text. Looking through through food
the life sciences bar
web/ food
will also give extra
chain?
power points that can
be used for more
How do
intensive study.
water,
carbon, and
nitrogen
move
through the
environment
?
How do
decomposers
fit in the
food chain or
food web?
Narrative
prompt:
Page 420“Where Did
your Dinner
Come
From?”
Page 426“What
Colors Make
up
sunshine?”
Page 432“Are you
Part Of a
Cycle?
Page 438“How You
Can Move a
Seed?”
Page 454“Where
Does It
Live?”
Page 508-
Cycling of Matter Food Chains
(Competency
and Webs
Goal 4)
(4.01, 4.02,
4.04)
British author
Rudyard
a. Energy &
Kipling
Matter in Natural The Cycle
wrote a well Systems
Series: The
known
Water Cycle
child’s book, b. Photosynthesis (4.01)
The Jungle
Book. His
The Cycle
stories
Series: The
featured
Nitrogen
animals that
Cycle (4.01)
talked. Write
a narrative
Biology: The
essay and tell
Science of
about your
Life:
favorite
Ecology:
jungle
Organisms in
animal.
Their
Environment
Writing
(4.02)
prompts from
adopted text:
The Cycle
(“Writing in
Series: The
science”)
Carbon
Cycle (4.01)
(pg 415) Use
what you
The World of
have learned
Page 464-465Controlling The
Environment:
The Phytotron
Page 442Discovery
Activity“How Much
rain is
That?”
Web Quest:
(As with any
Web Quest,
you will need
computer
access for a
number of
days.)
Sciencesp
ot.net
This
website
This Day in
offers
Science History
many
- Feb 19-22
Page 451lesson
Math
plans,
Analyzing
Water
cycle
(2)
activities,
This Day in
DataBiome
labs and
Science History
Climates
- Feb 22-29
This is a Web ideas for
the middle
Quest that
school
Page
511allows
the
This Day in
classroom
skills
students
to
Science History
on every
Activityexplore the
- February
Graphing
Water Cycle. goal!
extras
Page 533This Day in
Science History Math SkillsCalculating
- Mar 3-6
Concentratio
n
This Day in
Science History
Page 535-Mar 10-14
Math
Analyzing
This Day in
Science History DataChlorine
- Mar 17-21
Ecological
Quest
This is a Web
Quest that
allows the
student to
explore
ecological
concepts.
Food Webs/
Page 422 Try
this ActivityWeaving a
Food Web
Page 452-453Skills LabBiomes in
Miniature
Page 458-459Skills LabChange in a
Tiny
Community
Page 530-531Design your
Own Lab- How
does a Garden
Grow?
Biomes in a
Bag Lab
Counting
Turtles Lab
Why is
“What’s in
photosynthes the Trash?”
is important?
Page 518How does
“How does
photosynthes Water
is compare Change?”
to
respiration? Page 532“What
What types Happens to
of organisms the Beads?”
do
photosynthes
is?
How do
oxygen and
carbon
dioxide
move in &
out of
plants?
How do
plants fit in
the food web
or food
chain?
Which
systems
provide the
optimal
growth
under certain
conditions?
about
predation and
prey to write
about an
interaction
between two
organisms.
For each
organism
describe at
least one
adaptation
that helps it
either catch
prey or fend
off predators.
(Pg 451)
choose one
of the biomes
that you have
been
studying and
write a
detailed
journal about
what you saw
on an
imaginary
expedition.
Include
descriptions
of sights,
sounds, and
smells that
you have
experienced.
Be specific
about
organisms
that you
encountered.
Plants:
Photosynthes
is(4.03, 4.04,
4.05)
Biology: The
Science of
Life: The
Flow of
Matter and
Energy in the
Living
World:
Photosynthes
is and
Cellular
Respiration(4
.01, 4.03,
4.04)
Biology: The
Science of
Life: The
World of
Plants (4.05)
This Day in
Levels
Science History
- Mar 24-28
Food Chains
This is a Web
Quest that
allows the
student to
explore food
webs and food
chains.
