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6th Grade 

From Bacteria to Plants
Chapter 1: Living Things

Internet Activity: Classifying Living Things
Self-Assessment

Chapter 2: Viruses and Bacteria 
Science and Society: Antibiotic Resistance—
An Alarming Trend

Internet Activity: Bacteria

Self-Assessment

Chapter 3: Protists and Fungi

Data Sharing: What's For Lunch?
Self-Assessment

Chapter 4: Introduction to Plants
Technology and Society: Paper
Self-Assessment

Chapter 5: Seed Plants
Leaves: Crossword
Self-Assessment

Animals
Chapter 1: Sponges, Cnidarians and Worms
Science and Society: Coral Reefs in Danger
Internet Activity: Worms

Self-Assessment

Chapter 2: Mollusks. Arthropods, and Echinoderms

Technology and Society: Pesticides
Internet Activity: Insect Metamorphosis
Self-Assessment

Chapter 3: Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles
Internet Activity: Frog Life Cycle
Crossword: Reptiles
Self-Assessment

Chapter 4: Birds and Mammals
Internet Activity: Bird Adaptations
Data Sharing: Keeping Warm
Self-Assessment

Chapter 5: Animal Behavior
Self-Assessment

Cells and Heredity
Chapter 1: Cell Structure and Function
Crossword: Cellular Transport
Self-Assessment

Chapter 2: Cell Processes and Energy
Science and Society: When Should New
Medicines by made Available?

Self-Assessment


Chapter 3: Genetics: The Science of Heredity
Data Sharing: Take A Class Survey
Self-Assessment


Chapter 4: Modern Genetics

Technology and Society: DNA Fingerprinting
Self-Assessment

Chapter 5: Changes Over Time
Self-Assessment

Human Biology and Health
Chapter 1: Healthy Body System

Chapter 2: Bones, Muscles and Skin
Crossword: Muscle Types
Self-Assessment

Chapter 3: Food and Digestion
Internet Activity: The Digestive System
Self-Assessment

Chapter 4: Circulation
Data Sharing: Heart Beat, Health Beat
Technology and Society: Heart-Lung Machines

Self-Assessment

Chapter 5: Respiration and Excretion
Self-Assessment

Chapter 6: Fighting Disease
Internet Activity: Infectious Disease
Planet Diary Activity: Preparing for a Trip

Self-Assessment

Chapter 7: The Nervous System
Science and Society: Should People Be Required to Wear Bicycle Helmets?
Internet Activity: The Path of a Nerve Impulse

Self-Assessment

Chapter 8: The Endocrine System and Reproduction
Self-Assessment

 
Environmental Science

Chapter 1: Populations and Communities
Science and Society: Overpopulation of White-Tailed Deer
Self-Assessment

Chapter 2: Ecosystmes and Biomes

Self-Assessment

Chapter 3: Living Resources
Planet Diary Activity: Endangered Species in Your State
Self-Assessment

Chapter 4: Land and Soil Resources
Planet Diary Activity: Oil Spill Preparation and Recovery
Self-Assessment

Chapter 5: Air and Water Resources

Chapter 6: Energy Resources
Technology and Society: The Hybrid Car
Data Sharing: Keeping Comfortable

Self-Assessment


 
 
 
 

                    









 

7th Grade 

Earth's Changing Surface
Chapter 1: Mapping Earth's Surface
Internet Activity: Mapping the Earth
Self-Assessment

Chapter 2: Weathering and Soil Information
Internet Activity: Weathering
Self-Assessment

Chapter 3: Erosion and Deposition
Science and Society: Protecting Homes in Flood Plains
Data Sharing: Sand Hills
Planet Diary Activity: Monitoring River Levels
Crossword: River Erosion
Self-Assessment

Chapter 4:A Trip Through Geologic Time
Internet Activity: Radioactive Dating
Internet Activity: Geologic Time Scale
Self-Assessment

Inside Earth
Chapter 1: Plate Tectonics
Internet Activity: Convection Currents
Internet Activity: Sea-Floor Spreading
Self-Assessment

Chapter 2: Earthquakes
Technology and Society: Seismic-Safe Buildings
Planet Diary Activity: Earthquakes In Your State
Self-Assessment

Chapter 3: Volcanoes
Planet Diary Activity: Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
Self-Assessment

Chapter 4: Minerals
Internet Activity: Mineral Formation
Data Sharing: Finding the Density of Minerals
Self-Assessment

Chapter 5: Rocks
Internet Activity: Rock Identification
Planet Diary Activity: The World's Coral Reefs
Self-Assessment

Earth's Waters
Chapter 1: Earth: The Water Planet
Internet Activity: Watersheds
Self-Assessment

Chapter 2: Fresh Water

Chapter 3: Freshwater Resources
Internet Activity: Water Conservation
Internet Activity: Water Treatment
Planet Diary Activity: Twentieth Century Droughts
Data Sharing: Testing Water
Self-Assessment

Chapter 4:  Ocean Motions
Internet Activity: Tides
Self-Assessment

Chapter 5: Ocean Zones
Science and Society: Shrimp Farms—At What Cost?
Internet Activity: The Intertidal Zone
Self-Assessment

