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Chapter Reading Science Lesson Objectives Vocabulary Practice People/Careers in Science STEAM
Ch0 Safety and Scientific Design
Lesson 1 Lab Safety
Lesson 2 Lab Procedures
Lesson 3 Scientific Method
Lesson 4 Independent and Dependent Variables
Lesson 5 Recording Data
Lesson 6 Criteria and Constraints for Design
Lesson 7 Evaluate Designs
Lesson 8 Analyze Data Based on Design
Lesson 9 Design Optimization
Ch1 Planet Earth and the Solar System
Students will learn to integrate text and visuals from reading a text passage and examining a related diagram.
Lesson 1 Earth and the Solar System
Students will identify the objects that make up the solar system.
crater, moon, planet, radiant energy, solar system, Sun
Directed Practice Modeling Objects Orbiting the Sun Sarah Amiri Turn Your Town into a Solar SystemGuided Practice Make an Asteroid Model
Full Practice Comparing Models of the Solar System
Lesson 2 How the Solar System Formed
Students will explain how the solar system appears to have formed.
accretion, asteroid belt, ellipse, gravity, nebula, protostar
Directed Practice Modeling the History of the Universe
Guided Practice Modeling Craters
Full Practice Sweeping Up
Lesson 3 Scale and the Solar System
Students will identify scale properties of solar-system objects and discuss tools and data used to determine scale properties.
astronomer, astronomical unit, light-year, scale
Directed Practice Modeling Orbits
Guided Practice Scale Model of the Solar System
Full Practice Modeling the Orbit of Halley’s Comet
Lesson 4 The Earth-Sun-Moon System
Students will use a model of the Earth-Sun-Moon system to explain and predict patterns including seasons, lunar phases, and eclipses.
eclipse, lunar eclipse, lunar phase, season, solar eclipse
Directed Practice Model the Earth-Sun-Moon System
Guided Practice Modeling a Solar Eclipse
Full Practice Predict the Phases of the Moon
Lesson 5 Earth’s Materials Students will identify how humans use Earth’s materials and discuss ways that this use affects the distribution of those materials.
fossil fuel, groundwater, humus, natural resource, nonrenewable resource, renewable resource, sustainable
Directed Practice Comparing Soils
Guided Practice Where Are Natural Resources?
Full Practice Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
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Chapter Reading Science Lesson Objectives Vocabulary Practice People/Careers in Science STEAM
Ch0 Safety and Scientific Design
Lesson 1 Lab Safety
Lesson 2 Lab Procedures
Lesson 3 Scientific Method
Lesson 4 Independent and Dependent Variables
Lesson 5 Recording Data
Lesson 6 Criteria and Constraints for Design
Lesson 7 Evaluate Designs
Lesson 8 Analyze Data Based on Design
Lesson 9 Design Optimization
Ch1 Planet Earth and the Solar System
Students will learn to integrate text and visuals from reading a text passage and examining a related diagram.
Lesson 1 Earth and the Solar System
Students will identify the objects that make up the solar system.
crater, moon, planet, radiant energy, solar system, Sun
Directed Practice Modeling Objects Orbiting the Sun Sarah Amiri Turn Your Town into a Solar SystemGuided Practice Make an Asteroid Model
Full Practice Comparing Models of the Solar System
Lesson 2 How the Solar System Formed
Students will explain how the solar system appears to have formed.
accretion, asteroid belt, ellipse, gravity, nebula, protostar
Directed Practice Modeling the History of the Universe
Guided Practice Modeling Craters
Full Practice Sweeping Up
Lesson 3 Scale and the Solar System
Students will identify scale properties of solar-system objects and discuss tools and data used to determine scale properties.
astronomer, astronomical unit, light-year, scale
Directed Practice Modeling Orbits
Guided Practice Scale Model of the Solar System
Full Practice Modeling the Orbit of Halley’s Comet
Lesson 4 The Earth-Sun-Moon System
Students will use a model of the Earth-Sun-Moon system to explain and predict patterns including seasons, lunar phases, and eclipses.
eclipse, lunar eclipse, lunar phase, season, solar eclipse
Directed Practice Model the Earth-Sun-Moon System
Guided Practice Modeling a Solar Eclipse
Full Practice Predict the Phases of the Moon
Lesson 5 Earth’s Materials Students will identify how humans use Earth’s materials and discuss ways that this use affects the distribution of those materials.
fossil fuel, groundwater, humus, natural resource, nonrenewable resource, renewable resource, sustainable
Directed Practice Comparing Soils
Guided Practice Where Are Natural Resources?
