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Ch0 Safety and Scientific Design

Lesson 1 Lab Safety

Lesson 2 Lab Procedures

Lesson 3 Scientific Method

Lesson 4 Independent and Dependent Variables

Lesson 5 Recording Data

Lesson 6 Criteria and Constraints for Design

Lesson 7 Evaluate Designs

Lesson 8 Analyze Data Based on Design

Lesson 9 Design Optimization

Ch1 Planet Earth and the Solar System

Students will learn to integrate text and visuals from reading a text passage and examining a related diagram.

Lesson 1 Earth and the Solar System

Students will identify the objects that make up the solar system.

crater, moon, planet, radiant energy, solar system, Sun

Directed Practice Modeling Objects Orbiting the Sun Sarah Amiri Turn Your Town into a Solar SystemGuided Practice Make an Asteroid Model

Full Practice Comparing Models of the Solar System

Lesson 2 How the Solar System Formed

Students will explain how the solar system appears to have formed.

accretion, asteroid belt, ellipse, gravity, nebula, protostar

Directed Practice Modeling the History of the Universe

Guided Practice Modeling Craters

Full Practice Sweeping Up

Lesson 3 Scale and the Solar System

Students will identify scale properties of solar-system objects and discuss tools and data used to determine scale properties.

astronomer, astronomical unit, light-year, scale

Directed Practice Modeling Orbits

Guided Practice Scale Model of the Solar System

Full Practice Modeling the Orbit of Halley’s Comet

Lesson 4 The Earth-Sun-Moon System

Students will use a model of the Earth-Sun-Moon system to explain and predict patterns including seasons, lunar phases, and eclipses.

eclipse, lunar eclipse, lunar phase, season, solar eclipse

Directed Practice Model the Earth-Sun-Moon System

Guided Practice Modeling a Solar Eclipse

Full Practice Predict the Phases of the Moon

Lesson 5 Earth’s Materials Students will identify how humans use Earth’s materials and discuss ways that this use affects the distribution of those materials.

fossil fuel, groundwater, humus, natural resource, nonrenewable resource, renewable resource, sustainable

Directed Practice Comparing Soils

Guided Practice Where Are Natural Resources?

Full Practice Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

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Ch0 Safety and Scientific Design

Lesson 1 Lab Safety

Lesson 2 Lab Procedures

Lesson 3 Scientific Method

Lesson 4 Independent and Dependent Variables

Lesson 5 Recording Data

Lesson 6 Criteria and Constraints for Design

Lesson 7 Evaluate Designs

Lesson 8 Analyze Data Based on Design

Lesson 9 Design Optimization

Ch1 Planet Earth and the Solar System

Students will learn to integrate text and visuals from reading a text passage and examining a related diagram.

Lesson 1 Earth and the Solar System

Students will identify the objects that make up the solar system.

crater, moon, planet, radiant energy, solar system, Sun

Directed Practice Modeling Objects Orbiting the Sun Sarah Amiri Turn Your Town into a Solar SystemGuided Practice Make an Asteroid Model

Full Practice Comparing Models of the Solar System

Lesson 2 How the Solar System Formed

Students will explain how the solar system appears to have formed.

accretion, asteroid belt, ellipse, gravity, nebula, protostar

Directed Practice Modeling the History of the Universe

Guided Practice Modeling Craters

Full Practice Sweeping Up

Lesson 3 Scale and the Solar System

Students will identify scale properties of solar-system objects and discuss tools and data used to determine scale properties.

astronomer, astronomical unit, light-year, scale

Directed Practice Modeling Orbits

Guided Practice Scale Model of the Solar System

Full Practice Modeling the Orbit of Halley’s Comet

Lesson 4 The Earth-Sun-Moon System

Students will use a model of the Earth-Sun-Moon system to explain and predict patterns including seasons, lunar phases, and eclipses.

eclipse, lunar eclipse, lunar phase, season, solar eclipse

Directed Practice Model the Earth-Sun-Moon System

Guided Practice Modeling a Solar Eclipse

Full Practice Predict the Phases of the Moon

Lesson 5 Earth’s Materials Students will identify how humans use Earth’s materials and discuss ways that this use affects the distribution of those materials.

fossil fuel, groundwater, humus, natural resource, nonrenewable resource, renewable resource, sustainable

Directed Practice Comparing Soils

Guided Practice Where Are Natural Resources?