Photosynthesis
- Energy
This is a Web
Quest that
allows the
student to
explore why
photosynthesis’
is important to
plants and
energy flow in
ecology.
Please unblock
Plant
Properties
This is a Web
Quest that
allows the
students to
explore basic
properties of
plants.
Labs
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sites
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Integration
Reading
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Software
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activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Essential
vocabulary
grassland
savanna
deciduous
tree
coniferous
tree
tundra
permafrost
estuary
intertidal
zone
neritic zone
Whooping
Cranes Skills
Lab
Page 441- At
home ActivitySock Walk
Page 445- Try
this Activity“Desert
Survival”
Page 522-Try
this ActivityGetting Clean
Page 526-Try
This Activityhow Acid Is
your Rain?
Labs
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sites
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Integration
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Activities
Essential
Questions
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Conclude
your journal
with a
surprising
fact that you
learned about
this biome.
6. Solar
System
1.01,
1.02,
1.03,
Refer to DPI 1.04,
Unit #1 and 1.05,
#2 Energy 1.06,
and the
1.07,
Universe
1.08,
and Solar
1.09,
Sensations 1.10,
2.01,
2.02,
2.03,
2.04,
5.01,
5.02,
5.03,
5.04,
5.05,
5.06
Astronomy
rotation
orbit
solstice
axis
revolution
calendar
equinox
force
gravity
law of
universal
gravitation
mass
weight
inertia
Newton's
first law of
motion
phase
solar eclipse
penumbra
tide
neap tide
eclipse
umbra
lunar eclipse
spring tide
telescope
maria
craters
meteoroids
rocket
thrust
velocity
orbital
Concepts taught in
chapters 7, 8, 9, and
10
Teachers should also
assess their
presentation Express
CD for Earth, Sun &
Moon, Exploring
Space, and Stars,
Galaxies & the
Universe, for extra
video clips, active art,
and power points that
assist in teaching the
text.
Essential
questions
from Goal
1&2 will be
taught and
reviewed
throughout
the year
Alien Activity
Page 224“What
Causes Day
and Night?”
Crash-landing
activity
Narrative
prompt:
With the
technology of
Toilet paper solar the Hubble
Space
system lab
Telescope,
Page 234
astronomers
“Can You
Shoebox
What are the Remember
can see
Planetarium
major bodies the Bottom
deeply into
activity
in the solar Penny?”
space and
system?
learn
Landing on Mars information
Page 238
about our
How are
“How Does
Artificial Gravity universe
rotation and the Moon
lab
never before
revolution
Move?”
known.
different?
Imagine that
Page 248in the year
How do
“Why Do
2010 the
Earth’s
Craters Look
world’s
movements Difference
technologies
and relative From Each
suddenly stop
position
Other?”
working.
within the
Write a
solar system
Page 258narrative
cause cycles
“What Force
about a day
such as
Moves a
in the life of
day/night,
Balloon?”
a person if
eclipses and
this occurred.
Page 266-
Solar System
(Competency
Goal 5)
a. Solar System
b. Planets
Spin Around
the Solar
System, A:
Our Rocky
Neighbors:
The Inner
Planets (5.01,
5.02, 5.05)
c. The Earth, Sun,
A Spin
& Moon
Around the
Solar
d. Space
System: The
Exploration
Outer
Planets: The
All students will Gas Giants
participate in the (5.01, 5.02,
post-test on this 5.05)
interactive
program to assess A Spin
how they grew as Around the
a learner!
Solar
System:
Look to the
Stars (5.01,
5.02, 5.04,
5.05)
A Spin
Around the
Solar
System:
Page 282-283- Page 236
Communication Math
s Satellites
Analyzing
DataPage 310-311- Gravity
Verses
Space
Exploration- Is Distance
it worth the
Cost?
