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Evidence for Evolution
Students explore four major lines of evidence for biological evolution: the fossil record (including transitional fossils), comparative anatomy (homologous, analogous, and vestigial structures), embryology, and molecular biology (DNA comparisons). Students also learn how modern classification systems reflect evolutionary relationships.
Properties of Matter
Students learn to distinguish intensive properties (density, melting point, boiling point, solubility) from extensive properties (mass, volume, weight), calculate density using d = m/V, and understand how physical properties identify substances.
Describing Motion
Students learn to describe motion using position, reference points, direction, and speed. They calculate speed using s = d/t, distinguish between constant, average, and instantaneous speed, and explore the difference between speed and velocity.
Unit Test - Earth's Systems
A 30-question summative unit test covering Earth's internal layers and their properties, the rock cycle and rock transformations, identification of common minerals and rock types, and plate tectonic boundaries. Aligned to NC Standard Course of Study grade 6 Earth Science standards.
Biological Evolution - Remix
A fast-paced review of the first three lessons covering evidence for evolution, reading the rock record, and natural selection. Designed to get students caught up and re-oriented after absences.
Matter and Its Interactions - Remix
A fast-paced review of the first three lessons covering atoms and subatomic particles, phases and properties of matter, and elements and the periodic table. Designed to get students caught up and re-oriented after absences.
Speaking Mathematics Practice
A 15-question practice covering all three Speaking Mathematics intervention lessons: the language of operations, number relationships and place value, and the connection between fractions and decimals. Questions test vocabulary recall, conceptual understanding, and application across all key topics.
Energy Transfer in Matter
Students learn that thermal energy always flows from warmer to cooler objects, explore the three methods of heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation), and apply these concepts to everyday phenomena from cooking to clothing choices.
Adaptation and Speciation
Students explore the three types of adaptations (structural, behavioral, physiological), learn how directional, stabilizing, and disruptive selection shape populations differently, trace the steps of speciation through geographic isolation, and survey adaptations across Earth's major biomes.
Natural Selection
Students learn how natural selection works through Darwin's four principles (overproduction, variation, selection, inheritance), explore the sources of genetic variation, study three real-world case studies (peppered moths, antibiotic resistance, Darwin's finches), and address common misconceptions about evolution.
Matter and Its Interactions Practice
A practice exercise covering properties of matter, states of matter and phase changes, and energy transfer. Students review key concepts and apply their understanding through a variety of question types.
Magnetism and Electricity
Students explore the properties of magnets and magnetic fields, learn how electric current creates magnetism (Oersted's discovery), understand how electromagnets work and their advantages over permanent magnets, and discover real-world applications from electric motors to MRI machines.
Unit Test - Matter and Its Interactions
A 50-question summative unit test covering atomic structure, classification of matter (elements, compounds, mixtures), periodic table organization, physical and chemical properties, physical and chemical changes, evidence of chemical reactions, endothermic and exothermic reactions, the Law of Conservation of Mass, balanced equations, open and closed systems, and photosynthesis as a real-world chemical reaction. Aligned to NC Standard Course of Study PS.8.1.
Biological Evolution Practice
A practice assessment covering three core topics from the Biological Evolution unit: reading the rock record (Law of Superposition, dating methods, index fossils, geologic time scale), natural selection (Darwin's four principles, genetic variation, fitness), and adaptation and speciation (three adaptation types, selection patterns, geographic isolation).
Forces and Interactions Practice
A 15-question practice covering graphing motion, forces and Newton's laws, and magnetism and electricity. Designed to reinforce key concepts from Lessons 2 through 4 of the Forces and Interactions unit.
Information Accuracy in Today's World
Middle grade students learn how to judge the accuracy and reliability of information from social media, news, and expert sources.
Think for Yourself: Critical Thinking and Logical Fallacies
Students learn what critical thinking is and why it matters, explore eight common logical fallacies with vivid visual examples drawn from advertising, social media, and everyday conversations, and practice identifying flawed reasoning to become less vulnerable to manipulation and deception.