Full Practice Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
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Chapter Reading Science Lesson Objectives Vocabulary Practice People/Careers in Science STEAM
Ch2 Matter: Structure and Properties
Students will learn to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text passage by using a graphic organizer.
Lesson 1 Natural Resources and Synthetic Materials
Students will use information to identify the relationship between natural resources and the development and use of synthetic materials.
ductility, electrical conductivity, electrical energy, flexibility, semiconductor, synthetic material, thermal conductivity
Directed PracticeComparing Natural and Human-Made Objects
Nanotechnology Engineer
Build a Better Boat
Guided Practice Making a Polymer
Full PracticeNatural and Synthetic Materials in Your Life
Lesson 2 Properties of Substances
Students will recognize that a pure substance has unique physical and chemical properties that can be used to define it.
chemical property, flammability, physical property, property, pure substance
Directed Practice Classifying Classroom Materials
Guided Practice Identifying an Unknown Substance
Full Practice Properties and Uses of Kitchen Materials
Lesson 3 The Structure of Matter Students will use models to identify and describe the atomic nature of matter.
chemical bond, chemical formula, compound, crystal, element, molecule, polar, surface tension
Directed Practice Water, Pepper, Soap
Guided Practice Investigating Surface Tension
Full Practice Evaporation Rates of Different Molecules
Lesson 4 States of Matter Students will use models to identify and describe states of matter and phase changes.
condensation, evaporation, kinetic energy, sublimation, water vapor
Directed Practice Classifying States of Matter
Guided Practice How Temperature Affects Dissolving
Full Practice How Fast Water Freezes
Ch3 Matter: Chemical Reactions
Students will learn to infer information from reading a multistep procedure.
Lesson 1 When Matter Reacts Students will use patterns to support understanding that substances react chemically in predictive ways.
chemical change, chemist, oxide,
physical change, word equation
Directed Practice Exploring a Candle’s Changes Ahmed Zewail Firework Art
Guided Practice Evidence of Chemical Changes
Full Practice Make a Gas, Inflate a Balloon
Lesson 2 Matter Is Conserved Students will understand that when matter reacts, the original substances are regrouped into new substances that have different properties than the original ones.
conservation of matter, product, reactant
Directed Practice Changing the Shape of an Orange
Guided Practice Milk and Vinegar React
Full Practice Where’s the Matter?
Lesson 3 Energy in Chemical Reactions
Students will explain how chemical reactions can be characterized and predicted.
activation energy, catalyst, concentration, inhibitor, surface area
Directed Practice Exploring Reaction Rates
Guided Practice Using a Catalyst
Full Practice Coin Clean Up
Lesson 4 Exothermic Processes Students will identify and describe chemical reactions that release energy.
combustion, decomposition, exothermic reaction
Directed Practice Elephant Toothpaste
Guided Practice Exploring Exothermic Reactions
Full Practice Combustion of Steel Wool
Lesson 5 Endothermic Processes Students will identify and describe chemical reactions that absorb energy.
distillation, endothermic reaction Directed Practice Investigating Energy Absorption
Guided Practice Energy in Dissolving Salts
Full Practice Make a Cold Pack
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Chapter Reading Science Lesson Objectives Vocabulary Practice People/Careers in Science STEAM
Ch2 Matter: Structure and Properties
Students will learn to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text passage by using a graphic organizer.
