• Middle School (Grades 6-8) Science

    WCCUSD follows

    • the Next Generation Science Standards, and
    • the California Science Framework "Preferred Integrated Model" for Middle School (grades 6-8).
      • Grade 6
        • Instructional Segment 1:  Systems and Subsystems in Earth and Life Science
        • Instructional Segment 2:  Earth System Interactions Cause Weather
        • Instructional Segment 3:  Causes and Effects of Regional Climates
        • Instructional Segment 4:  Effects of Global Warming on Living Systems
      • Grade 7
        • Instructional Segment 1:  Organisms and Nonliving Things Are Made of Atoms
        • Instructional Segment 2:  Matter Cycles and Energy Flows through Organisms and Rocks
        • Instructional Segment 3:  Natural Processes and Human Activities Shape Earth's Resources and Ecosystems
        • Instructional Segment 4:  Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing World
      • Grade 8
        • Instructional Segment 1:  Objects Move and Collide
        • Instructional Segment 2:  Noncontact Forces Influence Phenomena
        • Instructional Segment 3:  Evolution Explains Life's Unity and Diversity
        • Instructional Segment 4:  Sustaining Local and Global Biodiversity

     

    In Spring 2020, the district adopted Amplify Science for its Middle School (grades 6-8) instructional materials.

    • Teacher Info & Support for Amplify 
    • Amplify Scope and Sequence:
      • Grade 6
        1. Microbiome
        2. Metabolism (Engineering Internship)
        3. Metabolism
        4. Traits and Reproduction
        5. Thermal Energy
        6. Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate
        7. Weather Patterns
        8. Earth's Changing Climate
        9. Earth's Changing Climate (Engineering Internship)
      • Grade 7
        1. Geology on Mars
        2. Plate Motion
        3. Plate Motion (Engineering Internship)
        4. Rock Transformation
        5. Phase Change
        6. Phase Change (Engineering Internship)
        7. Chemical Reactions
        8. Populations and Resources
        9. Matter and Energy in Ecosystems
      • Grade 8
        1. Harnessing Human Energy
        2. Force and Motion
        3. Force and Motion (Engineering Internship)
        4. Magnetic Fields
        5. Light Waves
        6. Earth, Moon and Sun
        7. Natural Selection
        8. Natural Selection (Engineering Internship)
        9. Evolutionary History