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MN.6.13.Reading Benchmarks: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6-12
Reading Benchmarks: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6-12
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
6.13.7.7. Compare and 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, table, map).
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 Landforms and Topographic Maps
Presentations Making a Pedigree
Presentations Using a Punnett Square
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
Flip Charts Science: Physical Science
Vocabulary Terms Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Vocabulary Terms Cells
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Surface
Vocabulary Terms Earthquakes
Vocabulary Terms Genetics: The Study of Heredity
Vocabulary Terms Meiosis
Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cells
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Surface
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earthquakes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genetics: The Study of Heredity
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Meiosis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
6.13.9.9. 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
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
Craft and Structure
6.13.4.4. Determine the meaning of symbols, equations, graphical representations, tabular representations, 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 Animal Cell
Interactive/Simulation Biomes
Interactive/Simulation Cardiovascular System
Interactive/Simulation Cellular Respiration
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 Electromagnetic Spectrum
Interactive/Simulation Euglena
Interactive/Simulation Excretory System
Interactive/Simulation From DNA to Protein
Interactive/Simulation History of Electricity
Interactive/Simulation Longitudinal Waves
Interactive/Simulation Nervous System
Interactive/Simulation Paramecium
Interactive/Simulation Photosynthesis
Interactive/Simulation Plant Cell
Interactive/Simulation Reflection and Lenses
Interactive/Simulation Reflection and Mirrors
Interactive/Simulation Respiratory System
Interactive/Simulation Rock Cycle
Interactive/Simulation Simple Machines
Interactive/Simulation Soil Profile
Interactive/Simulation States of Matter
Interactive/Simulation The Endocrine System
Interactive/Simulation The Immune System
Interactive/Simulation The Male Reproductive 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 Joints
Interactive/Simulation Types of Muscles
Interactive/Simulation Types of Volcanoes
Interactive/Simulation Wave Interactions
Virtual Lab Energy Transformation
Virtual Lab Gas Laws
Presentations Balancing Equations
Presentations Chemical Reactions
Presentations Energy Flow
Presentations Energy Pyramid
Presentations Food Chains
Presentations Heart Health
Presentations Motion
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
Flip Charts Forces & Motion
Flip Charts Nutrition
Flip Charts Science: Genetics & Heredity
Flip Charts Science: Human Body
Flip Charts Science: Physical Science
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Vocabulary Terms Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Vocabulary Terms Cells
Vocabulary Terms Chemical Reactions
Vocabulary Terms Chromosomes, Genes and DNA
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Surface
Vocabulary Terms Earthquakes
Vocabulary Terms Ecology I
Vocabulary Terms Ecology II
Vocabulary Terms Electricity and Magnetism
Vocabulary Terms Elements and the periodic table
Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes
Vocabulary Terms Forces and Motion
Vocabulary Terms Genetics: The Study of Heredity
Vocabulary Terms Light and Optics
Vocabulary Terms Meiosis
Vocabulary Terms Minerals
Vocabulary Terms Mitosis
Vocabulary Terms Our Solar System
Vocabulary Terms Photosynthesis and Respiration
Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Vocabulary Terms Rocks
Vocabulary Terms Sound
Vocabulary Terms Volcanoes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cells
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical Formulas and Bonding
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical Reactions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical Reactions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chromosomes, Genes and DNA
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Surface
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earthquakes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Electricity and Magnetism
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Elements and the periodic table
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Forces and Motion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genetics: The Study of Heredity
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Light and Optics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Measurements and Calculations
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Meiosis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Minerals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Mitosis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Our Solar System
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Rocks
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Volcanoes
MN.6.14.Writing Benchmarks: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6-12
Writing Benchmarks: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6-12
Production and Distribution of Writing
6.14.4.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Multimedia Lesson Elements and the Periodic Table
Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter
Multimedia Lesson Sound
Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 1: Moving and Controlling the Body
Virtual Lab Flame Test
Virtual Lab Gas Laws
Virtual Lab Nerve Conduction
Virtual Lab Speed of Sound
Vocabulary Terms Elements and the periodic table
Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter
Vocabulary Terms Sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Elements and the periodic table
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Sound
Text Types and Purposes
6.14.1.1. Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
6.14.1.1.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
Vocabulary Terms Elements and the periodic table
Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter
Vocabulary Terms Sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Elements and the periodic table
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Sound
6.14.2.2. Write informative/explanatory texts, as they apply to each discipline and reporting format, including the narration of historical events, of scientific procedures/ experiments, or description of technical processes.