Lesson 1 Natural Resources and Synthetic Materials
Students will use information to identify the relationship between natural resources and the development and use of synthetic materials.
ductility, electrical conductivity, electrical energy, flexibility, semiconductor, synthetic material, thermal conductivity
Directed PracticeComparing Natural and Human-Made Objects
Nanotechnology Engineer
Build a Better Boat
Guided Practice Making a Polymer
Full PracticeNatural and Synthetic Materials in Your Life
Lesson 2 Properties of Substances
Students will recognize that a pure substance has unique physical and chemical properties that can be used to define it.
chemical property, flammability, physical property, property, pure substance
Directed Practice Classifying Classroom Materials
Guided Practice Identifying an Unknown Substance
Full Practice Properties and Uses of Kitchen Materials
Lesson 3 The Structure of Matter Students will use models to identify and describe the atomic nature of matter.
chemical bond, chemical formula, compound, crystal, element, molecule, polar, surface tension
Directed Practice Water, Pepper, Soap
Guided Practice Investigating Surface Tension
Full Practice Evaporation Rates of Different Molecules
Lesson 4 States of Matter Students will use models to identify and describe states of matter and phase changes.
condensation, evaporation, kinetic energy, sublimation, water vapor
Directed Practice Classifying States of Matter
Guided Practice How Temperature Affects Dissolving
Full Practice How Fast Water Freezes
Ch3 Matter: Chemical Reactions
Students will learn to infer information from reading a multistep procedure.
Lesson 1 When Matter Reacts Students will use patterns to support understanding that substances react chemically in predictive ways.
chemical change, chemist, oxide,
physical change, word equation
Directed Practice Exploring a Candle’s Changes Ahmed Zewail Firework Art
Guided Practice Evidence of Chemical Changes
Full Practice Make a Gas, Inflate a Balloon
Lesson 2 Matter Is Conserved Students will understand that when matter reacts, the original substances are regrouped into new substances that have different properties than the original ones.
conservation of matter, product, reactant
Directed Practice Changing the Shape of an Orange
Guided Practice Milk and Vinegar React
Full Practice Where’s the Matter?
Lesson 3 Energy in Chemical Reactions
Students will explain how chemical reactions can be characterized and predicted.
activation energy, catalyst, concentration, inhibitor, surface area
Directed Practice Exploring Reaction Rates
Guided Practice Using a Catalyst
Full Practice Coin Clean Up
Lesson 4 Exothermic Processes Students will identify and describe chemical reactions that release energy.
combustion, decomposition, exothermic reaction
Directed Practice Elephant Toothpaste
Guided Practice Exploring Exothermic Reactions
Full Practice Combustion of Steel Wool
Lesson 5 Endothermic Processes Students will identify and describe chemical reactions that absorb energy.
distillation, endothermic reaction Directed Practice Investigating Energy Absorption
Guided Practice Energy in Dissolving Salts
Full Practice Make a Cold Pack
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Chapter Reading Science Lesson Objectives Vocabulary Practice People/Careers in Science STEAM
Ch4 Life: Relationships and Patterns
Students will learn to integrate technical information from a text passage.
Lesson 1 Ecosystem Relationships
Students will identify the ways in which organisms are dependent on interactions with both the abiotic and biotic factors of their environment.
abiotic factor, biotic factor, ecologist, ecosystem, habitat, migration, organism, species, territory
Directed Practice A Simple Aquarium Ecologist Quadrat Sampling
Guided Practice Visualizing the System
Full Practice Observing Ecological Interactions
Lesson 2 Competition for Resources
Students will discuss the types and effects of competition among organisms.
adaptation, competition, invasive species, niche
Directed Practice Limited Resources
Guided Practice “Chomp”etition
Full Practice Interpreting Competition
Lesson 3 Growth and Population Patterns
Students will explain how growth of organisms and populations are related to access to resources.
exponential growth, extinction, limiting factor, mass extinction, population, population density
Directed Practice A Migration Snapshot
Guided Practice What Happened to the Tigers?