Full Practice Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

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Ch2 Matter: Structure and Properties

Students will learn to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text passage by using a graphic organizer.

Lesson 1 Natural Resources and Synthetic Materials

Students will use information to identify the relationship between natural resources and the development and use of synthetic materials.

ductility, electrical conductivity, electrical energy, flexibility, semiconductor, synthetic material, thermal conductivity

Directed PracticeComparing Natural and Human-Made Objects

Nanotechnology Engineer

Build a Better Boat

Guided Practice Making a Polymer

Full PracticeNatural and Synthetic Materials in Your Life

Lesson 2 Properties of Substances

Students will recognize that a pure substance has unique physical and chemical properties that can be used to define it.

chemical property, flammability, physical property, property, pure substance

Directed Practice Classifying Classroom Materials

Guided Practice Identifying an Unknown Substance

Full Practice Properties and Uses of Kitchen Materials

Lesson 3 The Structure of Matter Students will use models to identify and describe the atomic nature of matter.

chemical bond, chemical formula, compound, crystal, element, molecule, polar, surface tension

Directed Practice Water, Pepper, Soap

Guided Practice Investigating Surface Tension

Full Practice Evaporation Rates of Different Molecules

Lesson 4 States of Matter Students will use models to identify and describe states of matter and phase changes.

condensation, evaporation, kinetic energy, sublimation, water vapor

Directed Practice Classifying States of Matter

Guided Practice How Temperature Affects Dissolving

Full Practice How Fast Water Freezes

Ch3 Matter: Chemical Reactions

Students will learn to infer information from reading a multistep procedure.

Lesson 1 When Matter Reacts Students will use patterns to support understanding that substances react chemically in predictive ways.

chemical change, chemist, oxide,

physical change, word equation

Directed Practice Exploring a Candle’s Changes Ahmed Zewail Firework Art

Guided Practice Evidence of Chemical Changes

Full Practice Make a Gas, Inflate a Balloon

Lesson 2 Matter Is Conserved Students will understand that when matter reacts, the original substances are regrouped into new substances that have different properties than the original ones.

conservation of matter, product, reactant

Directed Practice Changing the Shape of an Orange

Guided Practice Milk and Vinegar React

Full Practice Where’s the Matter?

Lesson 3 Energy in Chemical Reactions

Students will explain how chemical reactions can be characterized and predicted.

activation energy, catalyst, concentration, inhibitor, surface area

Directed Practice Exploring Reaction Rates

Guided Practice Using a Catalyst

Full Practice Coin Clean Up

Lesson 4 Exothermic Processes Students will identify and describe chemical reactions that release energy.

combustion, decomposition, exothermic reaction

Directed Practice Elephant Toothpaste

Guided Practice Exploring Exothermic Reactions

Full Practice Combustion of Steel Wool

Lesson 5 Endothermic Processes Students will identify and describe chemical reactions that absorb energy.

distillation, endothermic reaction Directed Practice Investigating Energy Absorption

Guided Practice Energy in Dissolving Salts

Full Practice Make a Cold Pack

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Ch2 Matter: Structure and Properties

Students will learn to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text passage by using a graphic organizer.

