Department

Science

unit

1

unit

2

7th GRADE

8th GRADE

LIVING 
ENVIRONMENT

6th GRADE

Harnessing Human Energy

Microbiome

Geology on Mars

Molecular and human genetics

unit

3

Thermal Energy

Metabolism

Force and Motion

Biochemistry

unit

4

unit

5

unit

6

Engineering Internship: Force and Motion

DNA technology

Phase Change

Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate

unit

7

Earth, Moon, and Sun

Human physiology

unit

8

Chemical Reactions

Weather Patterns

Ecology/Evolution

Populations and Resources

Plate Motion

Magnetic Fields

Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

Earth’s Changing Climate

Light Waves

Engineering Internship Plate Motion

Rock Transformations

Engineering Internship: Earth’s Changing Climate

Traits and Reproduction

Natural Selection

unit

9

Evolutionary History

unit

1

unit

2

6th GRADE

Harnessing Human Energy

unit

3

Thermal Energy

unit

4

unit

5

unit

6

Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate

unit

7

unit

8

Weather Patterns

Populations and Resources

Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

Earth’s Changing Climate

unit

9

unit

1

unit

2

7th GRADE

Microbiome

unit

3

Metabolism

unit

4

unit

5

unit

6

Phase Change

unit

7

unit

8

Chemical Reactions

Plate Motion

Engineering Internship Plate Motion

Rock Transformations

Engineering Internship: Earth’s Changing Climate

unit

9

unit

1

unit

2

8th GRADE

Geology on Mars

unit

3

Force and Motion

unit

4

unit

5

unit

6

Engineering Internship: Force and Motion

unit

7

Earth, Moon, and Sun

unit

8

Magnetic Fields

Light Waves

Traits and Reproduction

Natural Selection

unit

9

Evolutionary History

unit

1

unit

2

LIVING 
ENVIRONMENT

Molecular and human genetics

unit

3

Biochemistry

unit

4

unit

5

unit

6

DNA technology

unit

7

Human physiology

unit

8

Ecology/Evolution

unit

9

Instructional focus

To design and execute rigorous Performance-Based Tasks in all content areas.