Grades 5-8 Science Core Ideas and Topics Overview PHYSICAL SCIENCES LIFE SCIENCES EARTH and SPACE SCIENCES Grade 5 5. Structure and 5. Matter and Energy in Organisms and 5. Earth’s 5. Space Properties of Matter Ecosystems Systems Systems ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY, and APPLICATIONS of SCIENCE 5. Engineering Design PHYSICAL SCIENCES LIFE SCIENCES EARTH and SPACE SCIENCES 6. Structure, 6. Growth, Grade 6 Function, and Development, and 6. Earth’s 6. Human 6. Weather 6. Energy Information Reproduction of Systems Impacts and Climate Processing Organisms LIFE SCIENCES EARTH and SPACES SCIENCES PHYSICAL SCIENCES 7 7. Matter and 7. Structure and 7. Interdependent 7. Earth’s 7. Chemical Energy in 7. History 7. Human Properties of Relationships in Systems Reactions Organisms and of Earth Impacts Matter Ecosystems Ecosystems PHYSICAL SCIENCES LIFE SCIENCES EARTH and SPACES SCIENCES Grade 8 8. Growth, 8. Natural 8. Waves and 8. Forces Development, 8. Energy 8. 8. History of Selection and Electromagnetic and and Systems Earth Adaptations Radiation Interactions Reproduction of Organisms ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY, and APPLICATIONS of SCIENCE 6-8. Engineering Design
Grades 5-8 Science Core Ideas and Topics Overview Grade 5 PHYSICAL SCIENCES LIFE SCIENCES EARTH and SPACE SCIENCES 5. Structure and Properties of Matter 5. Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems 5. Earth’s Systems 5. Space Systems ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY, and APPLICATIONS of SCIENCE 5. Engineering Design Grade 6 PHYSICAL SCIENCES LIFE SCIENCES EARTH and SPACE SCIENCES 6. Energy 6. Structure, Function, and Information Processing 6. Growth, Development, and Reproduction of Organisms 6. Earth’s Systems 6. Human Impacts 6. Weather and Climate 7 PHYSICAL SCIENCES LIFE SCIENCES EARTH and SPACES SCIENCES 7. Structure and Properties of Matter 7. Chemical Reactions 7. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems 7. Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems 7. Earth’s Systems 7. History of Earth 7. Human Impacts Grade 8 PHYSICAL SCIENCES LIFE SCIENCES EARTH and SPACES SCIENCES 8. Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation 8. Forces and Interactions 8. Growth, Development, and Reproduction of Organisms 8. Natural Selection and Adaptations 8. Energy 8. Systems 8. History of Earth ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY, and APPLICATIONS of SCIENCE 6-8. Engineering Design
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