Lesson 1 Natural Resources and Synthetic Materials

Students will use information to identify the relationship between natural resources and the development and use of synthetic materials.

ductility, electrical conductivity, electrical energy, flexibility, semiconductor, synthetic material, thermal conductivity

Directed PracticeComparing Natural and Human-Made Objects

Nanotechnology Engineer

Build a Better Boat

Guided Practice Making a Polymer

Full PracticeNatural and Synthetic Materials in Your Life

Lesson 2 Properties of Substances

Students will recognize that a pure substance has unique physical and chemical properties that can be used to define it.

chemical property, flammability, physical property, property, pure substance

Directed Practice Classifying Classroom Materials

Guided Practice Identifying an Unknown Substance

Full Practice Properties and Uses of Kitchen Materials

Lesson 3 The Structure of Matter Students will use models to identify and describe the atomic nature of matter.

chemical bond, chemical formula, compound, crystal, element, molecule, polar, surface tension

Directed Practice Water, Pepper, Soap

Guided Practice Investigating Surface Tension

Full Practice Evaporation Rates of Different Molecules

Lesson 4 States of Matter Students will use models to identify and describe states of matter and phase changes.

condensation, evaporation, kinetic energy, sublimation, water vapor

Directed Practice Classifying States of Matter

Guided Practice How Temperature Affects Dissolving

Full Practice How Fast Water Freezes

Ch3 Matter: Chemical Reactions

Students will learn to infer information from reading a multistep procedure.

Lesson 1 When Matter Reacts Students will use patterns to support understanding that substances react chemically in predictive ways.

chemical change, chemist, oxide,

physical change, word equation

Directed Practice Exploring a Candle’s Changes Ahmed Zewail Firework Art

Guided Practice Evidence of Chemical Changes

Full Practice Make a Gas, Inflate a Balloon

Lesson 2 Matter Is Conserved Students will understand that when matter reacts, the original substances are regrouped into new substances that have different properties than the original ones.

conservation of matter, product, reactant

Directed Practice Changing the Shape of an Orange

Guided Practice Milk and Vinegar React

Full Practice Where’s the Matter?

Lesson 3 Energy in Chemical Reactions

Students will explain how chemical reactions can be characterized and predicted.

activation energy, catalyst, concentration, inhibitor, surface area

Directed Practice Exploring Reaction Rates

Guided Practice Using a Catalyst

Full Practice Coin Clean Up

Lesson 4 Exothermic Processes Students will identify and describe chemical reactions that release energy.

combustion, decomposition, exothermic reaction

Directed Practice Elephant Toothpaste

Guided Practice Exploring Exothermic Reactions

Full Practice Combustion of Steel Wool

Lesson 5 Endothermic Processes Students will identify and describe chemical reactions that absorb energy.

distillation, endothermic reaction Directed Practice Investigating Energy Absorption

Guided Practice Energy in Dissolving Salts

Full Practice Make a Cold Pack

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Ch4 Life: Relationships and Patterns

Students will learn to integrate technical information from a text passage.

Lesson 1 Ecosystem Relationships

Students will identify the ways in which organisms are dependent on interactions with both the abiotic and biotic factors of their environment.

abiotic factor, biotic factor, ecologist, ecosystem, habitat, migration, organism, species, territory

Directed Practice A Simple Aquarium Ecologist Quadrat Sampling

Guided Practice Visualizing the System

Full Practice Observing Ecological Interactions

Lesson 2 Competition for Resources

Students will discuss the types and effects of competition among organisms.

adaptation, competition, invasive species, niche

Directed Practice Limited Resources

Guided Practice “Chomp”etition

Full Practice Interpreting Competition

Lesson 3 Growth and Population Patterns

Students will explain how growth of organisms and populations are related to access to resources.

exponential growth, extinction, limiting factor, mass extinction, population, population density

Directed Practice A Migration Snapshot

Guided Practice What Happened to the Tigers?