6.14.2.2.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 usefu
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Virtual Lab Weather Forecasting
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
6.14.2.2.b. Develop the topic with relevant, credible, sufficient, and well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Virtual Lab Weather Forecasting
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
6.14.2.2.c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Virtual Lab Weather Forecasting
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
6.14.2.2.d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
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 Animal Cell
Interactive/Simulation Biomes
Interactive/Simulation Cardiovascular System
Interactive/Simulation Cellular Respiration
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 Electromagnetic Spectrum
Interactive/Simulation Euglena
Interactive/Simulation Excretory System
Interactive/Simulation From DNA to Protein
Interactive/Simulation History of Electricity
Interactive/Simulation Longitudinal Waves
Interactive/Simulation Nervous System
Interactive/Simulation Paramecium
Interactive/Simulation Photosynthesis
Interactive/Simulation Plant Cell
Interactive/Simulation Reflection and Lenses
Interactive/Simulation Reflection and Mirrors
Interactive/Simulation Respiratory System
Interactive/Simulation Rock Cycle
Interactive/Simulation Simple Machines
Interactive/Simulation Soil Profile
Interactive/Simulation States of Matter
Interactive/Simulation The Endocrine System
Interactive/Simulation The Immune System
Interactive/Simulation The Male Reproductive 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 Joints
Interactive/Simulation Types of Muscles
Interactive/Simulation Types of Volcanoes
Interactive/Simulation Understanding a Punnett Square
Interactive/Simulation Wave Interactions
Virtual Lab Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Virtual Lab Build the Phases of Meiosis
Virtual Lab Mendel's Pea Plant Experiments
Virtual Lab Weather Forecasting
Presentations Making a Pedigree
Presentations Using a Punnett Square
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Vocabulary Terms Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Vocabulary Terms Cells
Vocabulary Terms Chemical Reactions
Vocabulary Terms Chromosomes, Genes and DNA
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Surface
Vocabulary Terms Earthquakes
Vocabulary Terms Electricity and Magnetism
Vocabulary Terms Elements and the periodic table
Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes
Vocabulary Terms Forces and Motion
Vocabulary Terms Genetics: The Study of Heredity
Vocabulary Terms Light and Optics
Vocabulary Terms Meiosis
Vocabulary Terms Minerals
Vocabulary Terms Mitosis
Vocabulary Terms Our Solar System
Vocabulary Terms Photosynthesis and Respiration
Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter
Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife
Vocabulary Terms Rocks
Vocabulary Terms Sound
Vocabulary Terms Volcanoes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cells
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical Reactions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chromosomes, Genes and DNA
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Surface
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earthquakes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Electricity and Magnetism
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Elements and the periodic table
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Forces and Motion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genetics: The Study of Heredity
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Light and Optics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Meiosis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Minerals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Mitosis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Our Solar System
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Rocks
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Volcanoes
6.14.2.2.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
Vocabulary Terms Elements and the periodic table
Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter
Vocabulary Terms Sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Elements and the periodic table
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Sound
MN.8.1.The Nature of Science and Engineering
The Nature of Science and Engineering
8.1.1. The Practice of Science
8.1.1.2. The student will understand that scientific inquiry uses multiple interrelated processes to investigate questions and propose explanations about the natural world.
8.1.1.2.1. Use logical reasoning and imagination to develop descriptions, explanations, predictions and models based on evidence.
Multimedia Lesson Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Multimedia Lesson Elements and the Periodic Table
Multimedia Lesson Genetics: The Study of Heredity
Multimedia Lesson Meiosis
Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter
Multimedia Lesson Sound
Interactive/Simulation Understanding a Punnett Square
Virtual Lab Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Virtual Lab Build the Phases of Meiosis
Virtual Lab Flame Test
Virtual Lab Gas Laws
Virtual Lab Mendel's Pea Plant Experiments
Virtual Lab Speed of Sound
Presentations Making a Pedigree
Presentations Using a Punnett Square
Vocabulary Terms Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Vocabulary Terms Elements and the periodic table
Vocabulary Terms Genetics: The Study of Heredity
Vocabulary Terms Meiosis
Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter
Vocabulary Terms Sound
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Elements and the periodic table
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genetics: The Study of Heredity
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Meiosis
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Sound
8.1.3. Interactions Among Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Society
8.1.3.2. The student will understand that men and women throughout the history of all cultures, including Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities, have been involved in engineering design and scientific inquiry.
