There are 5 Core Science Units:

• Matter
• Force, Motion, and Astronomy
• Astronomy and the Earth, Sun, and Moon System
• Ecology
• Positive and Negative Human Impact on the Environment and Species

Students will engage in many science and engineering practices:

• asking questions and defining problems
• developing and using models (both conceptual and physical)
• planning and carrying out investigations
• analyzing and interpreting data
• using mathematics and computational thinking
• constructing explanations and design solutions
• engaging in argument from evidence
• obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Instruction will bridge boundaries between science and other disciplines and connect core ideas and practices throughout the fields of study:

• patterns
• cause and effect
• structure and function
• systems and system models
• stability and change
• scale, proportion, and quantity
• energy and matter