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MONTH
CONTENT
SKILLS
September *Oceanography 
- contents and 
properties of
ocean
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- features and 
exploration of
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the ocean floor
- currents,
waves, and
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tides
- resources
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from the ocean
- ocean
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pollution
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October
ASSESSMENT ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS
*group
*What
Observing
properties
Measuring/using discussion
*Lab
activity
make up the
numbers
*problems
water?
Inferring
*worksheet
*What
Predicting
*test
features make
Collecting,
up the ocean
recording, and
floor?
interpreting data
*What factors
Defining
make the
operationally
water move?
Making
*What are the
hypotheses
resources that
Experimenting
come from the
Making and
ocean?
using models
*Oceanography
*The Changing
Earth
November *The Changing
Earth
- Theory of
Plate Tectonics
- the
movement of
continents
- the
formation of
mountains
- earthquakes
and volcanoes
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December
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*The Nature of
Matter
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Observing
Communicating
Inferring
Predicting
Collecting,
recording and
interpreting data
Making
hypotheses
Experimenting
Making and
using models
Observing
Classifying
*group
discussion
*Lab activity
*problems
*worksheet
*test
*group
discussion
*Lab activity
*problems
*worksheet
*test
*group
discussion
*What was
Wegener’s
hypothesis
about the
movement of
continents?
*What force
makes the
tectonic plates
move?
*What are
earthquakes
and where are
they likely to
occur?
*What are
volcanoes and
how are they
classified?
*What are the
characteristics
STANDARDS
12.E.3b
12.E.3c
12.F.3a
13.B.3b
11.B.3a
11.B.3b
11.B.3c
11.B.3d
11.B.3e
11.B.3f
12.E.3a
12.E.3b
12.F.3b
13.A.3a
13.A.3b
13.A.3c
13.B.3b
13.B.3c
12.C.3a
12.C.3b
- physical and
chemical
properties
- elements,
compounds,
and mixtures
- physical and
chemical
changes
- acids and
bases
- atomic
structure
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January
*The Nature of
Matter
*Cells and
Microbes
February
*Cells and
Microbes
- structure and
life processes
of cells
including
mitosis
- protests and
fungi
- bacteria and
viruses
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*Continuity of
Life
- asexual
reproduction
- sexual
reproduction,
including
meiosis
- inherited and
acquired traits
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March
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Measuring/using
numbers
Communicating
Inferring
Predicting
Collecting,
recording, and
interpreting data
Identifying and
controlling
variables
Defining
operationally
Making
hypotheses
Experimenting
Making and
using models
Observing
Communicating
Inferring
Predicting
Collecting,
recording, and
interpreting data
Making
hypotheses
Experimenting
Observing
Classifying
Measuring/using
numbers
Inferring
Predicting
Collecting,
recording, and
interpreting data
Making
*Lab activity
*problems
*worksheet
*test
*group
discussion
*Lab activity
*problems
*worksheet
*test
*group
discussion
*Lab activity
*problems
*worksheet
*test
*group
discussion
*Lab activity
*problems
*worksheet
*test
of matter?
*What are the
different
kinds of
matter?
*How does
matter
change?
13.A.3a
13.A.3b
13.B.3b
13.B.3c
*What are
cells?
*What are
protests and
fungi?
*What are
bacteria and
viruses, and
how do they
affect other
living things?
12.A.3a
12.A.3c
12.E.3c
13.A.3a
13.A.3b
13.A.3c
13.B.3a
13.B.3b
13.B.3c
*What is
asexual and
sexual
reproduction?
*What are
inherited
traits, and
how are they
inherited?
*What
12.A.3b
12.A.3c
12.B.3b
13.A.3a
13.B.3a
13.B.3b
13.B.3c
- evolution,
including
evidence for
evolution and
evolutionary
processes
April
*Continuity of
Life
*Forces of
Motion
May
*Forces of
Motion
characteristics
of motion
- gravity
- measuring
changes in
motion
- friction
- actionreaction forces
- how forces
affect the
motion of
objects
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hypotheses
Making and
using models
*group
discussion
*Lab activity
*problems
*worksheet
*test
*group
Observing
Measuring/using discussion
*Lab activity
numbers
Communicating *problems
*worksheet
Inferring
*test
Predicting
Collecting,
recording, and
interpreting data
evidence do
scientists have
that species
change over
time, and how
do these
changes
occur?
*How do you
describe
motion, and
how can it be
measured?
*How can the
force of
gravity be
measured?
*How do
forces affect
motion?
*What
property do
all moving
objects share?
11.B.3a
11.B.3b
11.B.3c
11.B.3d
11.B.3e
11.B.3f
12.D.3a
12.D.3b
12.F.3a
13.A.3a