Weather and Climate
Chapter 1: The Atmosphere
Science and Society: Cars and Clean Air
Planet Diary Activity: UV Light, CFCs, and the Ozone Layer
Internet Activity: Air Pollution
Data Sharing: How Clean Is the Air?
Self-Assessment

Chapter 2: Weather Factors
Self-Assessment

Chapter 3: Weather Patterns
Technology and Society: Doppler Radar
Planet Diary Activity: Thunder and Lightning
Planet Diary Activity: Exploring Weather Maps
Self-Assessment

Chapter 4: Climate and Climate Change
Planet Diary Activity: Fossil Fuels and the Greenhouse Effect
Self-Assessment


 
 

8th Grade 

Astronomy
Sky At a Glance: Sky & Telegraph
Astronomy Picture of the Day 

Chapter 1: Earth, Moon and Sun
Self-Assessment

Chapter 2: The Solar System
Technology and Society: Communications Satellites
Data Sharing: Design and Build a Water Rocket
Crossword: Lunar Exploration

Self-Assessment
|Science and Society: Space Exploration—Is It Worth the Cost?
Planet Diary Activity: Sunspots and Geomagnetic Storms
Internet Activity: The Planets

Self-Assessment

Chapter 3: Stars, Galaxies and the Universe
Internet Activity: Types of Stars
Self-Assessment

Chemical Building Blocks
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Matter
Science and Society: Transporting Hazardous Chemicals
Internet Activity: Measuring Matter

Self-Assessment

Chapter 2: Changes in Matter
Data Sharing: Melting Ice
Self-Assessment

Chapter 3: Elements and the Periodic Table Internet Activity: Atoms and the Periodic Table
Self-Assessment

Chapter 4:  Carbon Chemistry
Technology and Society: Polyester Fleece
Crossword: Polymers

Self-Assessment

Chemical Interactions
Chapter 1: Chemical Reactions
Technology and Society: Air Bags
Data Sharing: Temperature and Enzyme Activity

Self-Assessment

Chapter 2: Atoms and Bonding
Crossword: Atomic Structure
Self-Assessment

Chapter 3: Acids, Bases, and Solutions
Internet Activity: Acids and Bases
Self-Assessment

Chapter 4: Exploring Materials

Science and Society: A Sweet Dilemma
Self-Assessment

Motion, Forces and Energy
Chapter 1: Motion
Data Sharing: Inclined to Roll
Self-Assessment

Chapter 2: Forces
Internet Activity: Newton's Laws of Motion
Self-Assessment

Chapter 3: Forces in Fluids
Technology and Society: Helicopters
Internet Activity: Floating and Sinking

Self-Assessment

Chapter 4: Work and Machines
Science and Society: Automation in the Workplace
Self-Assessment

Chapter 5: Energy and Power
Self-Assessment

Chapter 6:  Thermal Energy and Heat

Self-Assessment

Electricity and Magnetism
Chapter 1: Magnetism and Electromagnetism
Data Sharing: Design and Build a Magnetic Paper Clip Holder
Internet Activity: Earth's Magnetic Field

Self-Assessment

Chapter 2: Electric Charges and Current Crossword: Electric Current
Self-Assessment

Chapter 3: Electricity and Magnetism and Work
Technology and Society: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Self-Assessment

Chapter 4: Electronics
Science and Society: When Seeing ISN'T Believing
Self-Assessment

Sound and Light
Chapter 1: Characteristics of Waves
Internet Activity: Wave Properties
Self-Assessment

Chapter 2: Sound
Science and Society: Keeping It Quiet
Internet Activity: Properties of Sound
Internet Activity: Ultrasound Technologies

Self-Assessment

Chapter 3: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Technology and Society: Microwave Ovens
Data Sharing: Comparing Light Bulbs

Self-Assessment

Chapter 4: Light
Internet Activity: The Human Eye
Self-Assessment


The Nature of Science and Technology

Chapter 1: Careers in Science
Section 1:
PHSchool.com
More on Scientific Thinking -
cgd-6011

Section 2: PHSchool.com
The Nature of Inquiry Activity -
cgp-6012
Section 3: SciLinks.org
Links on Scientific Literacy -
scn-1613
Section 4:
PHSchool.com
Links on branches of Science -
scn-1614
Chapter 1:
PHSchool.com
Self Assessment
- cga-6020

Chapter 2: The Work of Scientists
Section 1: PHSchool.com
More on Measurement - cgd-6021
More on Going Metric - cgh-6020
Section 2: SciLinks.org

Links on Math and Science -
scn-1622
Section 3:
PHSchool.com
Plotting a Line Graph Activity -
cgp-6023
Section 4: SciLinks.org

Links on laboratory safety
scn-1624
Chapter 2: Self-Assessment
PHSchool.com
cga-6020

Chapter 3: Technology and Engineering
Section 1: SciLinks.org
Links on Technology
scn-1631
Section 2:
PHSchool.com
Technology Design Process Activity
cgp-6032
Section 3 SciLinks.org
Links on Technology and Society
scn-1633
PHSchool.com
More on the Internet
cgh-6030
Chapter 3:
Self-Assessment
PHSchool.com

cga-6030

December 2008


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