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Quarter 1 Bundle 1: Chemical Reactions (9 Weeks)Scope 1: Structure of Matter (10 Days)MS-PS1: The student is expected to develop models to descirbe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extendended structure.What is all matter made of?Developing and Using ModelsQuiz 1 Quiz 2 Quiz 3 Unit 1 Exam
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Scope 2: Physical & Chemical Properties (6-7 Days)MS-PS2: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.What is the difference between physical and chemical properties?Analyzing and Inerpreting Data
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Scope 3: Synthetic Materials (2-3 Days)MS-PS3: Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.What are synthetic materials?Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
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Scope 4: Characteristics of Chemical Reactions (10 Days)MS-PS2: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.What happens to atoms in chemical reactions?Analyzing and Interpreting Data
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Scope 5: Modeling Conservation of Mass (7-10 Days)MS-PS1-5: Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction, and thus mass is conserved.Describe the law of conservation of mass.Developing and Using Models
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Quarter 2 Bundle 2: Growth and Development of Organisms (6 Weeks)Scope 1: Reproduction in Plants & Animals (5-7 Days)MS-LS1-4: Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.What characteristics do plants and animals have to increase reproduction?Engaging in Arguments from EvidenceQuiz 1 Quiz 2 Unit Exam
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Scope 2: Growth of Organisms (3-4 Days)MS-LS1-5: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.What factors can affect the growth of a plant?Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
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Scope 3: Introduction to Photosynthesis (4-5 Days)MS-LS1-6: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.How do plants create their own food?Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
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Scope 4: Energy Flow in Organisms (5-8 Days)MS-LS1-7: Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organismHow does energy move through organisms?Developing and Using Models
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Bundle 3: Inheritance and Variation of Traits (5 Weeks)Scope 1: Genes and Proteins (6-8 Days)MS-LS3-1: Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.What causes mutations? Are all illnesses genetically linked? What are examples of beneficial mutations?
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Quarter 3Scope 2: Mutations (6-7 Days)MS-LS3-1: Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.What causes mutations? Are all illnesses genetically linked? What are examples of beneficial mutations?
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Scope 3: Inheritance and Genetic Variation (10-13 Days)MS-LS3-2: Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.How are traits passed to offspring?Developing and Using Models
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Bundle 4: Waves & Their Applications in Technologies and Information Transfer (4 weeks) Scope 1: Introduction to Properties of Waves (4 days)MS-PS4-1: Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.What is the relationship between amplitude and energy of waves?Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking
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Scope 2: Modeling Waves Through Various Mediums (4 days)MS-PS4-2: Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.How do sound waves interact with various materials?Developing and Using Models
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Scope 3: Properties of Visible Light (4 days)MS-PS4-2: Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.What are properties of visible light?Developing and Using Models
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Scope 4: Modeling Light Waves (3 days)MS-PS4-2: Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.How do light waves interact with various materials?Developing and Using Models
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Scope 5: Digital vs. Analog Signals (1 day)MS-PS4-3: Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.What are the differences between digital and analog signals?Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
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Quarter 4 Bundle 5: The Role of Water in the Earth's Surface, and Weather & Climate (3-4 weeks)Scope 1: The Water Cycle (2 days)MS-ESS2-4:Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity. How does water cycle through Earth's systems?Developing and Using Models
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Scope 2: Predicting Weather (7 days)MS-ESS2-5: Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions.What causes changes in weatherr conditions?
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Scope 3: Ocean Currents (3 days)MS-ESS2-6: Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.How does the ocean influence weather and climate?Developing and Using Models
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Scope 4: Influences of Weather & Climate (4-5 days)MS-ESS2-6: Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.What causes locations on Earth to have different climates?Developing and Using Models
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 Bundle 6: Structure and Properties of Matter (4 Weeks)Scope 1: Heat & Matter (5-6 Days)MS-PS1-4: Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.In what direction does heat flow? How does adding or removing thermal energy affect the kinetic energy of matter?Developing and Using ModelsQuiz 1 Quiz 2 Unit 2 Exam
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Scope 2: Changes in Energy on the Molecular Level (5-6 Days)MS-PS1-4: Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.Describe the movement of molecules in a solid, liquid, and gas.Developing and Using Models
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Scope 3: Thermal Energy in Chemcial Reactions (3 Days)MS-PS1-6: Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.How are endothermic and exothermic reactions different?Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
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