Full Practice Local Population Changes
Lesson 4 Patterns of Interaction Students will identify and describe patterns of interactions across ecosystems.
climax community, disturbance, lichens, pioneer species, primary succession, secondary succession, succession
Directed Practice Natural Disasters
Guided Practice Heat Island Effect
Full Practice Searching for Succession
Lesson 5 Predatory Interactions Students will explain and describe the effects of predatory interactions in ecosystems.
carnivore, consumer, herbivore, omnivore, predator, prey
Directed Practice Identifying Feeding Relationships
Guided Practice Predators Versus Prey Game
Full Practice Coping with Invasive Species
Lesson 6 Symbiotic Interactions Students will explain and describe the effects of mutually beneficial interactions in ecosystems.
commensalism, mutualism, parasite, symbiosis
Directed Practice Close Ecological Relationships
Guided Practice Symbiotic Relationships
Full Practice Analyze Mutually Beneficial Relationships
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Chapter Reading Science Lesson Objectives Vocabulary Practice People/Careers in Science STEAM
Ch4 Life: Relationships and Patterns
Students will learn to integrate technical information from a text passage.
Lesson 1 Ecosystem Relationships
Students will identify the ways in which organisms are dependent on interactions with both the abiotic and biotic factors of their environment.
abiotic factor, biotic factor, ecologist, ecosystem, habitat, migration, organism, species, territory
Directed Practice A Simple Aquarium Ecologist Quadrat Sampling
Guided Practice Visualizing the System
Full Practice Observing Ecological Interactions
Lesson 2 Competition for Resources
Students will discuss the types and effects of competition among organisms.
adaptation, competition, invasive species, niche
Directed Practice Limited Resources
Guided Practice “Chomp”etition
Full Practice Interpreting Competition
Lesson 3 Growth and Population Patterns
Students will explain how growth of organisms and populations are related to access to resources.
exponential growth, extinction, limiting factor, mass extinction, population, population density
Directed Practice A Migration Snapshot
Guided Practice What Happened to the Tigers?
Full Practice Local Population Changes
Lesson 4 Patterns of Interaction Students will identify and describe patterns of interactions across ecosystems.
climax community, disturbance, lichens, pioneer species, primary succession, secondary succession, succession
Directed Practice Natural Disasters
Guided Practice Heat Island Effect
Full Practice Searching for Succession
Lesson 5 Predatory Interactions Students will explain and describe the effects of predatory interactions in ecosystems.
carnivore, consumer, herbivore, omnivore, predator, prey
Directed Practice Identifying Feeding Relationships
Guided Practice Predators Versus Prey Game
Full Practice Coping with Invasive Species
Lesson 6 Symbiotic Interactions Students will explain and describe the effects of mutually beneficial interactions in ecosystems.
commensalism, mutualism, parasite, symbiosis
Directed Practice Close Ecological Relationships
Guided Practice Symbiotic Relationships
Full Practice Analyze Mutually Beneficial Relationships
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Chapter Reading Science Lesson Objectives Vocabulary Practice People/Careers in Science STEAM
Ch5 Energy Students will learn to compare and contrast ideas in a text passage.
Lesson 1 Kinetic Energy Students will define kinetic energy and describe its relationship to the mass of an object and the speed of an object.
proportional relationship, speed Directed Practice Moving a Ball Video Game Developer
Design and Build a Solar CookerGuided Practice Domino Bowling
Full Practice Experiment with Kinetic Energy
Lesson 2 Potential Energy Students will define potential energy and describe its relationship to the arrangement of objects in a system.
elastic potential energy, gravitational potential energy, law of conservation of energy, potential energy
Directed Practice Ramping Up
Guided Practice Water Balloon Drop
Full Practice Maximizing Potential
Lesson 3 Energy Transfer Students will explain how and why energy is transferred to and from objects and systems.
energy transfer, energy transformation, mechanical energy
Directed Practice Circular Motion
Guided Practice Liftoff!
Full Practice Marble Billiards
Lesson 4 Thermal Energy Students will understand the difference between the everyday and scientific uses of the term heat and develop facility with the use and definition of the term thermal energy.
heat, thermal energy, thermal expansion
Directed Practice Heating and Cooling Air
Guided Practice Evaluating Thermal Energy
Full Practice Make Your Own Thermometer
Lesson 5 Thermal Energy Transfer
Students will define what thermal energy transfer is and explain what factors affect it.
conduction, convection, insulator, radiation, thermal conductor, thermal equilibrium
Directed Practice Thermal Energy Transfer in Water
Guided Practice Preventing Thermal Energy Transfer
Full Practice Transporting Ice
Lesson 6 Temperature Students will define temperature and describe its relationship to the types, states, and amount of matter present in a system.
absolute zero, endothermic, temperature, thermoreceptor
Directed Practice Warm or Cold?
