Middle School Science Unit BUNDLE

Are you a middle school Science teacher using Next Generation Science Standards?

Do you want your students to work harder than you?

Are you wanting to use more inquiry in your classroom?

Are you ready to challenge your students with project-based tasks to show their learning?

Grab this bundle now!

What you get NOW:

• 8 inquiry-based, student centered UNITS: Genetics + Heredity, Space, Body Systems, Ecosystems, Forces + Motion, History of Life on Earth, and Properties of Matter
• 1 FREE Project-based learning unit: Forms of Energy
• Planning documents for you + your students
• The updated NGSS scope + sequence guide

What comes in EACH UNIT?

1. Daily class starters
2. Unit instructions + suggestions + calendars
3. Unit Launch/Hook
4. Unit rubrics
5. Unit tasks relating to the standards
6. Unit final project

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Topics covered in Body Systems:

• Microscope Safety and Usage
• Levels of Organization
• Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote
• All Body Systems
• Feedback Mechanisms

Topics covered in Sixth Mass Extinction:

• The 5 Big Mass Extinctions
• Fossil Record
• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Environmental Factors
• Natural Resources
• Human Impact on Earth
  

Topics covered in Space:

• Gravity on Earth
• Gravity in Space
• The Sun-Moon-Earth Relationship: seasons, eclipses, + phases of the moon
• Scale Model of the Solar System
• Objects in our Solar System

Topics covered in Genetics + Heredity:

• Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction
• Punnett Squares
• Incomplete vs. Mendelian Inheritance
• Environmental vs. genetic factors role in heredity
• Pedigrees

Topics covered in Ecosystems:

• Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
• Population and Community
• Predator and Prey
• Ecosystem health
• Interconnection of species
• Matter cycling and energy flows
• Food web and Food Chain

Topics covered in Forces + Motion:

• Newton's Laws of Motion - all 3
• Balanced and Unbalanced forces
• Attractive forces: Magnetic and Electric
• Experimental Design
• Energy transfer

Topics covered in Properties of Matter:

• Atoms
• Heat Transfer
• Substances and Mixtures
• Physical and Chemical Properties
• Chemical Reactions

Topics covered in Growth and Reproduction:

• Human Body Systems
• Cell organization
• Animal Behaviors
• Reproduction - sexual and asexual
• Environmental and Genetic Factors
• Genetic Variation

BONUS: Forms of Energy PBL Unit

This unit is a project based unit with a focus on hands-on lab research. This resource also includes PowerPoint presentations to help you and your students follow the process, understand experimental design, how to write a lab report - and all of it is scaffolded for your students' individual needs!

That's 8 units (+1 bonus) right now!

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These units follow AERO's Next Generation Science Standards which link to Science and Engineering Practices as well as Cross-Cutting Concepts and 21st Century Skills. Rubrics are for standards-based grading.

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