Full Practice Local Population Changes

Lesson 4 Patterns of Interaction Students will identify and describe patterns of interactions across ecosystems.

climax community, disturbance, lichens, pioneer species, primary succession, secondary succession, succession

Directed Practice Natural Disasters

Guided Practice Heat Island Effect

Full Practice Searching for Succession

Lesson 5 Predatory Interactions Students will explain and describe the effects of predatory interactions in ecosystems.

carnivore, consumer, herbivore, omnivore, predator, prey

Directed Practice Identifying Feeding Relationships

Guided Practice Predators Versus Prey Game

Full Practice Coping with Invasive Species

Lesson 6 Symbiotic Interactions Students will explain and describe the effects of mutually beneficial interactions in ecosystems.

commensalism, mutualism, parasite, symbiosis

Directed Practice Close Ecological Relationships

Guided Practice Symbiotic Relationships

Full Practice Analyze Mutually Beneficial Relationships

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Ch4 Life: Relationships and Patterns

Students will learn to integrate technical information from a text passage.

Lesson 1 Ecosystem Relationships

Students will identify the ways in which organisms are dependent on interactions with both the abiotic and biotic factors of their environment.

abiotic factor, biotic factor, ecologist, ecosystem, habitat, migration, organism, species, territory

Directed Practice A Simple Aquarium Ecologist Quadrat Sampling

Guided Practice Visualizing the System

Full Practice Observing Ecological Interactions

Lesson 2 Competition for Resources

Students will discuss the types and effects of competition among organisms.

adaptation, competition, invasive species, niche

Directed Practice Limited Resources

Guided Practice “Chomp”etition

Full Practice Interpreting Competition

Lesson 3 Growth and Population Patterns

Students will explain how growth of organisms and populations are related to access to resources.

exponential growth, extinction, limiting factor, mass extinction, population, population density

Directed Practice A Migration Snapshot

Guided Practice What Happened to the Tigers?

Full Practice Local Population Changes

Lesson 4 Patterns of Interaction Students will identify and describe patterns of interactions across ecosystems.

climax community, disturbance, lichens, pioneer species, primary succession, secondary succession, succession

Directed Practice Natural Disasters

Guided Practice Heat Island Effect

Full Practice Searching for Succession

Lesson 5 Predatory Interactions Students will explain and describe the effects of predatory interactions in ecosystems.

carnivore, consumer, herbivore, omnivore, predator, prey

Directed Practice Identifying Feeding Relationships

Guided Practice Predators Versus Prey Game

Full Practice Coping with Invasive Species

Lesson 6 Symbiotic Interactions Students will explain and describe the effects of mutually beneficial interactions in ecosystems.

commensalism, mutualism, parasite, symbiosis

Directed Practice Close Ecological Relationships

Guided Practice Symbiotic Relationships

Full Practice Analyze Mutually Beneficial Relationships

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Ch5 Energy Students will learn to compare and contrast ideas in a text passage.

Lesson 1 Kinetic Energy Students will define kinetic energy and describe its relationship to the mass of an object and the speed of an object.

proportional relationship, speed Directed Practice Moving a Ball Video Game Developer

Design and Build a Solar CookerGuided Practice Domino Bowling

Full Practice Experiment with Kinetic Energy

Lesson 2 Potential Energy Students will define potential energy and describe its relationship to the arrangement of objects in a system.

elastic potential energy, gravitational potential energy, law of conservation of energy, potential energy

Directed Practice Ramping Up

Guided Practice Water Balloon Drop

Full Practice Maximizing Potential

Lesson 3 Energy Transfer Students will explain how and why energy is transferred to and from objects and systems.

energy transfer, energy transformation, mechanical energy

Directed Practice Circular Motion

Guided Practice Liftoff!

Full Practice Marble Billiards

Lesson 4 Thermal Energy Students will understand the difference between the everyday and scientific uses of the term heat and develop facility with the use and definition of the term thermal energy.

heat, thermal energy, thermal expansion

Directed Practice Heating and Cooling Air

Guided Practice Evaluating Thermal Energy

Full Practice Make Your Own Thermometer

Lesson 5 Thermal Energy Transfer

Students will define what thermal energy transfer is and explain what factors affect it.

conduction, convection, insulator, radiation, thermal conductor, thermal equilibrium

Directed Practice Thermal Energy Transfer in Water

Guided Practice Preventing Thermal Energy Transfer

Full Practice Transporting Ice

Lesson 6 Temperature Students will define temperature and describe its relationship to the types, states, and amount of matter present in a system.

absolute zero, endothermic, temperature, thermoreceptor

Directed Practice Warm or Cold?

