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Scientific Method (mini unit) Measurement (mini review unit) Chapter 11 – Work & Machines Chapter 16 – Earth’s Structure
(Standards 1,6,7) (Standards 1,2,3,6,7) (Standard 1,2,3,5,6,7) (Standard 1,2,4,6,7)
● Develop a hypothesis ● Recognize measurable ● Definition & formula for ● Earthquakes
● Set up experiments properties of matter: length, calculating work (W=FxD) ● Volcanoes
● Create models mass, weight, volume ● Effort vs. work done ● Predicting earthquakes
● Gather, record, and analyze ● Proper use of measuring ● Six simple machines: lever, ● Earth’s interior
data tools: metric ruler, balance, pulley, wheel & axle, ● Continental Drift
spring scale, graduated inclined plane, screw, & ● Plate tectonics: oceans,
Chapters 3/4 – Cells/Heredity cylinder wedge mountains
(Standard 1,2,4,6,7) ● Proper use of measurement ● Distinction between first,
● Parts of plant & animal cells units as labels second, & third class levers
● Purpose of cell parts ● Compound machines Final Exam Review & Preparation
● Cell shape & function Chapter 14 – Solar System ● Simple machines & people
● Use of microscope (Standard 1,2,4,6) with disabilities
● Tissues, organs, & organ ● Earth’s rotation & revolution
systems (day/night, year) Incorporate labs to reinforce concepts
● Tissue transplants vs. tissue ● Tilt of Earth’s axis & season of Scientific Method and
engineering of the year Measurement that relate to Earth’s
● Incorporate labs to reinforce concepts Structure
● Mitosis & meiosis Phases of the moon
● of Scientific Method and
● Genes, chromosomes, & Solar & lunar eclipses
DNA ● Measuring distances in space Measurement that relate to Work &
● Terms: comet, planet, Simple Machines
Incorporate labs to reinforce concepts meteorite, asteroid, galaxy,
of Scientific Method and universe, constellation
Measurement that relate to ● Arrangement of planets in
Cells/Heredity our solar system
● Life cycle of a star

Incorporate labs to reinforce concepts

of Scientific Method and
Measurement that relate to the Solar
System
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Subject: Science Grade Level: 5 revised Summer ‘14
Glencoe Science ISBN# 0-02-828316-3
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Chapter 1 - The Nature of Science Chapter 4 – Atoms, Elements & the Periodic Chapter 9 – Rocks & Minerals Chapter 22 – Earth’s Resources
(Standards 1,6,7) Table
(Standards 1, 2. 4, 6) (Standards 1, 2, 4,6, 7)
● Scientific theories vs. laws (Standards 1,4, 7) ● Mineral formation ● Natural resources & their use
● Branches of Science ● Atomic models ● Properties of minerals ● Renewable vs. nonrenewable
● Scientific Methods ● Periodic Table ● Gems & ores ● Pollution & resource depletion
● Lab safety ● Classification of elements ● The Rock Cycle ● Man’s impact on the environment
● Scientific models ● Compounds vs. Mixtures ● Igneous, Metamorphic, & ● Protecting our environment
● Communication of scientific data Sedimentary rocks

Chapter 2 – Measurement
Chapter 6 – Energy Chapter 12 – The Atmosphere in Motion
Chapter 11 – Weathering & Erosion
(Standards 1,2,3, 6,7) (Standards 1, 4, 6)
(Standards 1,4,7)
● Measurement vs. estimation (Standards 1,4,6,7) ● Physical vs. chemical weathering
● ● Composition & structure
● Use measuring tools safely & Kinetic vs. Potential ● Soil formation
● ● The Water Cycle
appropriately Law of Conservation of Energy ● Agents of erosion
● ● Earth’s weather
● Metric units (SI) & conversions Energy transformation ● Effects of erosion
● ● Wind formation, Coriolis effect
● Accuracy, precision & rounding Thermal energy transfer
● ● Air masses & fronts
● Tables & graphs Endothermic & exothermic
reactions
Chapter 3 – Matter & its Changes

