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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 - 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 - 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 - 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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
S8 - Q4 - Unit 1 Test
Unit test covering the rock record, natural selection, adaptation and speciation, taxonomy, and logical fallacies.