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CT.CC.RST.6-8.Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects

Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

RST.6-8.7. Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).

Multimedia Lesson Atoms and Chemical Bonding

Multimedia Lesson Cells

Multimedia Lesson Earth's Surface

Multimedia Lesson Earthquakes

Multimedia Lesson Genetics: The Study of Heredity

Multimedia Lesson Meiosis

Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter

Interactive/Simulation Animal Cell

Interactive/Simulation Plant Cell

Interactive/Simulation Understanding a Punnett Square

Virtual Lab Atoms and Chemical Bonding

Virtual Lab Build the Phases of Meiosis

Virtual Lab Earthquake Simulator

Virtual Lab Gas Laws

Virtual Lab Mendel's Pea Plant Experiments

Virtual Lab Topographic Maps

Presentations Making a Pedigree

Presentations Using a Punnett Square

Flip Charts Forces & Motion

Flip Charts Science: Physical Science

RST.6-8.9. Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.

Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather

Virtual Lab Weather Forecasting

Craft and Structure

RST.6-8.4. Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.

Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather

Multimedia Lesson Atoms and Chemical Bonding

Multimedia Lesson Cells

Multimedia Lesson Chemical Reactions

Multimedia Lesson Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate

Multimedia Lesson Earth's Surface

Multimedia Lesson Earthquakes

Multimedia Lesson Electricity and Magnetism

Multimedia Lesson Elements and the Periodic Table

Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes

Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs

Multimedia Lesson Forces and Motion

Multimedia Lesson Genetics: The Study of Heredity

Multimedia Lesson Light and Optics

Multimedia Lesson Meiosis

Multimedia Lesson Minerals

Multimedia Lesson Mitosis

Multimedia Lesson Osmosis and Diffusion: Cell Transport

Multimedia Lesson Our Solar System

Multimedia Lesson Photosynthesis and Respiration

Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics

Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter

Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife

Multimedia Lesson Rocks

Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life

Multimedia Lesson Sound

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 1: Moving and Controlling the Body

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 2: Providing Fuel and Transportation

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 3: Protection, Reproduction and Cooperation

Multimedia Lesson The Sun-Earth-Moon System

Multimedia Lesson Volcanoes

Multimedia Lesson Work, Power & Simple Machines

Interactive/Simulation Amoeba

Interactive/Simulation Animal Cell

Interactive/Simulation Biomes

Interactive/Simulation Cardiovascular System

Interactive/Simulation Chemical Equation for Cellular Respiration

Interactive/Simulation Chemical Equation for Photosynthesis

Interactive/Simulation Chromosome and DNA Structure

Interactive/Simulation Circuit

Interactive/Simulation Digestive System

Interactive/Simulation Earth's Interior

Interactive/Simulation Earthquake and Seismogram

Interactive/Simulation Electrochemical Cell

Interactive/Simulation Electromagnetic Spectrum

Interactive/Simulation Euglena

Interactive/Simulation Excretory System

Interactive/Simulation From DNA to Protein

Interactive/Simulation Nervous System

Interactive/Simulation Plant Cell

Interactive/Simulation Reflection and Lenses

Interactive/Simulation Reflection and Mirrors

Interactive/Simulation Respiratory System

Interactive/Simulation Rock Uses

Interactive/Simulation Simple Machines

Interactive/Simulation Soil Profile

Interactive/Simulation Sound Waves

Interactive/Simulation States of Matter

Interactive/Simulation Structure of a Volcano

Interactive/Simulation The Endocrine System

Interactive/Simulation The Immune System

Interactive/Simulation The Male Reproductive System

Interactive/Simulation The Skeletal System

Interactive/Simulation The Skin

Interactive/Simulation The Solar System

Interactive/Simulation The Sun

Interactive/Simulation Tones and Overtones

Interactive/Simulation Transmission of Light

Interactive/Simulation Types of Muscles

Interactive/Simulation Wave Interactions

Virtual Lab Atoms and Chemical Bonding

Presentations Atomic Configuration and Bonding

Presentations Balancing Equations

Presentations Chemical Reactions

Presentations Energy Flow

Presentations Energy Pyramid

Presentations Food Chains

Presentations Heart Health

Flip Charts Animal Homes

Flip Charts Atomic Configuration and Bonding

Flip Charts Atoms and Chemical Bonding Flip Chart Set

Flip Charts Atoms and Chemical BondingVocabulary Review

Flip Charts Balancing Equations

Flip Charts Changes of Matter

Flip Charts Chemical Bonding

Flip Charts Chemical Reaction Rates and Catalysts

Flip Charts Chemical Reactions

Flip Charts Chemical Reactions Flip Chart Set

Flip Charts Chemical Reactions Vocabulary Review

Flip Charts Covalent Bonding

Flip Charts Covalent Compounds

Flip Charts Ecosystems & Biomes

Flip Charts Elements and Compounds

Flip Charts Energy Flow

Flip Charts Energy in Chemical Reactions

Flip Charts Energy Pyramid

Flip Charts Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions

Flip Charts Food and Nutrients

Flip Charts Food Chains

Flip Charts Food Chains and Food Webs Flip Chart Set

Flip Charts Food Chains and Food Webs Vocabulary Review

Flip Charts Food Web Balance

Flip Charts Food Webs

Flip Charts Food Webs & Trophic Levels

Flip Charts Formulas and Equations

Flip Charts Ionic Bonding

Flip Charts Ionic Compounds

Flip Charts Metallic Bonding

Flip Charts Naming Compounds

Flip Charts Nutrition

Flip Charts Owl Food Web

Flip Charts Owl Pellets

Flip Charts Process of Digestion

Flip Charts Properties and States of Matter Flip Chart Set

Flip Charts Science: Human Body

Flip Charts Science: Physical Science

Flip Charts The Animal Kingdom

Flip Charts The Digestive System

Flip Charts Types of Chemical Reactions (1)

Flip Charts Types of Chemical Reactions (2)

Flip Charts Types of Consumers

Flip Charts Types of Nutrients

Vocabulary Terms Ecosystems, food chains and food webs

Vocabulary Terms Chemical bonding

Vocabulary Terms Chemical reactions

Vocabulary Terms Ecology I

Vocabulary Terms Ecology II

Vocabulary Terms Ecosystems, food chains and food webs

Vocabulary Terms The Digestive and nutrition

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical reactions

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecosystems, food chains and food webs

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Chemical bonding

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical Formulas and Bonding

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Chemical reactions

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical Reactions

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology I

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology II

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ecosystems, food chains and food webs

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Measurements and Calculations

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Digestive and nutrition

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game The Digestive and nutrition

CT.CC.WHST.6-8.Writing Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects

Writing Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects

Production and Distribution of Writing

WHST.6-8.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 1: Moving and Controlling the Body

Virtual Lab Nerve Conduction

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

WHST.6-8.7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.

Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather

Virtual Lab Weather Forecasting

Text Types and Purposes

WHST.6-8.1. Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.

WHST.6-8.1(e) Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.

Multimedia Lesson Elements and the Periodic Table

Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter

Multimedia Lesson Sound

Virtual Lab Flame Test

Virtual Lab Gas Laws

Virtual Lab Speed of Sound

WHST.6-8.2. Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.

WHST.6-8.2(a) Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories as appropriate to achieving purpose; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather

Virtual Lab Weather Forecasting

WHST.6-8.2(f) Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.

Multimedia Lesson Elements and the Periodic Table

Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter

Multimedia Lesson Sound

Virtual Lab Flame Test

Virtual Lab Gas Laws

Virtual Lab Speed of Sound

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