Guided Practice Color’s Effect on Thermal Energy Transfer
Full Practice How Much Ice?
Lesson 7 Changing the Temperature of Matter
Students will understand that the amount of energy transfer needed to change the temperature of a matter sample by a given amount depends on the nature of the matter, the size of the sample, and the environment.
specific heat Directed Practice Temperature Changes in Water and Rubbing Alcohol
Guided Practice Ice to Steam?
Full Practice Hibiscus Tea in the Sun
Ch6 Contact Forces Students will learn to make and support inferences by citing evidence in a text passage.
Lesson 1 When Objects Collide Students will identify and define contact forces.
Students will use Newton’s third law of motion to describe what happens when two objects collide.
balanced forces, contact force, elastic collision, force, inelastic collision, motion, unbalanced forces, velocity
Directed Practice When Balls Collide Rocket Engineer Design and Build a Crash Test CarGuided Practice Design a Safe Vehicle
Full Practice Design a Space Vehicle
Lesson 2 Forces and Motion Students will use evidence and examples to explain what motion is and what factors cause a change in motion.
acceleration, friction, inertia, net force
Directed Practice Types of Motion
Guided Practice Acceleration on a Ramp
Full Practice Moving Mass
Lesson 3 Describing Motion and Position
Students will understand and explain that the motion, position, and direction of objects and forces must be identified and described within a particular reference frame.
frame of reference, relative motion, relative velocity
Directed Practice Points of View
Guided Practice Describing Motion
Full Practice Factoring in Forces
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Chapter Reading Science Lesson Objectives Vocabulary Practice People/Careers in Science STEAM
Ch5 Energy Students will learn to compare and contrast ideas in a text passage.
Lesson 1 Kinetic Energy Students will define kinetic energy and describe its relationship to the mass of an object and the speed of an object.
proportional relationship, speed Directed Practice Moving a Ball Video Game Developer
Design and Build a Solar CookerGuided Practice Domino Bowling
Full Practice Experiment with Kinetic Energy
Lesson 2 Potential Energy Students will define potential energy and describe its relationship to the arrangement of objects in a system.
elastic potential energy, gravitational potential energy, law of conservation of energy, potential energy
Directed Practice Ramping Up
Guided Practice Water Balloon Drop
Full Practice Maximizing Potential
Lesson 3 Energy Transfer Students will explain how and why energy is transferred to and from objects and systems.
energy transfer, energy transformation, mechanical energy
Directed Practice Circular Motion
Guided Practice Liftoff!
Full Practice Marble Billiards
Lesson 4 Thermal Energy Students will understand the difference between the everyday and scientific uses of the term heat and develop facility with the use and definition of the term thermal energy.
heat, thermal energy, thermal expansion
Directed Practice Heating and Cooling Air
Guided Practice Evaluating Thermal Energy
Full Practice Make Your Own Thermometer
Lesson 5 Thermal Energy Transfer
Students will define what thermal energy transfer is and explain what factors affect it.
conduction, convection, insulator, radiation, thermal conductor, thermal equilibrium
Directed Practice Thermal Energy Transfer in Water
Guided Practice Preventing Thermal Energy Transfer
Full Practice Transporting Ice
Lesson 6 Temperature Students will define temperature and describe its relationship to the types, states, and amount of matter present in a system.
absolute zero, endothermic, temperature, thermoreceptor
Directed Practice Warm or Cold?
Guided Practice Color’s Effect on Thermal Energy Transfer
Full Practice How Much Ice?
Lesson 7 Changing the Temperature of Matter
Students will understand that the amount of energy transfer needed to change the temperature of a matter sample by a given amount depends on the nature of the matter, the size of the sample, and the environment.
specific heat Directed Practice Temperature Changes in Water and Rubbing Alcohol
Guided Practice Ice to Steam?