8.1.3.2.1. Describe examples of important contributions to the advancement of science, engineering and technology made by individuals representing different groups and cultures at different times in history.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Multimedia Lesson Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Multimedia Lesson Cells
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Multimedia Lesson Electricity and Magnetism
Multimedia Lesson Elements and the Periodic Table
Multimedia Lesson Forces and Motion
Multimedia Lesson Genetics: The Study of Heredity
Interactive/Simulation History of Electricity
Interactive/Simulation Scientists and their model of the atom
Presentations Discovering Cells
Presentations Electric Current
Presentations Gregor Mendel
Presentations Models of the Atom
Presentations Newton`s Laws
Presentations Predicting Weather
Presentations The Periodic Table of Elements
Presentations The Polar Zone
Presentations The Temperate Zone
Flip Charts Science: Genetics & Heredity
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Vocabulary Terms Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Vocabulary Terms Cells
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Vocabulary Terms Electricity and Magnetism
Vocabulary Terms Elements and the periodic table
Vocabulary Terms Forces and Motion
Vocabulary Terms Genetics: The Study of Heredity
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cells
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Electricity and Magnetism
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Elements and the periodic table
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Forces and Motion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genetics: The Study of Heredity
8.1.3.3. The student will understand that science and engineering operate in the context of society and both influence and are influenced by this context.
8.1.3.3.2. Understand that scientific knowledge is always changing as new technologies and information enhance observations and analysis of data.
Multimedia Lesson Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Interactive/Simulation Scientists and their model of the atom
Presentations Atomic Configuration and Bonding
Presentations Models of the Atom
Presentations The Polar Zone
Flip Charts Gene Technology
Flip Charts Science: Genetics & Heredity
Flip Charts Science: Life Science
Flip Charts The Compound Microscope
Vocabulary Terms Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
8.1.3.3.3. Provide examples of how advances in technology have impacted the ways in which people live, work and interact.
Multimedia Lesson Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Interactive/Simulation Scientists and their model of the atom
Presentations Models of the Atom
Presentations The Polar Zone
Presentations The Temperate Zone
Vocabulary Terms Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atoms and Chemical Bonding
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
8.1.3.4. The student will understand that current and emerging technologies have enabled humans to develop and use models to understand and communicate how natural and designed systems work and interact.
8.1.3.4.1. Use maps, satellite images and other data sets to describe patterns and make predictions about local and global systems in Earth science contexts.
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Surface
Multimedia Lesson Light and Optics
Virtual Lab Topographic Maps
Presentations Landforms and Topographic Maps
Presentations Refraction and lenses
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Surface
Vocabulary Terms Light and Optics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Surface
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Light and Optics
8.1.3.4.2. Determine and use appropriate safety procedures, tools, measurements, graphs and mathematical analyses to describe and investigate natural and designed systems in Earth and physical science contexts.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Virtual Lab Weather Forecasting
Presentations The Tropical Zone
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
MN.8.2.Physical Science
Physical Science
8.2.1. Matter
8.2.1.1. The student will understand that pure substances can be identified by properties which are independent of the sample of the substance and can be explained by a model of matter that is composed of small particles.
8.2.1.1.1. Distinguish between a mixture and a pure substance and use physical properties including color, solubility, density, melting point and boiling point to separate mixtures and identify pure substances.
Multimedia Lesson Elements and the Periodic Table
Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter
Presentations Classes of Matter
Presentations Introduction to Elements
Presentations Introduction to Matter
Vocabulary Terms Elements and the periodic table
Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Elements and the periodic table
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Mixtures and Compounds
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
8.2.1.1.2. Use physical properties to distinguish between metals and non-metals.
Multimedia Lesson Elements and the Periodic Table
Interactive/Simulation Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids
Virtual Lab Flame Test
Presentations Classes of Elements
Flip Charts Elements & the Periodic Table
Flip Charts Elements & the Periodic Table
Flip Charts Science: Physical Science
Vocabulary Terms Elements and the periodic table
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Elements and the periodic table
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game The Periodic Table - Set I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game The Periodic Table - Set II
8.2.1.2. The student will understand that substances can undergo physical and/or chemical changes which may change the properties of the substance but do not change the total mass in a closed system.