Guided Practice Color’s Effect on Thermal Energy Transfer

Full Practice How Much Ice?

Lesson 7 Changing the Temperature of Matter

Students will understand that the amount of energy transfer needed to change the temperature of a matter sample by a given amount depends on the nature of the matter, the size of the sample, and the environment.

specific heat Directed Practice Temperature Changes in Water and Rubbing Alcohol

Guided Practice Ice to Steam?

Full Practice Hibiscus Tea in the Sun

Ch6 Contact Forces Students will learn to make and support inferences by citing evidence in a text passage.

Lesson 1 When Objects Collide Students will identify and define contact forces.

Students will use Newton’s third law of motion to describe what happens when two objects collide.

balanced forces, contact force, elastic collision, force, inelastic collision, motion, unbalanced forces, velocity

Directed Practice When Balls Collide Rocket Engineer Design and Build a Crash Test CarGuided Practice Design a Safe Vehicle

Full Practice Design a Space Vehicle

Lesson 2 Forces and Motion Students will use evidence and examples to explain what motion is and what factors cause a change in motion.

acceleration, friction, inertia, net force

Directed Practice Types of Motion

Guided Practice Acceleration on a Ramp

Full Practice Moving Mass

Lesson 3 Describing Motion and Position

Students will understand and explain that the motion, position, and direction of objects and forces must be identified and described within a particular reference frame.

frame of reference, relative motion, relative velocity

Directed Practice Points of View

Guided Practice Describing Motion

Full Practice Factoring in Forces

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Ch5 Energy Students will learn to compare and contrast ideas in a text passage.

Lesson 1 Kinetic Energy Students will define kinetic energy and describe its relationship to the mass of an object and the speed of an object.

proportional relationship, speed Directed Practice Moving a Ball Video Game Developer

Design and Build a Solar CookerGuided Practice Domino Bowling

Full Practice Experiment with Kinetic Energy

Lesson 2 Potential Energy Students will define potential energy and describe its relationship to the arrangement of objects in a system.

elastic potential energy, gravitational potential energy, law of conservation of energy, potential energy

Directed Practice Ramping Up

Guided Practice Water Balloon Drop

Full Practice Maximizing Potential

Lesson 3 Energy Transfer Students will explain how and why energy is transferred to and from objects and systems.

energy transfer, energy transformation, mechanical energy

Directed Practice Circular Motion

Guided Practice Liftoff!

Full Practice Marble Billiards

Lesson 4 Thermal Energy Students will understand the difference between the everyday and scientific uses of the term heat and develop facility with the use and definition of the term thermal energy.

heat, thermal energy, thermal expansion

Directed Practice Heating and Cooling Air

Guided Practice Evaluating Thermal Energy

Full Practice Make Your Own Thermometer

Lesson 5 Thermal Energy Transfer

Students will define what thermal energy transfer is and explain what factors affect it.

conduction, convection, insulator, radiation, thermal conductor, thermal equilibrium

Directed Practice Thermal Energy Transfer in Water

Guided Practice Preventing Thermal Energy Transfer

Full Practice Transporting Ice

Lesson 6 Temperature Students will define temperature and describe its relationship to the types, states, and amount of matter present in a system.

absolute zero, endothermic, temperature, thermoreceptor

Directed Practice Warm or Cold?

Guided Practice Color’s Effect on Thermal Energy Transfer

Full Practice How Much Ice?

Lesson 7 Changing the Temperature of Matter

Students will understand that the amount of energy transfer needed to change the temperature of a matter sample by a given amount depends on the nature of the matter, the size of the sample, and the environment.

specific heat Directed Practice Temperature Changes in Water and Rubbing Alcohol

Guided Practice Ice to Steam?