(Standards 1,4, 7)
● Law of Conservation of Matter
● Physical & chemical properties
● Physical & chemical changes Process skills: Process skills: Final Exam Review & Rocket Building
● States of matter ➢ Making & using models ➢ Recognizing cause & effect
● Signs of change ➢ Making tables ➢ Interpreting data
➢ Analysis & interpretation of data ➢ Classifying
➢ Predicting ➢ Comparing & contrasting Process skills:
➢ Interpreting illustrations ➢ Observing & inferring ➢ Classifying
Process skills: ➢ Compare & contrast ➢ Making models ➢ Comparing & Contrasting
➢ Forming a hypothesis ➢ Communicating information ➢ Sequencing ➢ Concept mapping
➢ Controlling variables ➢ Communicating
➢ Using numbers ➢ Making models
➢ Recognizing cause & effect
➢ Analysis & interpretation of data
➢ Communicating information
➢ Comparing & contrasting
➢ Measuring in SI
➢ Making & using models

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Subject: Science Grade Level: 6 revised ’13-‘14
Glencoe Science Level Red ISBN # 9780078778063
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Subject: Science Grade Level: 7 revised ’13-‘14
Glencoe Science Level Green ISBN# 9780078778087
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The Nature of Science Cell Reproduction Substances, Mixtures, & Plants

Chapter 1 – Chapter 10 – Solubility Chapter 17 –
● Scientific method ● Cell division & mitosis Chapter 21 – ● Plants overview
● Variables ● Sexual reproduction & ● Aqueous solutions ● Seedless plants
● Science and technology meiosis ● Solubility ● Seed plants
● SI measurement ● DNA ● Acids and bases (Standards 1,2,4, & 7)
(Standards 1,2,4, & 7) (Standards 1,2& 4)Labs: (Standards 1,4, & 7) Lab: “Seedling Development”
Labs: a. Linear Measurement a. Mitosis microscopy Lab: Litmus test
b. “Watering a Penny” b. Measurement Support, Movement &
microscopy States of Matter Responses
Structure & Classification Chapter 22 – Chapter 15 –
of Living Things Heredity ● Matter ● Skin
Chapter 8 – Chapter 11 – ● Changes of state ● Muscular system
● Living things ● Genetics ● Behavior of fluids ● Skeletal system
● Classification ● Genetics since Mendel (Standards 1,2,3,4, & 7) ● Nervous system
● Cell structure ● Advances in genetics Lab: “Sink or Swim” (Standards 1,4, & 7)
● Viruses (Standards 1,2,3,4 & 6) Lab: The Nervous System
(Standards 1,2, & 46) Lab: Face Variations Weather
Lab: a. Classification Web Chapter 5 – Conserving Resources
Quest Regulation & Reproduction ● Weather Chapter 19 –
Chapter 16 – ● Weather patterns ● Resources
Cell Processes ● Endocrine system ● Weather forecasts ● Pollution
Chapter 9 – ● Reproductive system (Standards 1,2,4, & 7) ● Reduce, reuse, recycle
● Chemistry of living ● Human life stages Research (Standards 1,2,4,6 & 7)
things (Standards 1,2,4& 7) Project/Presentation: Research project: Green
● Cell transport Lab: Adolescent growth Weather report/video project
● Cells & energy
(Standards 1,4, & 6 )
Labs: a. Osmosis Web Quest
b. Egg Osmosis
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Subject: Science Grade Level: 7 Accelerated Revised 2017