8.2.1.2.1. Identify evidence of chemical changes, including color change, generation of a gas, solid formation and temperature change.
Multimedia Lesson Chemical Reactions
Interactive/Simulation Chemical and Physical Changes
Presentations Chemical Reactions
Flip Charts Acids, Bases & Salts
Flip Charts Acids, Bases & Salts
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
Flip Charts Science: Physical Science
Vocabulary Terms Chemical Reactions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical Reactions
8.2.1.2.2. Distinguish between chemical and physical changes in matter.
Multimedia Lesson Chemical Reactions
Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter
Interactive/Simulation Chemical and Physical Changes
Presentations Changes of State
Presentations Chemical Reactions
Flip Charts Acids, Bases & Salts
Flip Charts Acids, Bases & Salts
Flip Charts Science: Physical Science
Vocabulary Terms Chemical Reactions
Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical Reactions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Matter and Energy
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter
8.2.1.2.3. Use the particle model of matter to explain how mass is conserved during physical and chemical changes in a closed system.
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
Flip Charts Chemical Reactions
Flip Charts Science: Physical Science
8.2.1.2.4. Recognize that acids are compounds whose properties include a sour taste, characteristic color changes with litmus and other acid/base indicators, and the tendency to react with bases to produce a salt and water.
Flip Charts Acids, Bases & Salts
Flip Charts Acids, Bases & Salts
Flip Charts Science: Physical Science
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Acids, Bases and Salts
8.2.3. Energy
8.2.3.1. The student will understand that waves involve the transfer of energy without the transfer of matter.
8.2.3.1.1. Explain how seismic waves transfer energy through the Earth and across its surfaces.
Multimedia Lesson Earthquakes
Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics
Presentations Earth's Interior
Presentations How an Earthquake Occurs
Presentations Seismic Waves
Presentations Types of Stress in Crustal Rock
Flip Charts Earthquakes
Flip Charts Earthquakes
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
Vocabulary Terms Earthquakes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earthquakes
MN.8.3.Earth and Space Science
Earth and Space Science
8.3.1. Earth Structure and Processes
8.3.1.1. The student will understand that the movement of tectonic plates results from interactions among the lithosphere, mantle and core.
8.3.1.1.1. Recognize that the Earth is composed of layers, and describe the properties of the layers, including the lithosphere, mantle and core.
Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics
Interactive/Simulation Earth's Interior
Presentations Earth's Interior
Flip Charts Plate Tectonics
Flip Charts Plate Tectonics
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
8.3.1.1.2. Correlate the distribution of ocean trenches, mid-ocean ridges and mountain ranges to volcanic and seismic activity.
Multimedia Lesson Earthquakes
Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics
Multimedia Lesson Volcanoes
Virtual Lab Tectonic Plate Boundaries
Presentations How an Earthquake Occurs
Presentations How Earth's Surface Changes
Presentations Sea-Floor Spreading
Presentations Theory of Plate Tectonics
Presentations Types of Stress in Crustal Rock
Presentations Volcanoes and Plate Boundaries
Flip Charts Earthquakes
Flip Charts Earthquakes
Flip Charts Plate Tectonics
Flip Charts Plate Tectonics
Flip Charts Rocks
Flip Charts Rocks
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
Vocabulary Terms Earthquakes
Vocabulary Terms Volcanoes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earthquakes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Volcanoes
8.3.1.1.3. Recognize that major geological events, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and mountain building, result from the slow movement of tectonic plates.
Multimedia Lesson Earthquakes
Multimedia Lesson Volcanoes
Presentations How an Earthquake Occurs
Presentations Types of Stress in Crustal Rock
Presentations Volcanoes and Plate Boundaries
Flip Charts Earthquakes
Flip Charts Earthquakes
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
Vocabulary Terms Earthquakes
Vocabulary Terms Volcanoes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earthquakes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Volcanoes
8.3.1.2. The student will understand that landforms are the result of the combination of constructive and destructive processes.
8.3.1.2.1. Explain how landforms result from the processes of crustal deformation, volcanic eruptions, weathering, erosion and deposition of sediment.