Full Practice Hibiscus Tea in the Sun

Ch6 Contact Forces Students will learn to make and support inferences by citing evidence in a text passage.

Lesson 1 When Objects Collide Students will identify and define contact forces.

Students will use Newton’s third law of motion to describe what happens when two objects collide.

balanced forces, contact force, elastic collision, force, inelastic collision, motion, unbalanced forces, velocity

Directed Practice When Balls Collide Rocket Engineer Design and Build a Crash Test CarGuided Practice Design a Safe Vehicle

Full Practice Design a Space Vehicle

Lesson 2 Forces and Motion Students will use evidence and examples to explain what motion is and what factors cause a change in motion.

acceleration, friction, inertia, net force

Directed Practice Types of Motion

Guided Practice Acceleration on a Ramp

Full Practice Moving Mass

Lesson 3 Describing Motion and Position

Students will understand and explain that the motion, position, and direction of objects and forces must be identified and described within a particular reference frame.

frame of reference, relative motion, relative velocity

Directed Practice Points of View

Guided Practice Describing Motion

Full Practice Factoring in Forces

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Ch7 Fundamental Forces

Student will learn to identify cause and effect relationships in a text passage.

Lesson 1 Forces at a Distance Students will identify that some forces act at a distance and explain how and why they do so.

electric force, field, gravitational force, magnetic force

Directed Practice Investigate Magnets Surveyor Hunting for Treasure with a MagnetometerGuided Practice Seeing Magnetic Fields

Full Practice Testing Magnetic Fields

Lesson 2 Electromagnetic Forces Students will identify and describe electromagnetic forces, including the factors that affect their strength.

electric current, electric motor, electromagnetic force, generator, magnetic pole

Directed Practice Moving Objects with Magnets

Guided Practice Build an Electromagnet

Full Practice Model an Electric Motor

Lesson 3 Gravitational Forces Students will identify and describe gravitational force, including the factors that affect its strength.

law of universal gravitation, orbit, weight

Directed Practice Which Falls Faster?

Guided Practice Modeling Weights on Different Planets

Full Practice Gravity and the Masses of Objects

Ch8 Waves Students will learn to classify and categorize information in a text passage by completing a graphic organizer.

Lesson 1 Waves Students will identify waves as repeating patterns with specific characteristics including wavelength, frequency, and amplitude.

crest, electromagnetic wave, longitudinal wave, mechanical wave, transverse wave, trough, wave

Directed Practice Making Waves X-Ray Technician Design and Build a ZoetropeGuided Practice Wave Motion in a Spring Toy

Full Practice Waves in Everyday Objects

Lesson 2 Properties of Waves Students will identify and describe a model that explains the properties and behaviors of waves.

absorption, amplitude, diffraction, frequency, reflection, refraction, transmission, wavelength

Directed Practice Making Sounds

Guided Practice Making Waves

Full Practice Make Your Own Instrument

Lesson 3 Light and Sound Students will compare and contrast the reflection, absorption, and transmission of light and sound waves.

compression, decibel, electromagnetic spectrum, opaque, pitch, rarefaction, translucent, transparent

Directed Practice Make a Rainbow

Guided Practice Sound Through Different Mediums

Full Practice Build a Soundproof Box

Ch9 Earth: Maps and Movements

Students will learn to distinguish facts from opinions in a text passage.

Lesson 1 Mapping Earth Students will identify the tools and data used to map Earth’s land and water features.

geographic information system (GIS), geography, geologic map, landform, political map, projection, relief map, remote sensing, topography

Directed Practice Mental Mapping Alfred Wegener Model the Formation of HawaiiGuided Practice Topographic Maps

Full Practice Make a Treasure Map

Lesson 2 Changes Over Time Students will compare maps of ancient Earth features with maps of current Earth features and draw conclusions about changes to these features over time.

continental drift, fault, mid-ocean ridge, Pangaea, seafloor spreading

Directed Practice Continental Puzzle Pieces

Guided Practice Model Moving Landmasses

Full Practice Red Sea Rift

Lesson 3 Plate Tectonics Students will identify and describe the theory of plate tectonics.

continental shelf, convection current, convergent boundary, divergent boundary, ocean trench, plate tectonics, subduction, transform boundary

Directed Practice Seafloor Spreading

Guided Practice Plate Motion Over Time

Full Practice Tectonic Activity in the Arabian Gulf

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Ch7 Fundamental Forces

Student will learn to identify cause and effect relationships in a text passage.

