Science+Units

=Common Core State Standards: Literacy in Science=

Green Magnet Standards: [[file:217 Green Magnet Standards Aug 2011.doc]]
Science: Students investigate how natural laws and processes shape ecosystems and biomes.
 * Some standards directly related to Science**
 * Sense of Place**

Students explore how nature sustains life on earth. Students explore ways to balance our personal development and human needs with nature's laws. Students investigate how to create comfortable lifestyles, so we sustain resources and culture for future generations.
 * Sustainability - Science**

Students investigate technology and what we trade-off when we use technology.
 * Technology **

**6th Grade: Unit 1: Simple Machines.** [[file:Singhal Simple Machines.doc]]
Essential Question: Does technology equal quality of life? Image Source: http://kisbac.wikispaces.com/file/view/image.jpg/36346905

6th Grade: Unit 2: Properties of Matter [[file:Singhal-217 -Sci-Matter.doc]]
Essential Questions: What is matter? What causes matter to change its state? Where is this change of state most commonly found in nature? Image Source: http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/101Aatoms.html

6th Grade: Unit 2: Weather [[file:singhal.217.UbD sci Unit 2.weather.6.doc]]
Learning Objective: Students will use their knowledge of weather to determine how to adapt and survive in different natural environments of the world.
 * Essential Question:** How do we manage conflict within our environment in order to survive?
 * Enduring Understandings**
 * Weather is a product of interaction between energy and matter.
 * By studying weather patterns, humans can devise means to interact and adapt to their environment in order to survive.
 * Human actions impact the environment

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6**th Grade Science, Unit 3: Diversity of Life. [[file:Singhal.MS217.science.6.diversityoflife.doc]]**
6**th Grade Science, Unit 4: Interdependence. **



7th Grade Unit 2: [[file:Chemicals in Our Lives- The Good Bad and Ugly.doc]]
Essential Question: How does chemistry affect the condition of our environment? See the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Green Science: http://www.chem.cmu.edu/groups/Collins/res/ Chemical and Industry Waste, Laundry and Cleaning Products, Pharmaceutical Wastes, Water Purification

7th Grade Science Unit 4: [[file:Homeostasis UBD Unit 4 Sci Cardenas.doc]]
Essential Questions: What is balance? Why do organisms need to maintain homeostasis/balance? How do mass extinctions affect the planet's homeostasis?

Image Source: http://ecopreservationsociety.wordpress.com/category/climate-change/

8th Grade: Unit 4: Humans in their Environment: Needs and Trade-Offs

Essential Question: How does human consumption of resources affect the environment and our health? http://www.linfield.edu/portland/env-pubhealth-prospective-students.php

Grade 8: Essential Question: How does force affect motion on earth?