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 eText Supports

  • Digital note-taking is integrated throughout the units to allow students to answer specific questions or post their own. Student digital notes are accessible to teachers.
  • Text-to-speech (TTS) lets students hear text read out loud.
  • Captions are available for all project videos, activities, and games.
  • Vocabulary supports give students definitions for academic or scientific words.​​
  • Images include alt-tags so that students who have visual impairments and use screen readers can access the content.

Collaborative Online Learning (COL)
Units for Middle School

Earth And Space Sciences

Earth's Place In The Universe

Focus: Space systems related to Earth and how these systems influence life.

Topics: Moon phases, rotation and revolution, the solar system.

Applications: By studying Earth and space systems, students learn how scientists investigate the universe and make discoveries.

NGSS: MS. Space Systems.

Weather Forecasting

Focus: Weather and climate, and human impacts.

Topics: Earth’s spheres; air and winds; energy transfer; weather; climate; and global warming.

Applications: By studying weather, students learn how their behavior can affect Earth’s climate.

NGSS: MS. Weather and Climate. MS. Human Impacts.

The Changing Planet

Focus: Earth’s systems and cycles for recycling materials.

Topics: Water cycle; rock cycle; minerals; the flow of energy; and geoscientific processes.

Applications: By studying Earth’s systems and cycles, students learn how their actions can impact the Earth.

NGSS: MS. Earth’s Systems MS. Human Impacts.

The Story of Earth 

Focus: Organization of Earth’s history on the geologic time scale.
  
Topics: Geologic time scale; plate tectonics; and fossil evidence. 

Applications: By studying Earth’s history, students consider how Earth today came to be.

NGSS: MS. History of Earth

Life Sciences

Knowing My Body​

Focus: Structure and function of the human body. ​

Topics: Cell structure; tissues; organs; and body systems. ​

Applications: By studying the human body, students learn how choices affect their health. ​
NGSS: MS. Structure, Function, and Information Processing.

The Game of Life

Focus: Reproduction and genetics.

Topics: Plant and animal reproduction; cell reproduction; organism multiplication; heredity; and DNA.

Applications: By studying inheritance, students learn what makes them unique.

NGSS: MS. Growth, Development, and Reproduction of Organisms.

Caring For Our Planet

Focus: Environmental changes that affect life.

Topics: Interactions in ecosystems; species variation; and natural and human impacts.

Applications: By studying the environment, students learn how they impact the planet.

NGSS: MS. Matter & Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems. MS. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems.

Physical Sciences

Energy Matters

Focus: Uses of energy on Earth.

Topics: Types of energy; energy transformations; temperature; and energy sources.

Applications: By studying energy, students learn how their energy choices affect the health of the planet.

NGSS: MS. Energy.

Properties of Matter ​

Focus: Use of matter on Earth.

Topics: What matter is; forms of matter; how matter is changed; and matter’s properties.

Applications: By studying matter, students learn how matter makes up all things we need and why there are different materials in the universe.

NGSS: MS. Structure and Properties of Matter.

The World of Waves

Focus: Properties of waves and their use in transferring sound, matter, and water waves.

Topics: Models and properties of waves; waves in relation to everyday life; transfer of electromagnetic radiation; and use of signals for transmitting the information.

Applications: By studying waves, students learn how waves are part of everyday life.

NGSS: MS. Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation

Forces And Interactions ​

Focus: Relationship of force and motion on interacting objects.

Topics: Motion; laws of physics; and electric and magnetic forces.

Applications: By studying forces and interactions, students learn how objects and living things move and interact with each other.

NGSS: MS. Forces and Interactions

Foundational Skills

Scientific Models ​

Focus: Purpose and use of scientific models in science.

Topics: Development and evaluation of graphical, mathematical, conceptual, and physical models.

Applications: By studying scientific models, students learn how various models can be used to explore and explain scientific concepts.

NGSS: MS. Engineering Design.

Scientific Experiments ​

Focus: Experimental design and the scientific inquiry process.

Topics: Research questions; hypothesis; experimental design; data analysis; and drawing conclusions.

Applications: By studying the scientific inquiry process and scientific experiments, students learn how they can work as scientists to address questions that interest them.

NGSS: MS. Engineering Design.

Teacher Tools

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