Full Practice Hibiscus Tea in the Sun
Ch6 Contact Forces Students will learn to make and support inferences by citing evidence in a text passage.
Lesson 1 When Objects Collide Students will identify and define contact forces.
Students will use Newton’s third law of motion to describe what happens when two objects collide.
balanced forces, contact force, elastic collision, force, inelastic collision, motion, unbalanced forces, velocity
Directed Practice When Balls Collide Rocket Engineer Design and Build a Crash Test CarGuided Practice Design a Safe Vehicle
Full Practice Design a Space Vehicle
Lesson 2 Forces and Motion Students will use evidence and examples to explain what motion is and what factors cause a change in motion.
acceleration, friction, inertia, net force
Directed Practice Types of Motion
Guided Practice Acceleration on a Ramp
Full Practice Moving Mass
Lesson 3 Describing Motion and Position
Students will understand and explain that the motion, position, and direction of objects and forces must be identified and described within a particular reference frame.
frame of reference, relative motion, relative velocity
Directed Practice Points of View
Guided Practice Describing Motion
Full Practice Factoring in Forces
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Chapter Reading Science Lesson Objectives Vocabulary Practice People/Careers in Science STEAM
Ch7 Fundamental Forces
Student will learn to identify cause and effect relationships in a text passage.
Lesson 1 Forces at a Distance Students will identify that some forces act at a distance and explain how and why they do so.
electric force, field, gravitational force, magnetic force
Directed Practice Investigate Magnets Surveyor Hunting for Treasure with a MagnetometerGuided Practice Seeing Magnetic Fields
Full Practice Testing Magnetic Fields
Lesson 2 Electromagnetic Forces Students will identify and describe electromagnetic forces, including the factors that affect their strength.
electric current, electric motor, electromagnetic force, generator, magnetic pole
Directed Practice Moving Objects with Magnets
Guided Practice Build an Electromagnet
Full Practice Model an Electric Motor
Lesson 3 Gravitational Forces Students will identify and describe gravitational force, including the factors that affect its strength.
law of universal gravitation, orbit, weight
Directed Practice Which Falls Faster?
Guided Practice Modeling Weights on Different Planets
Full Practice Gravity and the Masses of Objects
Ch8 Waves Students will learn to classify and categorize information in a text passage by completing a graphic organizer.
Lesson 1 Waves Students will identify waves as repeating patterns with specific characteristics including wavelength, frequency, and amplitude.
crest, electromagnetic wave, longitudinal wave, mechanical wave, transverse wave, trough, wave
Directed Practice Making Waves X-Ray Technician Design and Build a ZoetropeGuided Practice Wave Motion in a Spring Toy
Full Practice Waves in Everyday Objects
Lesson 2 Properties of Waves Students will identify and describe a model that explains the properties and behaviors of waves.
absorption, amplitude, diffraction, frequency, reflection, refraction, transmission, wavelength
Directed Practice Making Sounds
Guided Practice Making Waves
Full Practice Make Your Own Instrument
Lesson 3 Light and Sound Students will compare and contrast the reflection, absorption, and transmission of light and sound waves.
compression, decibel, electromagnetic spectrum, opaque, pitch, rarefaction, translucent, transparent
Directed Practice Make a Rainbow
Guided Practice Sound Through Different Mediums
Full Practice Build a Soundproof Box
Ch9 Earth: Maps and Movements
Students will learn to distinguish facts from opinions in a text passage.
