science Resources

Textbook Resources:

  • Stanford SCALE / SFUSD NGSS Middle School Curriculum
    • We will be piloting this curriculum this year. Feel free to explore the units we will be completing, including:
      • Introduction to Groupwork
      • Energy
      • Human Impact
      • Cells & Body Systems
      • Reproduction & Heredity
  • Online Pearson Textbook
    • We may be getting individual student logins for this text, which is the digital version of what your student brought home from the library.

Additional Online Resources:

    • Middle School Chemistry
      • We will be using this resource for our chemistry units - if you miss a class, all the demonstrations you need can be found, organized by lesson, here.
    • Discovery Education
      • We will be using this excellent multimedia resource to support our learning this year!
    • NOAA
      • The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration - the place to learn about weather, our oceans, and more!
    • NASA & JPL
      • SPACE...The final frontier.
    • USGS
      • The US Geological Survey - information about water, climate, geology, earthquakes, resources, and much more...!