Middle School 6th Grade7th Grade8th Grade Unit 6.1 Light & Matter Why do we sometimes see different things when looking at the same object? Unit 6.2 Thermal Energy How can containers keep stuff from warming up or cooling down? Unit 6.3 Weather, Climate & Water Cycling Why does a lot of hail, rain, or snow fall at some times and not others? Unit 6.4 Plate Tectonics & Rock Cycling What causes Earth’s surface to change? Unit 6.5 Natural Hazards Where do natural hazards happen and how do we prepare for them? Unit 6.6 Cells & Systems How do living things heal? Unit 7.1 Chemical Reactions & Matter How can we make something new that was not there before? Unit 7.2 Chemical Reactions & Energy How can we use chemical reactions to design a solution to a problem? Unit 7.3 Metabolic Reactions How do things inside our bodies work together to make us feel the way we do? Unit 7.4 Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis Where does food come from and where does it go next? Unit 7.5 Ecosystem Dynamic How does changing an ecosystem affect what lives there? Unit 7.6 Earth’s Resources & Human Impact How do changes in the Earth’s system impact our communities and what can we do about it? Unit 8.1 Contact Forces Why do things sometimes get damaged when they hit each other? Unit 8.2 Sound Waves How can a sound make something move? Unit 8.3 Forces at a Distance How can a magnet move another object without touching it? Unit 8.4 Earth in Space How are we connected to the patterns we see in the sky and space? Unit 8.5 Genetics Why are living things different from one another? Unit 8.6 Natural Selection & Common Ancestry How could things living today be connected to the things that lived long ago?