Page 261Math
Page 376-377- Analyzing
DataJourney To
Rocket
Mars
Altitude
Sciencesp Page 232-233ot.net
Reasons for the
Seasons
Web Quest:
(As with any
This
Web Quest,
website
Page 246-267you will need offers
A Moonth of
computer
many
Phases
access for a
lesson
number of
plans,
Page 262-263days.)
activities, Design and
labs and
Build a Water
ideas for Rocket
Technology
and the Solar the middle
school
System
Page 281classroom Space Spinoffs
This Day in
on every
Science History Page 268
This Web
goal!
-Mar 30-April 5 Skills
Quest allows
Page 320-321Activity –
the students not
Speeding
Calculating only to
This Day in
Around the Sun
research the
Science History
plants of our
- March Extras Page 294Page 343Math
Solar System,
Design and
analyzing
but work on
This Day in
Build a
Science History Data- Planet their
Telescope
Speed
presentation
- April 14-18
Verses
and computer
Page 352-353
Distance
skills.
This Day in
How Far Is
Science History
That Star?
The Moon and
- April 28- May Page 301Stormy
Tides
2
Stormy
Sunspots Skills
seasons?
How does
Earth
compare to
the other
planets?
“Where on
the Moon
Did
Astronauts
Land?”
Page 271“What Do
Why is Earth You Need to
Survive in
capable of
supporting Space?”
life?
Page 290“What Is at
What are
the Center?”
tides?
What causes Page 302“How Does
Earth’s
Mars Look
tides?
From
Earth?”
What are
solar storms?
Page 322“Which Way
Do solar
Do comet
storms affect
Tails Point?”
Earth?
How have
humans been
able to
explore outer
space?
Page 326“Is Yeast
Alive or
Not?
Page 336“How Does
Is space
Distance
exploration
Affect an
important to
Image?
people on
Earth?
Page 344
“How Does
What
Expository
Prompt:
Halley’s
Comet
returns to our
Earths sky
every 76
years, and its
next
appearance
will be in
2062. Do you
look at the
stars and the
moon or
think about
the planets?
Write an
essay
discussing a
part of space
or the solar
system you
find
interesting.
Galileo
(1564–1642)
was an
Italian
physicist,
astronomer,
and
philosopher
who made
contributions
to modern
science. He is
credited with
improving
There's No
Place Like
Earth (5.03)
Daily Planet:
Confronting
Nature (5.04)
Savage Sun
(5.04)
Space
Exploration:
The Rockets
(5.04)
The Sun: Our
Star
Attraction
(5.01, 5.03)
Savage Sun
(long) (5.01,
5.03)
This Day in
Sunspots
Science History
- April extras
Page 312Discovery
This Day in
ActivityScience History How Big are
-May 5-9
the Planets?
This Day in
Page 316Science History Skills
- May 12-16
ActivityModeling
This Day in
Science History Page 318- May extras
Math Skills
(up to May 16 - Circumferen
EOG testing
ce
and other
school activities Page 354may effect
Discovery
whether or not Activitythese can be
“What
used at the end Determines
of the year)
How Long
A Star
Lives?”
This is a Web
Quest that
allows the
students to see
the relationship
between the
moon and the
tides that occur
on Earth.
Page 378-
Labs
lab
Page 228- Try
This ActivitySun Shadows
Page 260- Try
This ActivityBe A Rocket
Scientist
Sun
This is a Web
Quest that
allows the
students to
explore the
phenomena of
the sun.
Space
Explanations
This Web
Quest allows
the student to
explore the
explorations
Page 364Math skills- that have
occurred in
Scientific
space.
