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Iowa Learning StandardsPEIowa Learning StandardsClarifying ObjectivesGradeMosa Mack Unit
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS1Matter and Its InteractionsDevelop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures. 6Atoms & Molecules
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS1-2Matter and Its InteractionsAnalyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred. 6Chemical & Physical Changes
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS1-4Matter and Its InteractionsDevelop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed. 6States of Matter
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS1-5Matter and Its InteractionsDevelop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. 6Atoms & Molecules
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS1-6Matter and Its InteractionsUndertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.* 6Chemical & Physical Changes
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS1-1From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and ProcessesConduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells. 6Cells
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS1-2From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and ProcessesDevelop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.6Cells
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS1-3From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and ProcessesUse argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. 6Interaction of Body Systems
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS1-8From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and ProcessesGather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.6Nervous System
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS3-2Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of TraitsDevelop 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.6Genetic Variation
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ESS2-1Earth’s SystemsDevelop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process. 6Rock Cycle & Earth's History
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ESS2-2Earth’s SystemsConstruct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales. 6Rock Cycle & Earth's History
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ESS2-3Earth’s SystemsAnalyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions. 6Plate Tectonics
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ESS3-1Earth and Human ActivityConstruct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes. 6Renewable Resources
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ESS3-2Earth and Human ActivityAnalyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects. 6Earthquakes & Volcanoes
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ETS1-1Engineering DesignDefine the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.6Design Thinking Year 1
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ETS1-2Engineering DesignEvaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. 6Design Thinking Year 1
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ETS1-3Engineering DesignAnalyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success. 6Design Thinking Year 1
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ETS1-4Engineering DesignDevelop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.6Design Thinking Year 1
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS2-3Motion and Stability: Forces and InteractionsAsk questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. 7Electricity & Magnetism
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS2-4Motion and Stability: Forces and InteractionsConstruct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects. 7Force & Motion
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS2-5Motion and Stability: Forces and InteractionsConduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 7Force & Motion
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS3-2EnergyDevelop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system. 7Potential & Kinetic Energy
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS3-4EnergyPlan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample. 7Thermal Energy
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS3-5EnergyConstruct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object. 7Potential & Kinetic Energy
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS1-4From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and
Processes
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. 7Selection & Adaptations
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS1-5From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and
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Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms. 7Genetics vs. Environment
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS1-6From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and
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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.7Photosynthesis
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS1-7From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and
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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 organism. 7Photosynthesis
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS2-1Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsAnalyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. 7Interactions of Organisms
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS2-2Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsConstruct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. 7Interactions of Organisms
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS2-3Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsDevelop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. 7Biodiversity
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS2-4Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsConstruct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. 7Biodiversity
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS3-1Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of TraitsDevelop 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.7Mutations
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ESS1-1 Earth’s Place in the UniverseDevelop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons. 7Sun-Earth & Solar System Gravity
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ESS1-2 Earth’s Place in the UniverseDevelop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system. 7Sun-Earth & Solar System Gravity
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ESS1-3 Earth’s Place in the UniverseAnalyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system. 7Scale in the Solar System
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ESS1-4 Earth’s Place in the UniverseConstruct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history7Rock Cycle & Earth's History
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ETS1-1Engineering DesignDefine the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to
ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential
impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ETS1-2Engineering DesignEvaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. 7Design Thinking Year 2
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ETS1-3Engineering DesignAnalyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success. 7Design Thinking Year 2
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ETS1-4Engineering DesignDevelop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.7Design Thinking Year 2
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS1-3Matter and Its InteractionsGather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society. 8Chemical & Physical Changes
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS2-1Motion and Stability: Forces and InteractionsApply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of
two colliding objects.*
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS2-2Motion and Stability: Forces and InteractionsPlan 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. 8Force & Motion
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS3-1EnergyConstruct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object. 8Potential & Kinetic Energy
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS3-3EnergyApply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.* 8Thermal Energy
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS4-1Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information TransferUse 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. 8Waves
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS4-2Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information TransferDevelop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. 8Waves
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-PS4-3Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information TransferIntegrate 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. 8Waves
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS2-5Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and DynamicsEvaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.*8Biodiversity
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS4-1Biological Evolution: Unity and DiversityAnalyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past. 8Evidence of Evolution
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS4-2Biological Evolution: Unity and DiversityApply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. 8Evidence of Evolution
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS4-3Biological Evolution: Unity and DiversityAnalyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy. 8Evidence of Evolution
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS4-4Biological Evolution: Unity and DiversityConstruct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment. 8Selection & Adaptations
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS4-5Biological Evolution: Unity and DiversityGather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms. 8Mutations
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-LS4-6Biological Evolution: Unity and DiversityUse mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time. 8Selection & Adaptations
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ESS2-4Earth’s SystemsDevelop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity. 8Water Cycle
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ESS2-5Earth’s SystemsCollect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions. 8Weather
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ESS2-6Earth’s SystemsDevelop 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. 8Oceans & Climate
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ESS3-3Earth and Human ActivityApply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.* 8Climate Change & Ecological Footprint
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ESS3-4Earth and Human ActivityConstruct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems. 8Climate Change & Ecological Footprint
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ESS3-5Earth and Human ActivityAsk questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.8Climate Change & Ecological Footprint
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ETS1-1Engineering DesignDefine the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions. 8Unit Engineering Challenges
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ETS1-2Engineering DesignEvaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. 8Unit Engineering Challenges
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ETS1-3Engineering DesignAnalyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success. 8Unit Engineering Challenges
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Iowa Science StandardsMS-ETS1-4Engineering DesignDevelop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.8Unit Engineering Challenges
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