NGSS-Designed storylines
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All of our storylines are phenomenon-driven and designed after the recommendations in the Grades 6-8 Preferred Integrated Model from the 2016 Science Framework for California Public Schools.
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Visit the Our Journey and Resources sections to learn more about how we created our curriculum.
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Learn more about NGSS storylines by visiting the Next Generation Science Storylines website and view their work here.
6th Grade storylines
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Unit: System and Reproduction and Energy and Earth's Earth and Human
Subsystems of Organisms Genetics Systems Activity
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Topics: body systems, cells survival, reproduction, energy transfer, water cycle, climate change, sustainability,
structure & function inheritance, variation weather, climate human impacts
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PEs: MS-LS1-1; MS-LS1-2; MS-LS1-4; MS-LS-1-5; MS-PS-3-3; MS-PS-3-4; MS-ESS2-3; MS-ESS2-4;
MS-LS1-3; MS-LS1-8; MS-LS3-2 MS-PS3-5; MS-ESS2-6; MS-ESS2-5; MS-LS1-4;
MS-ETS1-1; MS-ETS1-2 MS-ESS2-4; MS-ESS2-5 MS-LS1-5; MS-PS-3-4;
MS-ETS1-1; MS-ETS1-2
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Status: Currently in Development To Be Developed in 19-20 Developed & Piloted in 17-18 Developed & Piloted in 17-18
Version 2.0 Edits Underway Version 1.2 Edits Underway
7th Grade storylines
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Unit: Earth's Cycles Chemical Reactions Matter and Energy Flow Ecosystems and
and Systems in Ecosystems Human Activity
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Topics: rock cycle, continental drift, chemical reactions, food webs, cellular respiration, biodiversity, ecosystem
plate tectonics, natural hazards, heat transfer, structure photosynthesis, interactions, services, sustainability,
energy transfer & properties of matter population dynamics natural resources
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PEs: MS-PS1-4; MS-ESS2-1; MS-PS1-1; MS-PS1-2; MS-LS1-5; MS-LS1-6; MS-ESS3-1; MS-PS1-3;
MS-ESS2-1; MS-ESS2-3; MS-PS1-5; MS-PS1-6; MS-LS1-7; MS-LS2-1; MS-LS2-5; MS-ETS1-2
MS-ESS3-1; MS-ESS3-2; MS-PS3-3; MS-LS1-8; MS-LS2-2; MS-LS2-3;
MS-ETS1-1 MS-ETS1-1 MS-LS2-4; MS-LS2-5
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Status: Currently in Development Developed & Piloted in 17-18 Developed & Piloted in 17-18 To Be Developed in 19-20
Version 2.0 Piloted in 18-19 Version 2.0 Edits Underway
Version 2.0 Finalized 11/18
Submitted to PRP
8th Grade storylines
Unit: Interactions and Waves Earth in Space Earth's Impact on Earth's Impact on
Evolution Organisms
Topics: types of interactions, wave properties, solar system, gravity, history of Earth, human impacts inheritance, variation,
electromagnetic radiation, force and motion, common ancestry, diversity natural selection,
information technology interactions, energy adaptation
PEs: MS-PS4-1; MS-PS4-2; MS-ESS1-1; MS-ESS1-2; MS-ESS1-4; MS-ESS3-4; MS-LS3-1; MS-LS4-4;
MS-PS4-3; MS-PS2-3; MS-ESS1-3; MS-PS2-1; MS-LS4-1; MS-LS4-2; MS-LS4-5; MS-LS4-6;
MS-PS3-5 MS-PS2-2; MS-PS2-3; MS-LS4-3; MS-ETS1-1 MS-ESS3-4; MS-ETS1-1 MS-PS2-4; MS-PS2-5; MS-PS3-1; MS-PS3-2
Status: Development Plan TBD Developed & Piloted in 17-18 To Be Developed in 19-20 To Be Developed in 19-20
Used Sound Unit in 17-18 & 19-20 Version 1.2 Edits Underway