Lesson 1 Mapping Earth Students will identify the tools and data used to map Earth’s land and water features.
geographic information system (GIS), geography, geologic map, landform, political map, projection, relief map, remote sensing, topography
Directed Practice Mental Mapping Alfred Wegener Model the Formation of HawaiiGuided Practice Topographic Maps
Full Practice Make a Treasure Map
Lesson 2 Changes Over Time Students will compare maps of ancient Earth features with maps of current Earth features and draw conclusions about changes to these features over time.
continental drift, fault, mid-ocean ridge, Pangaea, seafloor spreading
Directed Practice Continental Puzzle Pieces
Guided Practice Model Moving Landmasses
Full Practice Red Sea Rift
Lesson 3 Plate Tectonics Students will identify and describe the theory of plate tectonics.
continental shelf, convection current, convergent boundary, divergent boundary, ocean trench, plate tectonics, subduction, transform boundary
Directed Practice Seafloor Spreading
Guided Practice Plate Motion Over Time
Full Practice Tectonic Activity in the Arabian Gulf
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Chapter Reading Science Lesson Objectives Vocabulary Practice People/Careers in Science STEAM
Ch7 Fundamental Forces
Student will learn to identify cause and effect relationships in a text passage.
Lesson 1 Forces at a Distance Students will identify that some forces act at a distance and explain how and why they do so.
electric force, field, gravitational force, magnetic force
Directed Practice Investigate Magnets Surveyor Hunting for Treasure with a MagnetometerGuided Practice Seeing Magnetic Fields
Full Practice Testing Magnetic Fields
Lesson 2 Electromagnetic Forces Students will identify and describe electromagnetic forces, including the factors that affect their strength.
electric current, electric motor, electromagnetic force, generator, magnetic pole
Directed Practice Moving Objects with Magnets
Guided Practice Build an Electromagnet
Full Practice Model an Electric Motor
Lesson 3 Gravitational Forces Students will identify and describe gravitational force, including the factors that affect its strength.
law of universal gravitation, orbit, weight
Directed Practice Which Falls Faster?
Guided Practice Modeling Weights on Different Planets
Full Practice Gravity and the Masses of Objects
Ch8 Waves Students will learn to classify and categorize information in a text passage by completing a graphic organizer.
Lesson 1 Waves Students will identify waves as repeating patterns with specific characteristics including wavelength, frequency, and amplitude.
crest, electromagnetic wave, longitudinal wave, mechanical wave, transverse wave, trough, wave
Directed Practice Making Waves X-Ray Technician Design and Build a ZoetropeGuided Practice Wave Motion in a Spring Toy
Full Practice Waves in Everyday Objects
Lesson 2 Properties of Waves Students will identify and describe a model that explains the properties and behaviors of waves.
absorption, amplitude, diffraction, frequency, reflection, refraction, transmission, wavelength
Directed Practice Making Sounds
Guided Practice Making Waves
Full Practice Make Your Own Instrument
Lesson 3 Light and Sound Students will compare and contrast the reflection, absorption, and transmission of light and sound waves.
compression, decibel, electromagnetic spectrum, opaque, pitch, rarefaction, translucent, transparent
Directed Practice Make a Rainbow
Guided Practice Sound Through Different Mediums
Full Practice Build a Soundproof Box
Ch9 Earth: Maps and Movements
Students will learn to distinguish facts from opinions in a text passage.
Lesson 1 Mapping Earth Students will identify the tools and data used to map Earth’s land and water features.
geographic information system (GIS), geography, geologic map, landform, political map, projection, relief map, remote sensing, topography
Directed Practice Mental Mapping Alfred Wegener Model the Formation of HawaiiGuided Practice Topographic Maps
Full Practice Make a Treasure Map
Lesson 2 Changes Over Time Students will compare maps of ancient Earth features with maps of current Earth features and draw conclusions about changes to these features over time.
continental drift, fault, mid-ocean ridge, Pangaea, seafloor spreading
Directed Practice Continental Puzzle Pieces
Guided Practice Model Moving Landmasses
Full Practice Red Sea Rift
Lesson 3 Plate Tectonics Students will identify and describe the theory of plate tectonics.
continental shelf, convection current, convergent boundary, divergent boundary, ocean trench, plate tectonics, subduction, transform boundary
Directed Practice Seafloor Spreading
Guided Practice Plate Motion Over Time
Full Practice Tectonic Activity in the Arabian Gulf
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Ch10 Water and the Processes of Earth’s Surface
Students will learn how to examine a text passage to summarize key ideas.