Lesson 1 Forces at a Distance Students will identify that some forces act at a distance and explain how and why they do so.

electric force, field, gravitational force, magnetic force

Directed Practice Investigate Magnets Surveyor Hunting for Treasure with a MagnetometerGuided Practice Seeing Magnetic Fields

Full Practice Testing Magnetic Fields

Lesson 2 Electromagnetic Forces Students will identify and describe electromagnetic forces, including the factors that affect their strength.

electric current, electric motor, electromagnetic force, generator, magnetic pole

Directed Practice Moving Objects with Magnets

Guided Practice Build an Electromagnet

Full Practice Model an Electric Motor

Lesson 3 Gravitational Forces Students will identify and describe gravitational force, including the factors that affect its strength.

law of universal gravitation, orbit, weight

Directed Practice Which Falls Faster?

Guided Practice Modeling Weights on Different Planets

Full Practice Gravity and the Masses of Objects

Ch8 Waves Students will learn to classify and categorize information in a text passage by completing a graphic organizer.

Lesson 1 Waves Students will identify waves as repeating patterns with specific characteristics including wavelength, frequency, and amplitude.

crest, electromagnetic wave, longitudinal wave, mechanical wave, transverse wave, trough, wave

Directed Practice Making Waves X-Ray Technician Design and Build a ZoetropeGuided Practice Wave Motion in a Spring Toy

Full Practice Waves in Everyday Objects

Lesson 2 Properties of Waves Students will identify and describe a model that explains the properties and behaviors of waves.

absorption, amplitude, diffraction, frequency, reflection, refraction, transmission, wavelength

Directed Practice Making Sounds

Guided Practice Making Waves

Full Practice Make Your Own Instrument

Lesson 3 Light and Sound Students will compare and contrast the reflection, absorption, and transmission of light and sound waves.

compression, decibel, electromagnetic spectrum, opaque, pitch, rarefaction, translucent, transparent

Directed Practice Make a Rainbow

Guided Practice Sound Through Different Mediums

Full Practice Build a Soundproof Box

Ch9 Earth: Maps and Movements

Students will learn to distinguish facts from opinions in a text passage.

Lesson 1 Mapping Earth Students will identify the tools and data used to map Earth’s land and water features.

geographic information system (GIS), geography, geologic map, landform, political map, projection, relief map, remote sensing, topography

Directed Practice Mental Mapping Alfred Wegener Model the Formation of HawaiiGuided Practice Topographic Maps

Full Practice Make a Treasure Map

Lesson 2 Changes Over Time Students will compare maps of ancient Earth features with maps of current Earth features and draw conclusions about changes to these features over time.

continental drift, fault, mid-ocean ridge, Pangaea, seafloor spreading

Directed Practice Continental Puzzle Pieces

Guided Practice Model Moving Landmasses

Full Practice Red Sea Rift

Lesson 3 Plate Tectonics Students will identify and describe the theory of plate tectonics.

continental shelf, convection current, convergent boundary, divergent boundary, ocean trench, plate tectonics, subduction, transform boundary

Directed Practice Seafloor Spreading

Guided Practice Plate Motion Over Time

Full Practice Tectonic Activity in the Arabian Gulf

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Ch10 Water and the Processes of Earth’s Surface

Students will learn how to examine a text passage to summarize key ideas.

