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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.PS3.1EnergyAnalyze the properties and compare the sources of kinetic, elastic potential, gravitational potential, electric potential, chemical, and thermal energy.6Potential & Kinetic Energy
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.PS3.2EnergyConstruct a scientific explanation of the transformation between potential and kinetic energy.
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.PS3.3EnergyAnalyze and interpret data to show the relationship between kinetic energy and the mass of an object and its speed.
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6PS3.4EnergyConduct an investigation to demonstrate the way that heat (thermal energy) moves among objects through radiation, conduction, or convection.6Thermal Energy
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.LS2.1Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsEvaluate and communicate the impact of environmental variables on population size.6Biodiversity
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.LS2.2Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsDetermine the impact of competitive, symbiotic, and predatory interactions in an ecosystem.6Interaction of Organisms
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.LS2.3Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsDraw conclusions about the transfer of energy through a food web and energy pyramid in an ecosystem.6Biodiversity
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.LS2.4Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsUsing evidence from climate data, draw conclusions about the patterns of abiotic and biotic factors indifferent biomes, specifically the tundra, tiaga, deciduous forest, desert, grasslands, rainforest, marine, and freshwater ecosystems.6Biodiversity
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.LS2.5Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsAnalyze existing evidence about the effect of a specific invasive species on native populations in Tennessee and design a solution to mitigate its impact.6Interaction of Organisms
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.LS2.6Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsResearch the ways in which an ecosystem has changed over time in response to changes in physical conditions, population balances, human interactions, and natural catastrophes.6Biodiversity
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.LS2.7Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsCompare and contrast auditory and visual methods of communication among organisms in relation to survival strategies of a population.6Selection & Adaptations
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.LS4.1Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsExplain how changes in biodiversity would impact ecosystem stability and natural resources.6Biodiversity
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.LS4.2Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsDesign a possible solution for maintaining biodiversity of ecosystems while still providing necessary human resources without disrupting environmental equilibrium.6Biodiversity / Renewable Resources
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.ESS2.1Earth's SystemsGather evidence to justify that oceanic convection currents are caused by the sun’s transfer of heat energy and differences in salt concentration leading to global water movement.6Oceans & Climate
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.ESS2. 2Earth's SystemsDiagram convection patterns that flow due to uneven heating of the earth.
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.ESS2. 3Earth's SystemsConstruct explanation for how atmospheric flow, geographic features, and ocean currents affect the climate of a region through heat transfer.
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.ESS2. 4Earth's SystemsApply scientific principles to design a method to analyze and interpret the impact of humans and other organisms on the hydrologic cycle.6Water Cycle
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.ESS2. 5Earth's SystemsAnalyze and interpret data from weather conditions, weather maps, satellites, and radar to predict probable local weather patterns and conditions.6Weather
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.ESS2. 6Earth's SystemsExplain how relationships between the movement and interactions of air masses, high and low pressure systems, and frontal boundaries result in weather conditions and severe storms.6
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.ESS3.1Earth's SystemsDifferentiate between renewable and nonrenewable resources by asking questions about their availability and sustainability.6Renewable Resources
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.ESS3.2Earth's SystemsInvestigate and compare existing and developing technologies that will utilize renewable and alternate energy sources.6
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.ESS3.3Earth's SystemsAssess the impacts of human activities on the biosphere including conservation, habitat management, species endangerment, and extinction.6
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.ETS1.1Engineering DesignEvaluate design constraints on solutions for maintaining ecosystems and biodiversity.6Biodiversity
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science6.ETS1.2Engineering DesignDesign and test different solutions that impact energy transfer.6Thermal Energy
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.PS1.1Matter and Its InteractionsDevelop and use models to illustrate the structure of atoms, including the subatomic particles with their relative positions and charges7Atoms & Molecules
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.PS1.2Matter and Its InteractionsCompare and contrast elemental molecules and compound molecules.7
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.PS1.3Matter and Its InteractionsClassify matter as pure substances or mixtures based on composition.7
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.PS1.4Matter and Its InteractionsAnalyze and interpret chemical reactions to determine if the total number of atoms in the reactants and products support the Law of Conservation of Mass.7
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.PS1.5Matter and Its InteractionsUse the periodic table as a model to analyze and interpret evidence relating to physical and chemical properties to identify a sample of matter.7
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7. PS1.6Matter and Its InteractionsCreate and interpret models of substances whose atoms represent the states of matter with respect to temperature and pressure.7States of Matter
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.LS1.1From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and ProcessesDevelop and construct models that identify and explain the structure and function of major cell organelles as they contribute to the life activities of the cell and organism.7Cells
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.LS1.2From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and ProcessesConduct an investigation to demonstrate how the cell membrane maintains homeostasis through the process of passive transport.7Currently unavailble. Will be added to the Cells unit.
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.LS1.3From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and ProcessesEvaluate evidence that cells have structural similarities and differences across kingdoms.7Cells
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.LS1.4From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and ProcessesDiagram the hierarchical organization of multicellular organisms from cells to organism.7Interactions of Body Systems
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.LS1.5From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and ProcessesExplain that the body is a system comprised or subsystems that maintain equilibrium and support life through digestion, respiration, excretion, circulation, sensation (nervous and integumentary) and locomotion (musculoskeletal).
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.LS1.6From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and ProcessesDevelop an argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to explain how behavioral and structural adaptations in animals and plants affect the probability of survival and reproductive success.7Selection & Adaptations
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.LS1.7From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and ProcessesEvaluate and communicate evidence that compares and contrasts the advantages and disadvantages of sexual and asexual reproduction.7Genetic Variation
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.LS1.8From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and ProcessesConstruct an explanation demonstrating that the function of mitosis for multicellular organisms is for growth and repair through the production of genetically identical daughter cells.7Genetic Variation
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.LS1.9From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and ProcessesConstruct a scientific explanation based on compiled evidence for the processes of photosynthesis of cellular respiration, and anaerobic respiration in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.7Photosynthesis
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.LS2.1Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsDevelop a model to depict the cycling of matter, including carbon and oxygen, including the flow of energy among biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem.
