Scale

This 6th, 7th, and 8th grade curriculum aligns to the California Integrated model in which earth and space science, life science, physical science and/or engineering are integrated within each curriculum unit.

All the units:

• Are project-based
• Include Instructionally embedded assessments
• Align to the 5E instructional model (i.e., engage, explore, explain, elaborate, evaluate)
• Are phenomena-based
• Provide students with opportunities to generate their own questions to motivate sense-making and/or problem solving
• Incorporate language development strategies
• Provide an additional pop-out lesson that allows students to apply what they’ve learned to delve deeper into the intersection of social justice, science, and the “greater good” (see “Pop-Outs” tabs)

In addition to our four instructional units, there is a unit devoted to groupwork to help teachers establish classroom norms and expectations around effective collaborative work.