Glencoe Science Levels Green ISBN# 9780078778087 & Blue ISBN# 9780078778100
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The Nature of Science Heredity Substances, Mixtures, and Periodic Table of the Elements
Chapter 1 – (G) Chapter 11 – (G) Solubility Chapter 3– (B)
• Scientific method • Genetics Chapter 21 – (B) • Elements
• Variables • Genetics since Mendel • Aqueous solutions • Representative elements
• Science and technology • Advances in genetics • Solubility • Transition elements
• SI measurement (Standards 1,2,3,4, & 6) • Acids & bases (Standards 1,4, & 7)
(Standards 1,2,4, & 7) Lab: Face Variations (Standards 1,4, & 7) Research Project: Periodic Table
Labs: a. Linear Measurement Lab: Litmus Test
b. Watering a Penny Regulation and Reproduction Chemical bonds
Chapter 16 – (G) Geologic History Chapter 4 – (B)
Cell Processes • Endocrine system Chapter 11 – (B) • Combining atoms
Chapter 9 – (G) • Reproductive system • Fossils • Covalent and ionic bonds
• Chemistry of living things • Human life stages • Ages of rocks, relative and (Standards 1,2,4, & 7)
• Cell transport (Standards 1, 4, & 7) absolute Lab: “Building Molecules”
• Cells & energy Lab: Adolescent Growth
(Standards 1, 4, & 6) Chapter 13 – (B) Earth and the Moon
Labs: Osmosis Web Quest / Egg States of Matter • Life and Geologic time Chapter 21 – (B)
Osmosis Chapter 22 – (G) • Precambrian through • Earth’s rotation, axis,
• Matter Cenozoic time magnetic field
Cell Reproduction • Changes of state (Standards 1,2,3,4, & 7) • Moon phases
Chapter 10 – (G) • Behavior of fluids Labs: a. Radiometric Dating • Eclipses, solar and lunar
• Cell division & mitosis (Standards 1,2,3,4, & 7) b.”Changing Species” (Standards 1,4,6, & 7)
• Sexual reproduction & Lab: “Sink or Swim” Lab: Phases of the Moon
meiosis
• DNA Weather
(Standards 1,2, & 4) Chapter 5 – (G)
Labs: a. Mitosis microscopy • Weather
b. Measurement microscopy • Weather patterns
• Weather forecasts
(Standards 1,2,4, & 7)
Research Project/Presentation:
Weather report/video
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Chapter 1 – The Nature of Science Chapter 8– Earthquakes Chapter 21 – The Earth-Sun-Moon System Chapter 24 – Waves
(Standard 1,2,7) (Standard 4) (Standard 1,2,4) (Standards 1,4,6)
● Physical Science-chemistry, ● Faults & folding ● Lithosphere ● What are waves
physics, life, & earth science ● Earthquakes & their waves ● Hydrosphere ● Amplitude & frequency
● Scientific method ● Epicenters & triangulation ● Atmosphere & weather ● Behavior of waves
● Controlling variable ● Earth in space: night & day ● Sound waves
● Metric system ● Seasons, magnetosphere ● Light waves
Chapter 8 – Volcanoes
(Standard 4 )
Chapter 14 – Inside the Atom ● Explosive, shield, & composite Chapter 18– Motion Review for Lab Practical
(Standard 2,7) ● Lava, tephra, magma (Standard 1,4) ● Microscope skills & field of view
● Sub-atomic particles ● Ring of Fire ● Speed, velocity, & acceleration ● Measuring density
● Atomic structure ● Newton’s 3 laws ● Inclined planes
● Electron energy levels, models, ● Mass vs. weight ● Classification
Chapter 7 – Plate Tectonics
symbols ● Gravity
(Standard 4 )
● Atomic number
● Sea floor spreading Administration of Lab Practical
● Mass number
● Continental drift Chapter 19 – Forces & Newton’s Laws
● Mid-ocean ridge (Standard 1,4,6)
Review for NYS Written Assessment
Chapters 15 & 16 – The Periodic Table ● F=ma (acceleration)
● Topographic maps
(Standard 2,4,7) ● Law of Conservation of Energy
● S & P graphs
● Chemical activity ● Action-reaction
● Human organ systems
● Atoms & energy Chapter s 4 & 5 – Life & the Environment
● Rock cycle
● Periodic Table (Standard 1,4 6,)
Chapter 22 – Electricity ● Graph reading
● Metals & non-metals ● Living & non-living environments
(Standards 1,4,6) ● Simple machines
● Molecules ● Interactions among living organisms
● Electric charge ● Mineral identification
● Physical vs. chemical changes & ● Matter & energy
● Electric currents
properties
● Electric circuits
Administration of NYS Written Assessment
Chapter 6 – Ecosystems ● Ohms law
Chapter17 – Chemical Reactions (Standard 1,4)
(Standard 4,6) ● Changing ecosystems Introduction to Earth Science Topics
Chapter 23 – Magnets
● Synthesis & decomposition ● Land environments ● Lab format
(Standards 1,4,6)
● Speed of reactions ● Water environments ● Use of Reference Tables
● What is magnetism
● Exothermic & endothermic ● Map Reading
● Electricity & magnetism
reactions ● Contour maps
Chapter 5 – Resources & the Environment
● Solubility curves ● Weather maps
(Standard 1,4)
● Natural resources
● Environmental conservation
● Water pollution & acid rain

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Subject: Science Grade Level: 8 revised ’13-‘14
Glencoe Science Level Blue ISBN# 9780078778100