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Surface
Multimedia Lesson Earthquakes
Multimedia Lesson Rocks
Interactive/Simulation Forces of Erosion and Deposition
Presentations Classifying Rocks
Presentations Faults in the Earth's Crust
Presentations Forces of Erosion and Deposition
Presentations How Earth's Surface Changes
Presentations Landforms and Topographic Maps
Presentations Mechanical and Chemical Weathering
Presentations Sedimentary Rocks
Presentations The Erosion and Deposition Cycle
Presentations The Rock Cycle
Presentations Weathering and Erosion Overview
Flip Charts Earthquakes
Flip Charts Earthquakes
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
Flip Charts Weathering of Rocks & Soil Formation
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Surface
Vocabulary Terms Earthquakes
Vocabulary Terms Rocks
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Surface
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earthquakes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Rocks
8.3.1.2.2. Explain the role of weathering, erosion and glacial activity in shaping Minnesota's current landscape.
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Surface
Interactive/Simulation Forces of Erosion and Deposition
Presentations Forces of Erosion and Deposition
Presentations Mechanical and Chemical Weathering
Presentations The Erosion and Deposition Cycle
Presentations Weathering and Erosion Overview
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
Flip Charts Weathering of Rocks & Soil Formation
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Surface
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Surface
8.3.1.3. The student will understand that rocks and rock formations indicate evidence of the materials and conditions that produced them.
8.3.1.3.1. Interpret successive layers of sedimentary rocks and their fossils to infer relative ages of rock sequences, past geologic events, changes in environmental conditions, and the appearance and extinction of life forms.
Flip Charts Fossils
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
8.3.1.3.2. Classify and identify rocks and minerals using characteristics including, but not limited to, density, hardness and streak for minerals; and texture and composition for rocks.
Multimedia Lesson Minerals
Multimedia Lesson Rocks
Interactive/Simulation Rock Cycle
Virtual Lab Mineral Identification
Virtual Lab Rock Identification
Presentations Classifying Rocks
Presentations Igneous Rocks
Presentations Metamorphic Rocks
Presentations Properties of Minerals
Presentations Sedimentary Rocks
Flip Charts Minerals
Flip Charts Minerals
Flip Charts Rocks
Flip Charts Rocks
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
Vocabulary Terms Minerals
Vocabulary Terms Rocks
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Minerals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Rocks
8.3.1.3.3. Relate rock composition and texture to physical conditions at the time of formation of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock.
Multimedia Lesson Minerals
Multimedia Lesson Rocks
Multimedia Lesson Volcanoes
Interactive/Simulation Rock Cycle
Virtual Lab Rock Identification
Presentations Classifying Rocks
Presentations How Do Minerals Form?
Presentations Igneous Rocks
Presentations Introduction to Volcanoes
Presentations Metamorphic Rocks
Presentations Properties of Magma
Presentations Sedimentary Rocks
Presentations The Rock Cycle
Flip Charts Rocks
Flip Charts Rocks
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
Vocabulary Terms Minerals
Vocabulary Terms Rocks
Vocabulary Terms Volcanoes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Minerals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Rocks
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Volcanoes
8.3.2. Interdependence Within the Earth System
8.3.2.1. The student will understand that the sun is the principal external energy source for the Earth.
8.3.2.1.1. Explain how the combination of the Earth's tilted axis and revolution around the sun causes the progression of seasons.
Multimedia Lesson The Sun-Earth-Moon System
Presentations Seasons on Earth
8.3.2.1.2. Recognize that oceans have a major effect on global climate because water in the oceans holds a large amount of heat.
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Presentations Climate and Its Causes
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
8.3.2.1.3. Explain how heating of the Earth's surface and atmosphere by the sun drives convection within the atmosphere and hydrosphere producing winds, ocean currents and the water cycle, as well as influencing global climate.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Multimedia Lesson Our Solar System
Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics
Presentations Atmosphere Overview
Presentations Climate and Its Causes
Presentations Heat Transfer and Convection Currents
Presentations The Sun
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
Flip Charts Understanding Weather
Flip Charts Understanding Weather
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Vocabulary Terms Our Solar System
