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Grade 8 Science Units

Unit Plan 18 (Grade 8 Science): Forces & Motion—Quarter Synthesis

Grade 8 NGSS unit where students model gravity, electromagnetism, and contact forces, using investigations and engineering design to explain how forces interact.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade 8 Science): Force Models—Graphs & Data

Grade 8 NGSS unit where students interpret motion graphs to explain how net force and mass affect changes in motion and explore kinetic energy patterns.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade 8 Science): Engineering with Forces & Motion

Grade 8 NGSS engineering unit where students design and test collision-safety systems, using data and Newton’s Third Law to evaluate competing solutions.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade 8 Science): Magnetism & Electromagnets

Grade 8 NGSS unit where students investigate how electric currents create magnetic fields using circuits, compasses, and electromagnets to collect evidence.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade 8 Science): Electric Forces & Charge

Grade 8 NGSS unit where students use data to ask testable questions about factors that affect electric and magnetic force strength, like distance, charge, and orientation.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 8 Science): Balanced & Unbalanced Forces

Grade 8 NGSS unit investigating how net force and mass determine changes in motion using force diagrams, motion data, and student-designed experiments.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 8 Science): Gravity & Gravitational Interactions

Grade 8 NGSS unit where students argue from evidence that gravitational interactions are always attractive and depend on mass, using everyday and space science examples.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 8 Science): Newton’s Third Law in Action

Grade 8 NGSS unit using Newton’s Third Law to design devices that harness equal and opposite force pairs to move or control the motion of two interacting objects.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 8 Science): Newton’s Laws—Motion Basics

Grade 8 NGSS unit where students use force diagrams and motion graphs to show how changes in motion depend on net force and mass through hands-on investigations.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 8 Science): Matter & Interactions—Quarter Synthesis

Grade 8 NGSS unit integrating atoms, molecules, reactions, mass conservation, and thermal energy with engineering design to model and solve real-world systems.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 8 Science): Designing Thermal Devices

Grade 8 NGSS engineering unit where students design, build, test, and improve devices that absorb or release thermal energy using particle models and data.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 8 Science): Thermal Energy & Particle Motion

Grade 8 NGSS-aligned unit where students model how adding or removing thermal energy changes particle motion, temperature, and states of matter using data.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 8 Science): Synthetic Materials & Natural Resources

Grade 8 NGSS unit where students research how synthetic materials come from natural resources and analyze their benefits, drawbacks, and societal impacts.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 8 Science): Conservation of Mass in Reactions

Grade 8 NGSS unit where students model atom rearrangement and measure mass to show matter is conserved in chemical reactions using closed systems.

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 8 Science): Physical vs. Chemical Changes

Grade 8 NGSS unit modeling how thermal energy changes particle motion, temperature, and state, helping students explain physical vs chemical changes with evidence.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 8 Science): Properties of Substances

Grade 8 NGSS-aligned unit where students use data, properties, and CER writing to tell physical changes from chemical reactions using clear evidence.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 8 Science): Atoms, Molecules & Structures

NGSS-aligned Grade 8 science unit using atomic models to show how atoms form molecules and extended structures, building foundations for chemical reactions.

Grade 8 Science Units

Unit Plan 1 (Grade 8 Science): Science Skills & Modeling Foundations

Kick off Grade 8 science with an NGSS-aligned unit on lab safety, measurement, graphing, and modeling matter and energy using criteria and constraints.

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3-5 Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan (Grades 3-5): Persuasive Pen Pals: Researching and Writing to Convince

Empower grades 3–5 writers with Persuasive Pen Pals, a CCSS- and C3-aligned unit where students research real issues and write evidence-based letters to create change.

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Pre-Kindergarten Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 36 (PreK Social Studies): Cumulative Synthesis & Exhibition

Celebrate PreK learning with a fun “World Fair” showcasing family stories, helpers, maps, places, and traditions through student-made exhibits.

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Pre-Kindergarten Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 35 (PreK Social Studies): Our Place in the World

Help preschoolers explore where they live and belong—from home to the wider world—through maps, globes, and celebrations that build global awareness.

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Pre-Kindergarten Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 34 (PreK Social Studies): Taking Action in Our Community

Help PreK students plan and complete a simple service project—sharing ideas, voting together, and taking action to support their school community.

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Unit Plan 33 (PreK Social Studies): Caring for Others and Our World

Help PreK children practice kindness, responsibility, and caring for people, the classroom, and the environment through simple, everyday actions.

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Unit Plan 32 (PreK Social Studies): Our Symbols and Traditions

Celebrate community and national symbols with songs, stories, and traditions that build belonging, respect, and pride in PreK learners.

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Pre-Kindergarten Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 31 (PreK Social Studies): Sharing and Trading

Teach kids fair sharing, trading, and teamwork through pretend market play while learning to use and care for classroom resources together.