All Science Units

Explore the full collection of PreK–8 Science unit plans featuring engaging, standards-aligned lessons that build curiosity, inquiry skills, and real-world understanding.

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Grade 6 Science Units

Unit Plan 10 (Grade 6 Science): The Rock Cycle

Grade 6 unit modeling how Earth’s materials cycle through igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, driven by internal heat, the Sun, and gravity over time.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 6 Science): Space Systems — Quarter Synthesis

Grade 6 unit modeling celestial motions, gravity-driven orbits, and solar system scale, then applying science to an engineering design challenge in space systems.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 6 Science): Engineering Space Missions

Grade 6 unit where students define space mission design problems, set criteria and constraints, brainstorm solutions, and evaluate designs for feasibility.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 6 Science): Stars, Galaxies & the Universe

Grade 6 unit where students analyze star brightness and distance, model the Milky Way’s structure and gravity, and explore our place in the universe.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 6 Science): Scale of the Solar System

Grade 6 unit using data, graphs, and scale models to compare planet sizes and distances, building accurate understanding of solar system scale and spacing.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 6 Science): Gravity & Orbits

Grade 6 unit modeling how gravity and forward motion create orbits, explaining how gravity shapes the motion of planets, moons, and satellites in the solar system.

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 6 Science): Eclipses & Seasons

Grade 6 unit using Earth–Sun–Moon models to explain seasons from Earth’s tilt and orbit, and rare solar/lunar eclipses from precise alignment.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 6 Science): Phases of the Moon

Grade 6 unit modeling the lunar cycle: students explain Moon phases as views of the lit half during its orbit, naming and sequencing phases in a monthly pattern.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 6 Science): Earth–Sun–Moon Basics

Grade 6 unit using Earth–Sun–Moon models to explain rotation, day/night, Sun’s apparent motion, and shadow patterns as foundations for phases and seasons.

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Unit Plan 1 (Grade 6 Science): Science Skills & Investigation Routines

Launch Grade 6 science with safety, notebooks, measurement, graphing, and simple Earth–Sun–Moon models to build skills for engineering and space systems.

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Grade 7 Science Units

Unit Plan 36 (Grade 7 Science): Cumulative Synthesis & Exhibition

Showcase mastery of Grade 7 life science by presenting models, data, and explanations that connect cells, ecosystems, genetics, evolution, and design.

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Unit Plan 35 (Grade 7 Science): Evolution Engineering Challenge

Design and test adaptation-inspired solutions to real environmental challenges using engineering design, data, and math to improve survival and performance.

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Unit Plan 34 (Grade 7 Science): Evolution in Action

Explore evolution in action today, using natural and artificial selection plus math evidence to show how trait variations drive survival and adaptation.

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Unit Plan 33 (Grade 7 Science): Artificial vs. Natural Selection

Compare natural and artificial selection—how environments vs. humans choose traits, how technologies guide selective breeding, and how both processes drive adaptation.

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Unit Plan 32 (Grade 7 Science): Adaptations & Survival

Use math—fractions, ratios, percentages, and graphs—to show how trait variations influence survival rates, shaping population adaptation over generations.

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Unit Plan 31 (Grade 7 Science): Natural Selection

Natural selection acts on variation so advantageous traits become more common over generations, leading populations to adapt to their environments.

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Unit Plan 30 (Grade 7 Science): Embryological Evidence

Compare embryonic development across species to reveal early similarities, later differences, and evidence of evolutionary relationships and change over time.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade 7 Science): Comparative Anatomy

Compare modern and fossil structures to reveal similarities, differences, common ancestry, and adaptations—evidence for evolutionary relationships over time.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade 7 Science): Fossils & Earth’s Past

Analyze fossil data to show existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life over time, revealing patterns of Earth’s past through rock layers and fossils.

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Unit Plan 27 (Grade 7 Science): Genetics — Quarter Synthesis

Grade 7 genetics synthesis unit modeling inheritance, mutations, technologies, and design solutions to explain how genes and environment shape traits and decisions.

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Unit Plan 26 (Grade 7 Science): Engineering Genetic Solutions

Grade 7 unit evaluating trait-focused designs in agriculture and conservation using criteria, constraints, data, and models to recommend solutions.

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade 7 Science): Artificial Selection & Technology

Humans use technologies like selective breeding and genetic tools to influence traits in crops and animals, speeding changes while weighing benefits and tradeoffs.

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Unit Plan 24 (Grade 7 Science): Environmental Effects on Traits

Genes and environment work together to shape traits—students model how nutrition, light, temperature, and mutations impact proteins, growth, and variation.

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Unit Plan 23 (Grade 7 Science): Probability & Punnett Squares

Grade 7 unit using Punnett squares and probability to model inheritance, showing how sexual reproduction creates genetic variation while asexual copying does not.

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Unit Plan 22 (Grade 7 Science): Mutations & Trait Effects

Grade 7 unit modeling gene mutations to show how changes can alter proteins and traits, with harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects depending on environment.