Continue to use the current MS curriculum pacing guides and start where you left off, with the understanding that review will be necessary and online learning will not look like face to face classroom instruction (see guidelines and supports below).
Students should spend the large majority of their time on the major work of the grade. Rather than racing to cover topics in a mile-wide, inch-deep curriculum, the Standards require us to significantly narrow and deepen the way time and energy is spent. We focus deeply on the major work of each grade so that students are college and career ready and can gain strong foundations in thinking, learning, and doing like a scientist.
Below are the grade level priorities for quarters 3 and 4 that the teams recently identified. They include essential questions/content and lists of essential vocabulary terms. These are to help bring direction and focus to our work with the reduced time parameters.
Teachers and students can continue to access the online version of iScience the same way they have in the past.
Teachers and students can continue to access the online version of iScience the same way they have in the past. Using Gizmos for online learning
Labs and manipulatives are an important part of the science learning experience. There are online manipulative tools available, but we also have many available through iScience and Gizmos. We need to be mindful of access/equity for students. Not all students will have access to school-like manipulatives, so what can we use as alternatives (for example, household items such as macaroni noodles).
When demonstrating or showing videos of laboratory experiences, it is important to choose what is essential. In addition, you need to provide students with what they need to complete the lab, such as sample data, directions, safety measures, visuals, scaffolds/templates, etc.
Curated, sortable resources
Informational text and science articles
Wide Open School EL Supports
Discovery Education available through classlink
General Tools
Assessment tools