60 Lessons (6th-8th Medium Difficulty) Part 1 is 6 Lessons and 18 Page Work Bundle, Part 2 is 10 Lessons and 19 Page Work Bundle, Part 3 is 14 Lessons and 19 Page Work Bundle, Part 4 is 9 Lessons and 20 Page Work Bundle, Part 5 is 6 Lessons and 13 Page Work Bundle, Part 6 is 8 Lessons and 17 Page Work Bundle, Part 7 is 9 Lessons and 19 Page Work Bundle
Astronomy Unit
Part 1 Astronomy Introduction to Astronomy, Copernicus, Heliocentrism, Galileo, Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion, Ellipse, Perihelion, Aphelion, Orbits, Orbital Velocities, Eccentricity, Calculating Eccentricity, Astronomical Units, Distances in the Solar System, Graphing Planetary Data, Order of the Planets, Box Game Review, Crossword Puzzle, End Unit Assessment with Answer Version so Students can Self-Assess
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Part 2: Sun and Stars : The Sun, Absolute Magnitude, Apparent Magnitude, Parsec, Stellar Classification / Spectra, Hertzsprung Russell Diagram, Composition of the Sun, Nuclear Synthesis, Layers of the Sun, Solar Flares, Coronal Mass Ejections, Carrington Event, Life Cycle of a Star, Blackhole, Neutron Star, Solar System Formation, Shadows, Sun Dials, Eratosthenes, Graphing Shadow length, Solar Eclipse, Lunar Eclipse, Path of Totality, Box Game Review, Crossword Puzzle, End Unit Assessment with Answer Version so Students can Self-Assess
Part 2 Work Bundle with Answer Version that follow the Interactive Slideshows
Part 2 Sun and Stars Quiz Game and Answer Version that concludes the Unit
Part 2 Lesson 4 from this Unit that follows the detailed Work Bundle
Part 3: Inner Planetary Topics : The Habitable Zone, Important data about Mercury, Venus, Earth, Venn Diagram of Earth and Venus, Moon Formation Theories, Earth’s Axial Tilt, Seasons on Earth, Equinox, Solstice, Earth’s EM Field, Aurora borealis, Synchronous Orbit of the moon, Features of the moon, Phases of the Moon (with OREOS), Tides, Neap Tide, Spring Tide, Tidal Cycle, Reading a Tide Chart, Mars, Features on Mars, Moons of Mars, Rover Exploration, Missions Past and Future
Lesson from Part 3 that follows the Detailed and Interactive set of Slideshows
Part 3 Inner Planets Quiz Game and Answer Version. Students can use and record Answers in their Work Bundle
Part 3 Work Bundle and Answer Version that follows the Interactive Slideshows
Part 4: Rocketry : Rocketry, Apollo Missions, Parts of the Saturn V Rocket, Apollo Modules, Parts of a Rocket, Water Bottle Rockets, Newton’s Laws, Lift, Drag, Thrust, Weight, Law of Gravitation, Einstein and Gravity, Spacetime, Space Shuttle Program, International Space Station, Future in Space
Part 4 Rocketry Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive set of Slideshows
Part 4 Rocketry Quiz Game / Assessment and Answer Version that concludes Work Bundle
Part 4 Rocketry Lesson 2 About building a Water Bottle Rocket for launch later in Unit
Part 5: Asteroids, Meteors, Meteorites, NEO's : Main Asteroid Belt, protoplanet Ceres, Vesta, Meteors, Meteorites, Asteroids, Bolides, Chicxulub Crater, Tunguska Event, Chelyabinsk meteor, Craters, Parts of a Crater, Crater Impact Activity, NEO’s, Torino Scale,
Part 5 Asteroids, Meteors, Meteorites, and NEO's Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Slideshows
Part 5 Lesson 2 about Impact Events that follows the Work Bundle
Part 5 Asteroids Quiz Game / Assessment with Answer Version so students can Self-Assess
Part 6: Outer Planetary Topics : The Outer Planets, Gas Giants, Ice Giants, Density of Outer Planets, Jupiter, Red Spot, Composition of Outer Planets, Jovian Moons, Saturn and its Moons, Uranus and its Moons, Neptune and its Moons, The Kuiper Belt, Demotion of Pluto, Oort Cloud, Comets.