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Our Solar System
8.3.2.2. The student will understand that patterns of atmospheric movement influence global climate and local weather.
8.3.2.2.1. Describe how the composition and structure of the Earth's atmosphere affects energy absorption, climate and distribution of particulates and gases.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Multimedia Lesson The Sun-Earth-Moon System
Virtual Lab Earth's Seasons
Presentations Atmosphere Overview
Presentations Climate and Its Causes
Presentations Climate Change
Presentations Climate Zones and Biomes
Presentations Global Warming
Presentations Layers of the Atmosphere
Presentations Ozone depletion
Presentations Seasons on Earth
Presentations The Polar Zone
Presentations The Temperate Zone
Presentations The Tropical Zone
Presentations Weather
Flip Charts Earth’s Atmosphere
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
8.3.2.2.2. Analyze changes in wind direction, temperature, humidity and air pressure and relate them to fronts and pressure systems.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Presentations Severe Weather
Presentations Weather Patterns
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
8.3.2.2.3. Relate global weather patterns to patterns in regional and local weather.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate
Multimedia Lesson The Sun-Earth-Moon System
Interactive/Simulation Cloud Types
Interactive/Simulation Types of Severe Weather
Virtual Lab Earth's Seasons
Virtual Lab Weather Forecasting
Presentations Climate and Its Causes
Presentations Clouds and Precipitation
Presentations Predicting Weather
Presentations Seasons on Earth
Presentations Severe Weather
Presentations Weather
Presentations Weather Patterns
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
Flip Charts Understanding Weather
Flip Charts Understanding Weather
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate
8.3.2.3. The student will understand that the water cycle is an open system with many inputs.
8.3.2.3.1. Describe the location, composition and use of major water reservoirs on the Earth, and the transfer of water among them.
Multimedia Lesson Earth's Surface
Presentations Forces of Erosion and Deposition
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
Flip Charts Understanding Weather
Flip Charts Understanding Weather
Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Surface
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Surface
8.3.2.3.2. Describe how the water cycle distributes materials and purifies water.
Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather
Presentations Weather
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
Flip Charts Understanding Weather
Flip Charts Understanding Weather
Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather
8.3.3. The Universe
8.3.3.1. The student will understand that the Earth is the third planet from the sun in a system that includes the moon, the sun, seven other planets and their moons, and smaller objects.
8.3.3.1.1. Recognize that the sun is a medium-sized star, one of billions of stars in the Milky Way galaxy, and the closest star to Earth.
Multimedia Lesson Our Solar System
Interactive/Simulation The Sun
Presentations Geocentric and Heliocentric Systems
Presentations The Sun
Flip Charts Our Solar System
Flip Charts Our Solar System
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
Vocabulary Terms Our Solar System
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Our Solar System
8.3.3.1.2. Describe how gravity and inertia keep most objects in the solar system in regular and predictable motion.
Flip Charts Our Solar System
Flip Charts Our Solar System
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
8.3.3.1.3. Recognize that gravity exists between any two objects and describe how the mass and distance between objects affects the force of gravity.
Multimedia Lesson The Sun-Earth-Moon System
Presentations Earth's Moon
8.3.3.1.4. Compare and contrast the planets and the moons of our solar system in terms of their size, location and composition.
Multimedia Lesson Our Solar System
Virtual Lab Planet Exploration
Presentations Geocentric and Heliocentric Systems
Presentations Pluto
Presentations The Inner Planets
Presentations The Outer Planets
Flip Charts Our Solar System
Flip Charts Our Solar System
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
Vocabulary Terms Our Solar System
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Our Solar System
8.3.3.1.5. Use the predictability of the motions of the Earth, sun and moon to explain day length, the phases of the moon, and eclipses.
Multimedia Lesson The Sun-Earth-Moon System
Interactive/Simulation Moon Phases
Virtual Lab Moon Phases, Eclipses and Tides
Presentations Gravity and Motion
Presentations How the Earth Moves
Presentations Phases, Eclipses and Tides
Presentations Seasons on Earth
8.3.4. Human Interactions with Earth Systems
8.3.4.1. The student will understand that in order to maintain and improve their existence, humans interact with and influence Earth systems.
8.3.4.1.1. Describe how mineral and fossil fuel resources have formed over millions of years, and explain why these resources are finite and non-renewable over human time frames.
Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes
Presentations Sources of Energy
Flip Charts Minerals
Flip Charts Minerals
Flip Charts Science: Earth Science
Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes
8.3.4.1.2. Recognize that land and water use practices in specific areas affect natural processes and that natural processes interfere and interact with human systems.
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