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Middle School Science Pacing Guide
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Ongoing--What's the Word?Ongoing--Argument Writing (C-E-R) and VocabularyOngoing--Argument Writing (C-E-R) and Vocabulary
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*Students will write argumentatively by stating a claim, providing evidence and reasoning.**Students will write argumentatively by stating a claim, providing evidence and reasoning.**Students will write argumentatively by stating a claim, providing evidence and reasoning.*
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*Vocabulary will be taught throughout each unit.**Vocabulary will be taught throughout each unit.**Vocabulary will be taught throughout each unit*
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Anchoring Phenomena: How can models of systems help determine similarities and differences between Earth systems and living systems?Anchoring Phenomena: Anchoring Phenomena: How do unbalanced forces cause sports energy?
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Unit 1: Systems and Subsystems in Earth and Life ScienceEarth Science Unit 1: Objects Move and Collide
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Unit Scopes Unit ScopesUnit Scopes:
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*Cells*Plate Tectonics*Changes in Force and Motion
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*Bodies and Systems*Seafloor Spreading*Newton's Third of MOtion
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*Anatomy of a Cell*Geoscience Processes*Gravitational Forces
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*Weathering and Erosion*Kinetic Energy
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*Natural Hazard Predictions
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Unit 1 Assessment: Oct. 16th*Synthetic Materials
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Anchoring Phenomena: How can models of thermal energy transfer help us understand the different kinds of weather in California?Anchoring Phenomena: Anchoring Phenomena: How can an object influence
the motion of another object
without touching it?
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Unit 2: Earth System Interactions Cause WeatherPhysical Science
Unit 2: Noncontact Forces Influences Phenomena
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Unit ScopesUnit ScopesUnit Scopes:
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*Ocean Currents*Characteristics of Chemical Reactions* Potential Energy
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*Thermal Energy Transfer*Physical and Chemical Properties*Earth, Sun, and Moon System
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*Kinetic Energy*Modeling Conservation of Mass*Formation and MOtion of Galaxies
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*Energy Transfer and Temperature*Thermal Energy in Chemical Reactions*The Solar System
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*The Water Cycle Electric and Magnetic Forces
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*Influences of Weather and Climate*Gravitational Forces
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Anchoring Phenomena: Why is the climate different in different regions of the planet, and how do the differences in climate affect organisms?Anchoring Phenomena: Anchoring Phenomena: How does history of Earth and evidence of evolution give us clues about how Earth evolved and how species are similar and diverce?
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Unit 3: Causes and Effects of Regional ClimatesLife Science
Unit 3: Evolution Explains Life's Unity and Diversity
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*Predicting WeatherDNS Unhooked *Geologic History of Earth
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*Influences of Weather and Climate*Fossil Record
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*Thermal Energy Transfer*Embryonic Simlarities
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*Energy Transfer and Temperature*Evolutionary History and Relationships
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*Ocean Currents*Natural Selection
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*Genes and Proteins
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*Mutations
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Anchoring Phenomena: Has global climate change impacted the water supply in California?Anchoring Phenomena: Anchoring Phenomena: How can interpreting waves
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Unit 4:Effects of Global Warming on Living SystemsContinuation of Life and Physical Science
Unit 4: Sustaining Local and Global Biodiversity
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*Human Impact on the Environment*Introduction to Properties of Waves*Human Impact on Environment
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*Human Activities and Global Climate Change*MOdeling Waves Through Various Mediums*Digital vs Analog
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*Properties of Visible Light*Earth, Sun, and Moon System
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*Modeling LIght Waves*Natural Selection
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