Part 6 Outer Planetary Topics Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive set of Slideshows
Part 6 Outer Planets Quiz Game / Assessment and Answer Version
Part 6 Lesson 1 Gas Giants that chronologically follows the Work Bundle
Part 7: Beyond the Solar System : Constellations, Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, Speed of Light, Nebulas, Types of Nebulas, Galaxies
, Type of Galaxies, Gravity, The Special Theory of Relativity , Blackholes, Neutron Stars, Spacetime, Pulsars, Quasars, Exoplanets, Hubble Deep Field, Beyond the Solar System, Black holes, Exoplanets, The Big Bang, Evidence for the Big Bang
Part 7 Beyond the Solar System Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Slideshows
Part 7 Beyond the Solar System Quiz Game and Answer Version that concludes the detailed set of Work Bundles
Part 7 Lesson 1 about Constellations and Space Telescopes that follows the Work Bundle
Geology Unit
60 Lessons, (6th-8th Medium Difficulty) Part 1 Dynamic Earth, is 11 Lessons and 15 Page Work Bundle, Part 2 Volcanoes is 8 Lessons and 18 Page Work Bundle, Part 3 Earthquakes is 11 Lessons and 16 Page Work Bundle, Part 4 is Minerals 9 Lessons and 15 Page Work Bundle, Part 6 Rocks is 10 Lessons and 14 Page Work Bundle, Part 7 Earth System History is 8 Lessons and 9 Page Work Bundle
Part 1: Dynamic Earth: 11 Lessons and 15 Page Work Bundle. Plate Tectonics, Uniformitarianism, Continental Drift, Evidence for Continental Drift, Pangea, Rodinia, Heat and Convection, Energy Waves, Layers of the Earth, The EM Field, Heat Transfer, Types of Crust, Plate Boundaries, Subduction Zones, Converging and Diverging Boundaries, Ring of Fire, Archipelagos, Transform Boundaries
Part 1 Dynamic Earth Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Slideshows
Part 1 Dynamic Earth Quiz Game with Answer Version that concludes the Interactive set of slideshows
Part 1 Lesson 2 Continental Drift Lesson that follows the Detailed Work Bundle
Part 2: Volcanoes: 8 Lessons of 50 minutes and 18 Page Work Bundle. Hot Spots, Hawaii, Volcanoes, Supervolcano, Yellowstone, Sidoarjo “Lusi” Mud Volcano Case Study, Pompeii Case Study, Positives and Negatives of Volcanoes, Types of Volcanoes, Parts of a Volcano, Hazards of Volcanoes, Lahar, Pyroclastic Flows, VEI Index, Magma, Types of Lava, Viscosity of Lava / Silica Content
Part 2 Volcanoes Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 2 Volcanoes Quiz and Answer Version that concludes the Supportive Work Bundle
Part 3: Earthquakes: 11 Lessons and 16 Page Work Bundle. Deformation, Types of Deformation, Faults, Folds, Types of Stress on Rock, Types of Faults, Types of Folds, Energy Waves, Mechanical Waves, Body Waves, Surface Waves, Earthquakes, Moment Magnitude Scale, Richter Scale, Earthquake Case Study, Modified Mercalli Scale, Epicenter, Finding an Epicenter, Earthquake Design, Design Challenge with a shake table, Tsunami, Tsunami Case Studies, Causes of Tsunami, Tsunami warning signs
Part 3 Earthquakes Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 3 Earthquakes Quiz with Answer Version
Part 4: Minerals : 9 Lessons and 15 Page Follow Along Work Bundle. Minerals, Crystals, Uses of Minerals, Types of Crystals, Atomic Bonding, Physical Properties of Minerals, Primary Minerals, Mineral Properties Lab, Common Mineral Identification
Part 4 Minerals Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 4 Minerals Quiz with Answer Version that conclude Slideshow
Part 5: Rocks and the Rock Cycle : 10 Lessons and 14 Page Follow Along Work Bundle. Rocks, Scheme for Igneous Rock Identification, Intrusive, Extrusive Igneous Rocks, Classification for Igneous Rocks, Rocks Flow Chart, Common Igneous Rocks, Common Sedimentary Rocks, Common Metamorphic Rocks, Scheme for Metamorphic Rocks, Regional and Contact Metamorphism, Rock Identification Quiz
Part 5 Rocks and the Rock Cycle Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 5 Rocks and the Rock Cycle Quiz with Answers that concludes the Work Bundle
Part 6: Earth System History : 8 Lessons of 50 Minutes and 8 Page Follow Along Work Bundle, Earth Broken down into a 12 Hour Day and emergence of Humans, Age of the Earth, Uniformitarianism, Review of the Five Fingers of Evolution, Principle of Superposition, Card Activity with the Principle of Superposition, Earth System History, Units of Time, Understanding the Units of Time, Fragility of the System, Mass Extinction Events, Build a timeline project where students work in groups and create a 4.65 meter long timeline of Earth System History, Protoplanet, Precambrian Supereon, Hadean Eon, Crust Formation, Formation of the Moon, Importance of the Moon Formation, Earth’s EM Field, Major Events of the Hadean, Events of the Archean, First Prokaryotic Cells, Tectonic Activity, Stromatolites, Proterozoic Eon, Cyanobacteria, Oxygen Catastrophe, Banded Iron Formations, Snowball Earth, Multi-cellular Life, Major Events of the Proterozoic Eon, Paleozoic Era, Major Events of the Cambrian, Ediacaran fauna, Burgess Shale, Make Burgess Shale Activity, Ordovician, Tetrapod Evolution, Tiktaalik, Ichthyostega, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Fossil Fuels, and Permian Periods, End Permian Mass Extinction, Major Events of the Mesozoic Era, Pangea, Bird Hipped and Lizard Hipped Dinosaurs, Dinosaur Challenge Activity, How Modern Birds and Dinosaurs are Similar, K-Pg Mass Extinction Event, Cenozoic Era, Paleogene, and Neogene Periods, Epochs and Ages, Presentation of Student Timelines, Box Game Review, Crossword Puzzle, End Unit Assessment where Students Use their Timeline, Answers to Assessment so Students Can Self Assess.