Lesson 1 Water’s Movements Students will identify the movement of water as a central force in the shaping of Earth’s surface.
biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, reservoir, universal solvent
Directed Practice Aqueduct Design Challenge Construction Site Supervisor
Fighting Coastal Erosion
Guided Practice Build a Water Wheel
Full Practice My Daily Water Use
Lesson 2 Weathering, Erosion, and Time
Students will offer evidence to explain how the processes of weathering and erosion by water are affected by scales of time and space.
chemical weathering, deposition, erosion, sediment, sinkhole, weathering
Directed Practice Soil and Flooding
Guided Practice Model Chemical Weathering
Full Practice Model Erosion by a Glacier
Lesson 3 Water Through Earth’s Systems
Students will identify and describe a model that explains and predicts the global movements of water.
aquifer, crystallization, monsoon, precipitation, runoff, transpiration, water cycle
Directed Practice How Water Moves Through Plants
Guided Practice Modeling Evaporation and Condensation
Full Practice Model the Water Cycle
Lesson 4 Patterns in Water’s Movement
Students will identify the patterns of change in water’s global movement and the factors that affect those patterns.
convection cell, Coriolis effect, prevailing winds, storm surge
Directed Practice Tidal Patterns
Guided Practice Convection Currents
Full Practice Design a Wind Vane
Lesson 5 Water Patterns and Weather
Students will use evidence and data to identify and describe the relationship between the patterns of movement of water and weather conditions on Earth.
atmospheric pressure, cold front, front, humidity, hygrometer, meteorologist, rain shadow, warm front
Directed Practice Make a Barometer
Guided Practice Comparing Precipitation
Full Practice Be a Meteorologist
Lesson 6 Ocean Currents Students will identify and describe a model that explains the pattern of global ocean currents.
global ocean conveyor, Gulf Stream, oceanic climate, salinity, upwelling
Directed Practice Understanding Currents
Guided Practice Understanding Temperature and Current
Full Practice Examining Salinity
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Chapter Reading Science Lesson Objectives Vocabulary Practice People/Careers in Science STEAM
Ch10 Water and the Processes of Earth’s Surface
Students will learn how to examine a text passage to summarize key ideas.
Lesson 1 Water’s Movements Students will identify the movement of water as a central force in the shaping of Earth’s surface.
biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, reservoir, universal solvent
Directed Practice Aqueduct Design Challenge Construction Site Supervisor
Fighting Coastal Erosion
Guided Practice Build a Water Wheel
Full Practice My Daily Water Use
Lesson 2 Weathering, Erosion, and Time
Students will offer evidence to explain how the processes of weathering and erosion by water are affected by scales of time and space.
chemical weathering, deposition, erosion, sediment, sinkhole, weathering
Directed Practice Soil and Flooding
Guided Practice Model Chemical Weathering
Full Practice Model Erosion by a Glacier
Lesson 3 Water Through Earth’s Systems
Students will identify and describe a model that explains and predicts the global movements of water.
aquifer, crystallization, monsoon, precipitation, runoff, transpiration, water cycle
Directed Practice How Water Moves Through Plants
Guided Practice Modeling Evaporation and Condensation
Full Practice Model the Water Cycle
Lesson 4 Patterns in Water’s Movement
Students will identify the patterns of change in water’s global movement and the factors that affect those patterns.
convection cell, Coriolis effect, prevailing winds, storm surge
Directed Practice Tidal Patterns
Guided Practice Convection Currents
Full Practice Design a Wind Vane
Lesson 5 Water Patterns and Weather
Students will use evidence and data to identify and describe the relationship between the patterns of movement of water and weather conditions on Earth.
atmospheric pressure, cold front, front, humidity, hygrometer, meteorologist, rain shadow, warm front
Directed Practice Make a Barometer
Guided Practice Comparing Precipitation
Full Practice Be a Meteorologist
Lesson 6 Ocean Currents Students will identify and describe a model that explains the pattern of global ocean currents.
global ocean conveyor, Gulf Stream, oceanic climate, salinity, upwelling
Directed Practice Understanding Currents
Guided Practice Understanding Temperature and Current
Full Practice Examining Salinity
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