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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.
Unit Test - Weather and Climate
A 40-question summative unit test covering atmospheric composition and structure, the water cycle, humidity and cloud formation, air masses and fronts, pressure systems, weather map interpretation, convection and global winds, the jet stream, and climate zones. Aligned to NC Standard Course of Study ESS.7.1.
Unit Review - Ecosystems: Interactions and Energy
Comprehensive unit review covering ecosystems and the hydrosphere: water distribution and the water cycle, ocean currents and climate, groundwater and watersheds, human impacts on water quality, food webs and energy flow, trophic levels and the 10% rule, and biomes.
Unit Test - Earth's Place in the Universe
Summative unit assessment covering Earth's cosmic address and solar system, the Goldilocks Zone, axial tilt and seasons, Moon phases, ocean tides, solar and lunar eclipses, and moons of the solar system.
Unit Test - Heredity, Inheritance, and Variation
Summative unit assessment covering heredity and genetics: inherited vs. acquired traits, DNA/chromosomes/genes, alleles and dominance, genotype vs. phenotype, Punnett squares, sexual vs. asexual reproduction, genetic variation and survival, and environmental effects on gene expression.
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.
Forces and Newton's Laws
Students learn what forces are and how they are measured, distinguish between balanced and unbalanced forces, explore Newton's three laws of motion with real-world examples, and apply F = ma to predict motion.
Unit Test - Ecosystems, Interactions, and Energy
Summative unit assessment covering ecosystems and the hydrosphere: water distribution, the water cycle and residence time, ocean currents and climate, groundwater and watersheds, human impacts on water quality, photosynthesis, food webs and energy flow, trophic levels and the 10% rule, and biomes.
Forces and Interactions - Remix
A fast-paced review of the first three lessons covering motion description, forces and Newton's Laws, and energy and simple machines. Designed to get students caught up and re-oriented after absences.
Earth's Systems Unit Introduction: Earth's Layers and the Rock Cycle
A 45 minute unit introduction focused on Earth's internal layers and the rock cycle, including two check-your-understanding sections aligned to NC Grade 6 standards ESS.6.2.1 and ESS.6.2.3.
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.
Hydrosphere - Intro
A 10-minute in-class introduction to the hydrosphere. Students define the hydrosphere, identify major water reservoirs, and explain a basic interaction between water, humans, and other Earth systems.
Biological Evolution: The Big Picture
Students synthesize all unit concepts by tracing the complete story of evolution from geological evidence through natural selection to adaptation and speciation, learn to build scientific arguments using the CER framework with the whale evolution case study, analyze integrated case studies (marine iguana, horse evolution), review all unit vocabulary, and explore why evolution matters today.
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.
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.
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.