Part 6 Earth System History Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 6 Earth System Quiz that concludes the Work Bundle
Part 6 Lesson 2 Units of Time Lesson that Supports the Follow Along Work Bundle
40 Lessons (6th-8th Grade Medium Difficulty). Part 1 is 7 Lessons and 17 Page Work Bundle, Part 2 is 5 Lessons and 14 Page Work Bundle, Part 3 is 10 Lessons and 18 Page Work Bundle, Part 4 is 6 Lessons and 13 Page Work Bundle, Part 5 is 4 Lessons and 12 Page Work Bundle , Part 6 is 6 Lessons and 17 Page Work Bundle, Part 7 is 4 Lessons and 9 Page Work Bundle
Weather and Climate Unit
Part 1: The Atmosphere, Air Pollution : 8 Lessons, 15 Page Work Bundle. Weather Symbols, What is weather?, Difference between Weather and Climate, Climate, Importance of the Atmosphere, Components of the Atmosphere, Layers of the Atmosphere, Air Quality and Pollution, Carbon Monoxide, Acid Rain, Particulate Matter, Ground Level Ozone Ozone Layer, UV, Ways to Avoid Skin Cancer
Part 1 The Atmosphere Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 1 The Atmosphere Quiz Game with Answer Version
Part 1 Lesson 2 The Atmosphere Lesson that Supports the Work Bundle
Part 2: Air Pressure : 5 Lessons of 50 minutes and 14 Page Follow Along Work Bundle. Air Pressure, Air Pressure and Elevation, Barometers, Isobars, Cyclonic and Anticyclonic Systems, Air Pressure and Wind, Fronts, Type of Fronts, Pressure Systems on Global Wind
Part 2 Air Pressure Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 2 Air Pressure Quiz Game that concludes the Work Bundle
Part 3: Weather and Climate : 10 Lessons of 50 minutes, 18 Page Follow Along Work Bundle, Wind, Global Wind, Coriolis Force, Jet Stream, Sea Breeze / Land Breeze, Mountain Winds, Mountain Rain Shadow, Wind Chill, Flight, Dangerous Weather Systems, Light, Albedo, Temperature, Thermometers, Seasons, Solstice, Equinox, Axial tilt
Part 3 Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 3 Weather Unit Quiz that concludes the Work Bundle
Part 4: Earth the Water Planet, 6 Lessons of 50 minutes and 18 Page Follow Along Work Bundle. Earth the Water Planet: Water % on Earth, High Specific Heat of Water, States of Water, Importance of the Oceans on Earth’s Weather, The Gulf Stream, Ocean Currents, El Nino, La Nina, Water Cycle, Terms of the Water Cycle, Condensation, Precipitation, Evaporation
Part 4 Earth the Water Planet Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 4 Earth the Water Planet Quiz that concludes the Work Bundle
Part 4 Lesson 4 Clouds, Types of Clouds, that follows the Supportive Work Bundle
Part 5: Meteorology 4 Lessons of 50 minutes, 13 Page Work Bundle. Weather Forecasting, Weather Symbols, Reading and Weather Model, Weather Tools, Thermometer, Weathervane, Anemometer, Beaufort Scale, Barometer, Hygrometer, Sling Psychrometer, Rain Gauge, Dew, Dew Point, Heat Index, Satellites, Radar, Isobars, Isotherms
Part 5 Meteorology Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 6: Climate Change : 7 Lessons, 17 Page Follow Along Work Bundle. Climate Change: Climate Change, AGW Anthropogenic Global Warming, Difference between Weather and Climate, Understanding the Carbon Atom, Natural Emitters of Carbon, Greenhouse Effect, Interpreting Graphs associated with Climate Change, Impacts of Climate Change, Solutions to Climate Change, Movie Ice on Fire Sheet
Part 6 Climate Change Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 6 Climate Change Quiz Game that concludes the Work Bundle
Part 7: Biomes : 4 Lessons of 50 minutes and 10 Page Follow Along Work Bundle. Biomes: Biomes, Biome Characteristics, Comparing two different Biomes, Biomes on Earth, Case Study on a Biome, Biome Skit Activity
Part 7 Biomes Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Weathering, Erosion, Soil, Conservation, Ice-Ages Unit