Notation
Page 368Math
Analyzing
DataSpeeding
Galaxies
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Integration
Reading
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Assigned Text:
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Questions
Texts:
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Essential
vocabulary
velocity
escape
velocity
satellite
space shuttle
space station
space probe
rover
vacuum
microgravity
space spinoff
remote
sensing
geosynchron
ous orbit
geocentric
heliocentric
ellipse
core
nuclear
fusion
radiation
zone
convection
zone
photosphere
chromosphe
res
corona
solar wind
sunspot
prominence
solar flare
terrestrial
planet
greenhouse
effect
gas giant
ring
comet
coma
nucleus
kuiper belt
Oort cloud
asteroid
Page293- A
Loopy Ellipse
Page 306Greenhouse
Effect
Page 308Remote
Control
Page 339- Try
This ActivityLocating Radio
Waves
Page 347- Try
This ActivityStar Bright
Page 363- Try
this Activity- A
Spiral Galaxy
Page 359“Why Does
the Milky
What
Way Look
technologies Hazy?”
have been
used to
Page 367explore the “How Does
solar
the Universe
system?
Expand?”
Where is
Earth in the
universe?
How is Earth
unique
among the
solar bodies?
How has
space
exploration
been a
benefit to
everyone?
What
technologies
are “spinoffs” of
space
exploration?
the telescope
and making
many
observations
of the
planets. Do
you look at
the stars,
moon, or
planets?
Write an
expository
essay
discussing a
part of the
solar system
that interests
you.
Writing
prompts from
adopted text:
(“Writing in
science”)
(pg231) what
seasons occur
where you
live? Write a
detailed
paragraph
describing
the changes
that take
place each
season in you
region.
Explain how
seasonal
changes in
temperature
379- “Sols
of Mars”
Reading and
Math
integration
Labs
Other support
sites
Web Quests
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Integration
Reading
Integration
Streaming
Video
Instructional
Software
Your Thumb
Move?
Writing
Discovery
Activities
problems did
man
encounter in
exploring
space?
Labs and
activities that are
not in the
Assigned Text:
Essential
Questions
Texts:
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Essential
vocabulary
asteroid belt
meteoroid
meteor
meteorite
extraterrestri
al life
telescope
visible light
wavelength
spectrum
optical
telescope
electromagn
etic
radiation
refracting
telescope
convex lens
reflecting
telescope
radio
telescope
observatory
constellation
spectrograph
apparent
brightness
absolute
brightness
light-year
nebula
protostar
white dwarf
supernova
neutron star
pulsar
black hole
binary star
open cluster
globular
cluster
galaxy
spiral galaxy
elliptical
galaxy
irregular
and hours of
daylight
relate to
changes in
Earth’s
position as it
moves
around the
sun.
(pg 237)
Suppose you
took a trip to
the moon,
write a
paragraph
describing
how and why
your weight
would
change.
Would your
mass change
too? Explain.
(pg 253)
Suppose you
are a news
reporter
asked to
write a story
about the
origin of the
moon. Write
an article
explaining
how the
moon
formed.
( Pg 263)
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Reading
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Assigned Text:
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Activities
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Texts:
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Essential
vocabulary
galaxy
quasar
universe
scientific
notation
big bang
Hubble's
Law
solar nebula
planetesimal
dark matter
dark energy
(pg
285)Pretend
that you are a
scientist that
is planning
the first
human
expedition to
Mars. In a
detailed
paragraph
where what
challenges
that such a
mission
would face
Labs
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Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Writing
Suppose you
were able to
interview one
of the
scientists
who helped
develop the
modern
rocket.
Choose one
of the
scientists and
write a series
of questions
that you
would ask
this person.
Use what you
know to also
construct
possible
answers to
your
questions.
(pg 309)
Select on of
the inner
planets other
than Earth.
Design a
travel
brochure for
your selected
planet,
including
some basic
facts, and
descriptions
of places of
interest.
Include
sketches or
photos to
make it more
attractive.
(pg 342)
Write a short
explanation
of how to
build a
reflecting
telescope for
a booklet to
be included
in a model
telescope kit.
Be sure to
describe the
shape and
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Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period
Writing
and provide
possible
solutions for
each.
position of
each of the
lens or
mirrors. You
might want
to include
drawings.
Labs
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Integration
Reading
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Software
Writing
Labs and
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Assigned Text:
Discovery
Activities
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Questions
Texts:
Essential
vocabulary
NCSCOS
Grading Period