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.LS3.1HeredityHypothesize that the impact of structural changes to genes (i.e., mutations) located on chromosomes may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.7Mutations
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.LS3.2HeredityDistinguish between mitosis and mitosis and meiosis and compare the resulting daughter cells.7Currently unavailable. Will be added to Genetic Variation
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.LS3.3HeredityPredict the probability of individual dominant and recessive alleles to be transmitted from each parent to offspring during sexual reproduction and represent the genotypic and phenotypic patterns using ratios.7Genetic Variation
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.ESS3.1Earth and Human ActivityGraphically represent the composition of the atmosphere as a mixture of gases and discuss the potential for atmospheric change.7Weather
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.ESS3.2Earth and Human ActivityEngage in a scientific argument through graphing and translating data regarding human activity and climate.7Climate Change & Ecological Footprint
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science7.ETS2.1Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science, and SocietyExamine a problem from the medical field pertaining to biomaterials and design a solution taking into consideration the criteria, constraints, and relevant scientific principles of the problem that may limit possible solutions.7Mutations - CRISPR
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.PS2.1Motion and Stability: Forces and InteractionsDesign and conduct investigations depicting the relationship between magnetism and electricity in electromagnets, generators, and electrical motors, emphasizing the factors that increase or diminish the electric current and the magnetic field strength.8Electricity and Magnetism
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.PS2.2Motion and Stability: Forces and InteractionsConduct an investigation to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.8
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.PS2.3Motion and Stability: Forces and InteractionsCreate a demonstration of an object in motion that describe the position, force, and direction of the object.8Force & Motion
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.PS2.4Motion and Stability: Forces and InteractionsPlan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.PS2.5Motion and Stability: Forces and InteractionsEvaluate and interpret that for every force exerted on an object there is an equal force exerted in the opposite direction.
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.PS4.1Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information TransferDevelop and use models to represent the basic properties of waves including frequency, amplitude, wavelength and speed.8Waves
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.PS4.2Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information TransferCompare and contrast mechanical waves and electromagnetic waves based on refraction, reflection, transmission and absorption and their behavior through a vacuum and/or various media.8
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.PS4.3Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information TransferEvaluate the role that waves play in different communication systems.8
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.LS4.1Biological Change: Unity and DiversityAnalyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change in life forms throughout Earth’s history.8Rock Cycle & Earth's History
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.LS4.2Biological Change: Unity and DiversityConstruct an explanation addressing the similarities and differences of the anatomical structures and genetic information between extinct and extant organisms using evidence of common ancestry and patterns between taxa.8Evidence of Evolution
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.LS4.3Biological Change: Unity and DiversityAnalyze evidence from geology, paleontology, and comparative anatomy to support that specific phenotypes within a population can increase the probability of survival of that species and lead to adaptation.
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.LS4.4Biological Change: Unity and DiversityDevelop a scientific explanation of how natural selection plays a role in determining the survival of a species in a changing environment.
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.LS4.5Biological Change: Unity and DiversityObtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the technologies that have changed the way humans use artificial selection to influence the inheritance of desired traits in other organisms.8Mutations
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.ESS1.1Earth's Place in the UniverseResearch, analyze, and communicate that the universe began with a period of rapid expansion using evidence from the motion of galaxies and composition of stars.8Sun-Earth & Solar System Gravity
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.ESS1.2Earth's Place in the UniverseExplain the role of gravity in the formation of our sun and planets. Extend this explanation to address gravity’s effect on the motion of celestial objects in our solar system and Earth’s ocean tides.8
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.ESS2.1Earth's SystemsAnalyze and interpret data to support the assertion that rapid or gradual geographic changes lead to drastic population changes and extinction events.8Plate Tectonics
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.ESS2.2Earth's SystemsEvaluate data collected from seismographs to create a model of Earth’s structure.8Earthquakes & Volcanoes
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.ESS2. 3Earth's SystemsDescribe the relationship between the processes and forces that create igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.8Rock Cycle & Earth's History
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.ESS2. 4Earth's SystemsGather and evaluate evidence that energy form the earth’s interior drives convection cycles within the asthenosphere which create changes within the lithosphere including plate movements, plate boundaries, and sea-floor spreading.8Plate Tectonics
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.ESS2. 5Earth's SystemsConstruct a scientific explanation using data that explains that the gradual processes of plate tectonics accounting for A) the distribution of fossils on different continents, B) the occurrence of earthquakes, and C) continental and ocean floor features (including mountains, volcanoes, faults, and trenches).
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.ESS3.1Earth and Human ActivityInterpret data to explain that Earth’s mineral, fossil fuel, and groundwater resources are unevenly distributed as a result of tectonic processes8Rock Cycle & Earth's History
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.ESS3.2Earth and Human ActivityCollect data, map, and describe patterns in the locations of volcanoes and earthquakes related to tectonic plate boundaries, interactions, and hotspots.8Earthquakes & Volcanoes
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.ETS1.1Engineering DesignDevelop a model to generate data for ongoing testing and modification of an electromagnet, a generator, and a motor such that optimal design can be achieved.8Electricity and Magnetism
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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science8.ETS1.2Engineering DesignResearch and communicate information to describe how data from technologies (telescopes, spectroscopes, satellites, and space probes) provide information about objects in the solar system and universe.8Sun-Earth & Solar System Gravity
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