Weathering, Soil Science, Ice Ages, and Glaciers Unit
37 Lessons, 5 Parts (5th-7th Easier), Part 1 (Weathering) is 6 Lessons and 13 Page Work Bundle, Part 2 (Erosion) is 9 Lessons and 14 Page Work Bundle, Part 3 (Soil Science) is 5 Lessons and 8 Page Work Bundle, Part 4 (Soil Conservation) is 7 Lessons and 9 Page Work Bundle, Part 5 (Ice Ages and Glaciers) is 9 Lessons and 11 Page Work Bundle
Part 1: Weathering : 6 Lessons of 50 minutes and 13 Page Follow Along Work Bundle. Importance of Soil, Weathering, Mechanical Weathering, Types of Mechanical Weathering, Chemical Weathering, Examples of Chemical Weathering, Surface Area and Weathering, Synergism between Chemical and Mechanical Weathering, Venn Diagram of the two, Side Bar in the unit about Sinkholes, Caves, Stalagmites, Stalactites, Columns, Graphing and Weathering Charts, Box Game Review, Crossword Puzzle, End Unit Assessment with Answer Version So Students can Self-Assess
Part 1 Weathering Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 1 Weathering Quiz Game with Answer Version
Part 1 Lesson 3 Chemical Weathering that follows Work Bundle
Part 2: Erosion : 9 Lessons of 50 minutes and 17 Page Work Bundle. Erosion, Sediment, Transport, Deposition, Examples of Erosion, Coastal Erosion, Headlands, Bays, Wave-cut Platforms, Causes of Coastal Erosion, Hydraulic Action, Attrition, Abrasion / Impact, Solution, Sea Stacks, Sea Caves, Blowhole, Sea Arch, Swash, Backwash, Longshore Drift, Sea Groin, Jetty, Breakwater, Barrier Islands, Features of a Barrier Island, Project about reducing Coastal Erosion with Wave Tank, Mass Movement, Classification of Mass Movement of Earthen Materials, Soil Creep, Mud Flow, Rock Fall, Debris Slump, Debris Slide, Debris Flow, Angle of Repose, Box Game Review, Crossword Puzzle, End Unit Assessment with Answer Version So Students can Self-Assess
Part 2 Erosion Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 2 Coastal Erosion Quiz Game with Answer Version
Part 3: Soil Science : 5 Lessons of 50 minutes and 8 Page Follow Along Work Bundle. Soil Science: Difference between Dirt and Soil, Colors of Soil, Particle Size, Dust, Clay, Silt, Sand, Gravel, Cobble, Boulders, Types of Sand, Soil Porosity, Soil Permeability, % Porosity Lab, Soil Horizon, Box Game Review, Crossword Puzzle
Part 3 Soil Science Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 3 Quiz Game that concludes the Follow Along Work Bundle
Part 4: Soil Conservation: 6 Lessons of 50 minutes and 15 Page Follow Along Work Bundle. Soil Conservation: Dust Bowl Case Study, Factors to Conserve Soil, Soil Conservations Measures, Farming Practices, Cover Crop, Contour Plowing, Topographic Maps, Crop Rotation, Strip Cropping, Alley Cropping, Wind Breaks, Gully Reclamation, Fertilizers, Fertilizer Use and Misuse, Design a Farm Project, Box Game Review, Crossword Puzzle, End Unit Assessment with Answer Version So Students can Self-Assess
Part 4 Soil Conservation Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 5: Ice-Ages, Glaciers, Glacial Landforms : 7 Lessons of 50 minutes and 11 Page Follow Along Work Bundle. Glaciers, How Glaciers Form, Types of Glaciers, Ice Ages, Laurentide Ice Sheet , Paleoecology, Milankovitch Cycles, Glacial Landforms, Design a Mountain with Glacial Landforms Activity, Box Game Review, Crossword Puzzle, End Unit Assessment with Answer Version So Students can Self-Assess
Part 5 Ice-Ages, Glaciers, Glacial Landforms Work Bundle and Answer Version that follow the Interactive Set of Slideshows
Part 5 Ice-Ages, Glaciers, Glacial Landforms Quiz with Answer Version that concludes the Work Bundle
20 Lessons (5th-7th – Medium Difficulty) Part 1 has 8 Lessons and 21 Page Work Bundle, Part 2 has 5 Lessons and 5 Page Work Bundle, Part 3 has14 Lessons and 25 Page Work Bundle.