Lesson 1 Water’s Movements Students will identify the movement of water as a central force in the shaping of Earth’s surface.

biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, reservoir, universal solvent

Directed Practice Aqueduct Design Challenge Construction Site Supervisor

Fighting Coastal Erosion

Guided Practice Build a Water Wheel

Full Practice My Daily Water Use

Lesson 2 Weathering, Erosion, and Time

Students will offer evidence to explain how the processes of weathering and erosion by water are affected by scales of time and space.

chemical weathering, deposition, erosion, sediment, sinkhole, weathering

Directed Practice Soil and Flooding

Guided Practice Model Chemical Weathering

Full Practice Model Erosion by a Glacier

Lesson 3 Water Through Earth’s Systems

Students will identify and describe a model that explains and predicts the global movements of water.

aquifer, crystallization, monsoon, precipitation, runoff, transpiration, water cycle

Directed Practice How Water Moves Through Plants

Guided Practice Modeling Evaporation and Condensation

Full Practice Model the Water Cycle

Lesson 4 Patterns in Water’s Movement

Students will identify the patterns of change in water’s global movement and the factors that affect those patterns.

convection cell, Coriolis effect, prevailing winds, storm surge

Directed Practice Tidal Patterns

Guided Practice Convection Currents

Full Practice Design a Wind Vane

Lesson 5 Water Patterns and Weather

Students will use evidence and data to identify and describe the relationship between the patterns of movement of water and weather conditions on Earth.

atmospheric pressure, cold front, front, humidity, hygrometer, meteorologist, rain shadow, warm front

Directed Practice Make a Barometer

Guided Practice Comparing Precipitation

Full Practice Be a Meteorologist

Lesson 6 Ocean Currents Students will identify and describe a model that explains the pattern of global ocean currents.

global ocean conveyor, Gulf Stream, oceanic climate, salinity, upwelling

Directed Practice Understanding Currents

Guided Practice Understanding Temperature and Current

Full Practice Examining Salinity

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Ch10 Water and the Processes of Earth’s Surface

Students will learn how to examine a text passage to summarize key ideas.

Lesson 1 Water’s Movements Students will identify the movement of water as a central force in the shaping of Earth’s surface.

biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, reservoir, universal solvent

Directed Practice Aqueduct Design Challenge Construction Site Supervisor

Fighting Coastal Erosion

Guided Practice Build a Water Wheel

Full Practice My Daily Water Use

Lesson 2 Weathering, Erosion, and Time

Students will offer evidence to explain how the processes of weathering and erosion by water are affected by scales of time and space.

chemical weathering, deposition, erosion, sediment, sinkhole, weathering

Directed Practice Soil and Flooding

Guided Practice Model Chemical Weathering

Full Practice Model Erosion by a Glacier

Lesson 3 Water Through Earth’s Systems

Students will identify and describe a model that explains and predicts the global movements of water.

aquifer, crystallization, monsoon, precipitation, runoff, transpiration, water cycle

Directed Practice How Water Moves Through Plants

Guided Practice Modeling Evaporation and Condensation

Full Practice Model the Water Cycle

Lesson 4 Patterns in Water’s Movement

Students will identify the patterns of change in water’s global movement and the factors that affect those patterns.

convection cell, Coriolis effect, prevailing winds, storm surge

Directed Practice Tidal Patterns

Guided Practice Convection Currents

Full Practice Design a Wind Vane

Lesson 5 Water Patterns and Weather

Students will use evidence and data to identify and describe the relationship between the patterns of movement of water and weather conditions on Earth.

atmospheric pressure, cold front, front, humidity, hygrometer, meteorologist, rain shadow, warm front

Directed Practice Make a Barometer

Guided Practice Comparing Precipitation

Full Practice Be a Meteorologist

Lesson 6 Ocean Currents Students will identify and describe a model that explains the pattern of global ocean currents.

global ocean conveyor, Gulf Stream, oceanic climate, salinity, upwelling

Directed Practice Understanding Currents

Guided Practice Understanding Temperature and Current

Full Practice Examining Salinity

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