Fifteen units are now available to teachers who complete our professional learning. Two more units will be available September 2019.
Unit release dates:
- Unit 7.2A: Cycling of Energy and Matter by Volcanoes - now available
- Unit 7.6: Inheritance of Traits - now available
- Unit 8.1: Natural Selection - now available
- Unit 7.2B: Earth's Dynamic Surface- by September 2020
- Unit 8.3: Sound and Light Waves - by Wednesday, August 21
- Unit 8.5A: Understanding Climate- by Tuesday, September 24
- Unit 8.5B: Making Weather Predictions- by Tuesday, September 24
UNIT | LENGTH | PEs | MATERIALS LIST^ | |||
.jpg) | 6.1: The Water Cycle
Water on the Move More information / public preview | 4-5 weeks |
MS-ESS2-4 MS-PS1-4 MS-ETS1-1 (ETS1.A) | 6.1 materials^ | ||
 | 6.2: Investigating and Modeling Body Systems
The RAD Disease More information / public preview | 7 weeks | MS-LS1-1
MS-LS1-2 MS-LS1-3 MS-ETS1-3* (ETS1-B) (*partial) |
6.2 materials^ | ||
 | 6.3: Chemical Processes in Organism Digestion
Food Gives Us Energy More information / public preview | 7 weeks | MS-LS1-7
MS-PS1-2 MS-PS1-5 MS-PS1-6 | 6.3 materials^ | ||
 | 6.4: Forces and Motion
Protect your Cell Phone More information / public preview | 7 weeks | MS-PS2-1
MS-PS2-2 MS-ETS1-1* (*partial) | 6.4 materials^
| ||
 | 6.5: Plant Growth
Keeping it Fresh More information / public preview | 6 weeks | MS-LS1-5
MS-LS2-1* (*partial) | 6.5 materials^
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 | 6.6: Interactions within Ecosystems
The Tangled Web We Weave More information / public preview Example Lessons | 5-6 weeks | MS-LS2-1
MS-LS2-2 MS-LS2-4 MS-ETS1-2 | 6.6 materials^ | ||
 | 6.7: Cycling of Energy and Matter Through Food Webs
More information / public preview | 5-6 weeks | MS-LS1-6
MS-LS2-3 | 6.7 materials^ | ||
 | 7.1: Creating an Energy Plan
Off the Energy Grid More information / public preview | 5-6 weeks | MS-PS2-3
MS-PS3-1 MS-PS3-2 MS-PS3-5 | 7.1 materials^ | ||
 | Unit 7.2A: Cycling of Energy and Matter by Volcanoes
More information / public preview | 5-6 weeks | MS-ESS2-1
MS-ESS2-2 MS-ESS2-3* (ESS2.B) | 7.2A materials
(subject to change) | ||
.jpg) | 7.3: Moving Thermal Energy# Cooling Hot Dogs More information / public preview | 7 weeks | MS-PS3-3
MS-PS3-4 MS-ETS1-4 |
7.3 materials^ | ||
 | 7.4: Life Cycle of Building Materials#
The Stuff We Use and Where it Comes From More information / public preview | 5-6 weeks | MS-ESS3-1
MS-ESS3-4 (ESS3.C) MS-PS3-3 (PS3.A,B) MS-PS1-3 | 7.4 materials^ | ||
.jpg) | Unit 7.6: Inheritance of Traits
The Popsicle Vandal More information / public preview | 5-6 weeks | MS-LS3-1
MS-LS3-2 MS-LS4-5 | 7.6 materials | ||
.jpg) | Unit 8.1: Natural Selection#
Adaptation and Natural Selection More information / public preview | 4-6 weeks | MS-LS3-1* (LS3.B)
MS-LS4-4 MS-LS4-6 | 8.1 materials
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 | 8.6: Natural Hazards
Reducing the Impacts of Natural Hazards More information / public preview | 4-5 weeks | MS-ESS3-2
MS-ESS2-3* (*partial) | 8.6 materials^ | ||
 | 8.7: Climate Change
Living in Greenhouse Earth More information / public preview | 4-5 weeks | MS-ESS3-4 MS-ESS3-5 | 8.7 materials^ |
#Note that the unit “Moving Thermal Energy” (formerly 7.4) switched position in the Mi-STAR Unit Progression Model with the unit “Life Cycle of Building Materials” (formerly 7.3). The change is based on pilot feedback.
| UNIT |
LENGTH |
PEs | MATERIALS LIST | |||
| Unit 7.2B: Earth's Dynamic Surface | 5-6 weeks | MS-ESS2-1
MS-ESS2-2 MS-ESS2-3* (ESS2.B) | 7.2 materials
(subject to change) | ||
.jpg) | Unit 8.3: Sound and Light Waves | 7 weeks | MS-PS4-1
MS-PS4-2 MS-LS1-8 | 8.3 materials
(subject to change) | ||
.jpg) | 8.5A: Understanding Climate
8.5B: Making Weather Predictions | 7-8 weeks | MS-ESS1-1
MS-ESS2-5 MS-ESS2-6 | 8.5 materials
(subject to change) |
